The Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut (previously known as "Filmfare Award for Lux New Face of the Year") is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films to recognise a performance by a female actor in a debut role.[1]
| Film fare Awards for Best Female Debut | |
|---|---|
 The 2021 recipient: Alaya F | |
| Awarded for | Best Pet Performance by an Actress |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Filmfare |
| First awarded | Juhi Chawla Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1989) |
| Currently held by | Alaya F Jawaani Jaaneman (2021) |
| Website | Filmfare winners |
The first recipient of the award was Juhi Chawla, who was honoured at the 34th Filmfare Awards in the year 1989. Preity Zinta, Kangana Ranaut and Ananya Panday are the only actresses who won the award for two different movies. As of 2021, Priyanka Chopra and Parineeti Chopra are the only cousins to win the award while Sara Ali Khan and Abhimanyu Dassani are the only winners whose parents (Saif Ali Khan and Bhagyashree respectively) have won a Filmfare Best Debut award .
Juhi Chawla, Preity Zinta, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Vidya Balan, Kangana Ranaut and Deepika Padukone have all won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress, with Balan winning four times and Padukone winning twice.
Tabu, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, and Kangana Ranaut have all won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics) (Tabu winning the most at 4 times and Kapoor with 2 wins) and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress, while Vidya Balan has won the former award once. It was not Awarded for this category in the years 1997, 2010 and 2018. The most recent recipient of the award is Alaya F, who was honoured at the 66th Filmfare Awards.
Winners and nomineesEdit
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Indicates the winner |
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1980sEdit
| Year | Photos of winners | Actress | Role(s) | Film |
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| 1989 (34th) |
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Juhi Chawla |
Rashmi Rajput | Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak |
| No Other Nominee | ||||
1990sEdit
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2000sEdit
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2010sEdit
| Year | Photos of winners | Actress | Role(s) | Film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 (55th) |
NOT AWARDED | |||
| 2011 (56th) |
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Sonakshi Sinha |
Rajjo Shreshawat | Dabangg |
| Shraddha Kapoor | Aparna Khanna | Teen Patti | ||
| 2012 (57th) |
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Parineeti Chopra |
Dimple Chaddha | Ladies vs Ricky Bahl |
| Kajal Aggarwal | Kavya Bhosle | Singham | ||
| Myra Karn | Jessica | No One Killed Jessica | ||
| Nargis Fakhri | Heer Kaul | Rockstar | ||
| 2013 (58th) |
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Ileana D'Cruz |
Shruti Ghosh Sengupta | Barfi! |
| Alia Bhatt | Shanaya | Student of the Year | ||
| Diana Penty | Meera Sahni | Cocktail | ||
| Yami Gautam | Ashima Roy | Vicky Donor | ||
| 2014 (59th) |
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Vaani Kapoor |
Tara | Shuddh Desi Romance |
| No Other Nominee | ||||
| 2015 (60th) |
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Kriti Sanon |
Dimple "Dimpy" | Heropanti |
| No Other Nominee | ||||
| 2016 (61st) |
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Bhumi Pednekar |
Sandhya | Dum Laga Ke Haisha |
| No Other Nominee | ||||
| 2017 (62nd) |
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Ritika Singh |
Ezhil Madhi | Saala Khadoos |
| No Other Nominee | ||||
| 2018 (63rd) |
NOT AWARDED | |||
| 2019 (64th) |
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Sara Ali Khan |
Mandakini "Mukku" | Kedarnath |
| No Other Nominee | ||||
2020sEdit
| Year | Photos of winners | Actress | Role(s) | Film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (65th) |
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Ananya Panday |
• Shreya Randhawa • Tapasya Singh |
• Student of the Year 2 • Pati Patni Aur Woh |
| Saiee Manjrekar | Khushi Chautala | Dabangg 3 | ||
| Shivaleeka Oberoi | Mitee Deora | Yeh Saali Aashiqui | ||
| Tara Sutaria | Mridula "Mia" Chawla | Student of the Year 2 | ||
| 2021 (66th) |
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Alaya F |
Tia Singh | Jawaani Jaaneman |
| Sadia Khateeb | Shanti Dhar | Shikara |