Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox award
| name =
| image = Nimisha Sajayan (cropped).jpg
| caption = The 2023 recipient: Nimisha Sajayanhttps://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/full-list-of-winners-of-69th-sobha-filmfare-awards-south-telugu-2024_-67634.html {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}
| awarded_for = Best Performance by an Actress in a leading role in Tamil films
| presenter = Filmfare
| country = India
| year = {{ubl|J. Jayalalithaa,|Pattikada Pattanama (1972)}}
| holder = {{ubl|Nimisha Sajayan|Chithha (2023)}}
| website = [http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/ Filmfare Awards]
}}
The Filmfare Best Actress Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil (Kollywood) films. The awards were extended to "Best Actress" in 1972.{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/filmfare-awards-south-tamil-winners | title=Filmfare Awards South Tamil Winners | date=31 July 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015069813841&view=1up&seq=484 | title=The Times of India directory and year book including who's who 1984 }} The year indicates the year of release of the film.
Superlatives
| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col" |Superlative
! scope="col" |Recipient(s) ! scope="col" |Record |
|---|
| Most wins
|Sujatha, Radhika Sarathkumar, Revathi, Nayanthara |3 |
| Most consecutive wins
|Sujatha |3 |
| Most nominations
|16 |
| Most consecutive nominations
|Jyothika |8 |
| Most nominations without a win
|7 |
| Youngest winner
| rowspan="2" |Sridevi |18 |
| Youngest nominee
|14 |
| Oldest winner
|36 |
| Oldest nominee
|55 |
- Actresses Sujatha won the most awards in the 1970s with three. Saritha and Radhika Sarathkumar won the award two times in the 80s, and Revathi won three times in the 1990s for the most in that decade. Laila had two wins in the 2000s, while Nayanthara has won the most in the 2010s with three wins.
- Shoba, Archana and Priyamani have won Filmfare award for Best Actress Tamil and National Film Award for Best Actress for their performances in Pasi (1979), Veedu (1988) and Paruthiveeran (2006) respectively.
- Jyothika and Trisha Krishnan are the two actress to win both Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress.
- Radhika Sarathkumar, Simran and Jyothika have won awards in 2 different categories other than this category.{{cite web|title=Winners of 62nd Britannia Filmfare Awards South |url=http://www.filmfare.com/news/winners-of-62nd-britannia-filmfare-awards-south-9643.html |website=Filmfare |access-date=27 June 2015 |date=27 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129092825/http://www.filmfare.com/news/winners-of-62nd-britannia-filmfare-awards-south-9643.html |archive-date=29 January 2016 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/winners-of-the-63rd-britannia-filmfare-awards-south-13996.html|title=Winners of the 63rd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South)|access-date=14 May 2018|archive-date=2 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702102328/http://www.filmfare.com/news/winners-of-the-63rd-britannia-filmfare-awards-south-13996.html|url-status=live}} Radhika Sarathkumar won the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014 and the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award in 2015. Simran has won both Debut award in 1997 and Best Supporting Actress Award in 2008, while jyothika won Debut award in 1999 and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – South in 2015.{{Cite news|url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Jyothika|title = Jyothika: Movies, Photos, Videos, News, Biography & Birthday | eTimes|website = The Times of India|access-date = 26 June 2020|archive-date = 5 July 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200705195455/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Jyothika|url-status = live}}{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4845798.cms | work=The Times of India | title=The glowing filmfare night! | date=2 August 2009 | access-date=26 June 2020 | archive-date=25 October 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025180148/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4845798.cms | url-status=live }}
- J. Jayalalithaa, Revathi and Samantha Ruth Prabhu are the only three actresses to win both Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil and Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu in the same year for their performances in the year 1972, 1992 and 2012 respectively. Lakshmi and Poornima Bhagyaraj won Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil and Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam for their performances in the same year(1974 and 1982 respectively).
- Eight actresses have won for their debut Tamil films, in chronological order Manisha Koirala (1995), Shruti (1996), Sandhya (2004), Bhavana (2006), Parvathy Thiruvothu (2008), Malavika Nair (2014), Ritika Singh (2016) and Nimisha Sajayan (2023).
Multiple wins
The following individuals have received multiple Best Actress awards:
| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" |Wins ! scope="col" |Actress |
| style="text-align:center;" |3 |
| style="text-align:center;" |2 |
Multiple nominations
The following individuals have received multiple Best Actress nominations:
| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col" |Nominations
! scope="col" |Actress |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;" |16 |
| style="text-align:center;" |11 |
| style="text-align:center;" |8 |
| style="text-align:center;" |7 |
| style="text-align:center;" |6 |
Winners and nominees
| class="wikitable"
|+ Table key |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" style="background:#FAEB86; height:20px; width:20px"|{{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}
| Indicates the winner |
|---|
= 1970s =
= 1980s =
= 1990s =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!scope="col" style="width:3%;"|Year !scope="col" style="width:3%;"|Photos of winners !scope="col" style="width:15%;"|Actress !scope="col" style="width:15%;"|Film !scope="col" style="width:15%;"|Role(s) !scope="col" style="width:1%;" class="unsortable" |{{Refh}} |
| rowspan="5" |1990 (38th) |rowspan="5" |{{border| 95px|width=2px|style=solid |color=gold}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Radhika Sarathkumar {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Keladi Kannmanii |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Sharada |rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |https://archive.org/details/38th-filmfare-awards-south-winners-tamil-malayalam-actors |
| Gautami
|Poovatha |
| rowspan="2" |Revathi
|Chitra |
| Kizhakku Vaasal
|Thaayamma |
| Urvashi
|Thiripurasundari |
| rowspan="5" |1991 (39th) |rowspan="5" |{{border| 95px|width=2px|style=solid |color=gold}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Gautami {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Nee Pathi Naan Pathi |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Nivedha |rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/download/39thAnnualFilmfareTamilBestActorActress/39th%20Annual%20Filmfare%20Tamil%20Best%20Actor%20Actress.jpg|title=39th Annual Filmfare Tamil Best Actor Actress }} |
| Bhanupriya
|Priya Ranjan |
| Heera
|Geetha |
| Jayabharathi
|Janaki |
| Khushbu Sundar
|Nandhini |
| rowspan="5" |1992 (40th) |rowspan="5" |{{border|95px|width=2px|style=solid |color=gold}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Revathi {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Thevar Magan |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Panchavarnam |rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/download/40thFilmfareSouthBestActorActress/40th%20Filmfare%20South%20Best%20Actor%20Actress.jpg|title=40th Filmfare South Best Actor Actress}}{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/FilmfareBestActorActressDirectorTamil|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180501091723/https://archive.org/details/FilmfareBestActorActressDirectorTamil|url-status=dead|title=Filmfare Best Actor Actress Director Tamil|date=1 May 2018|via=Internet Archive|archive-date=1 May 2018|access-date=9 September 2019}} |
| Khushbu Sundar
|Bhuvana |
| Madhoo
|Roja |Roja |
| Sukanya
|Deivaanai |
| Vijayashanti
|Shanthi Devi |
| rowspan="6" |1993 (41st) |rowspan="6" |{{border|95px|width=2px|style=solid |color=gold}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Revathi {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Marupadiyum |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Thulasi |
| Bhanupriya
|Mary / Gayathri |
| Khushbu Sundar
|Sriranjini |
| Meena
|Vaitheeswari Vaanavarayan |
| Priya Raman
|Valli |
| Radhika Sarathkumar
|Virumaayi |
| rowspan="6" |1994 (42nd) |rowspan="6" |{{border|95px|width=2px|style=solid |color=gold}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Revathi {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Priyanka |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Priyanka |rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/42nd-filmfare-south-tamil-winners | title=42nd Filmfare South Tamil Winners | date=22 August 2024 }}{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/download/42ndFilmfareTamilBestActorActressWinners/42nd%20filmfare%20tamil%20best%20actor%20actress%20winners.jpg|title=42nd filmfare Tamil best actor actress winners }} |
| Khushbu Sundar
|Lakshmi |
| Nagma
|Shruthi |
| Rajashree
|Karuthamma |
| Sukanya
|Yamuna |
| Urvashi
|Janaki |
| rowspan="6" |1995 (43rd) |rowspan="6" |{{border| 95px|width=2px|style=solid |color=gold}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Manisha Koirala {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Bombay |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Shaila banu |rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" |{{cite book|title=Rashtriya Sahara|date=1996|issue=v. 4, nos. 7–12|publisher=Sahara India Mass Communication|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZiJuAAAAMAAJ|access-date=20 June 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.filmfare.com/site/nov96/faward.htm |title=Filmfare Awards |access-date=20 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/19991010171143/http://www.filmfare.com/site/nov96/faward.htm |archive-date=10 October 1999 }} |
| Kalpana
|Leelavathi |
| Khushbu Sundar
|Ganga |
| Meena
|Ranganayagi |
| Radhika Sarathkumar
|Nachiyar |
| Suvaluxmi
|saraswathi |
| rowspan="6" |1996 (44th) |rowspan="6" |{{border| 95px|width=2px|style=solid |color=gold}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Shruti {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Kalki |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Kalki |rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" |{{Cite web |url=http://www.filmfare.com/site/october97/south3e.htm |title=Filmfare – South Special |access-date=8 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991103180423/http://www.filmfare.com/site/october97/south3e.htm |archive-date=3 November 1999 |url-status=dead }} |
| Devayani
|Kamali |
| Meena
|Janaki |
| Sangita
|Priyadarshini |
| Suvaluxmi
|Nila |
| Urvashi
|Uma |
| rowspan="5" |1997 (45th) |rowspan="5" |{{border| 95px|width=2px|style=solid |color=gold}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Meena {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Bharathi Kannamma |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Kannamma |rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |{{cite book|title=Competition Science Vision|publisher=Pratiyogita Darpan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MOgDAAAAMBAJ|pages=791|access-date=20 June 2015|date=August 1998}} |
| Devayani
|Nandhini |
| Khushbu Sundar
| |
| Meena
|Maragadham |
| Shalini
|Mini |
| rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" |1998 (46th) |rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" |{{border| 95px|width=2px|style=solid |color=gold}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Kausalya {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Pooveli |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Mahalakshmi |rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/download/46thFilmfareAwardsSouthWinners/46th%20Filmfare%20Awards%20south%20winners.jpg|title=46th Filmfare Awards south winners }} |
| Khushbu Sundar
|Sivagami Jayanthi |
| Rambha
|Swapna Gokula Krishnan |
| Revathi
|Nachiyar |
| Roja
|Radha |
| rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center" |1999 (47th) |rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" |{{border| 95px|width=2px|style=solid |color=gold}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Ramya Krishnan {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Padayappa |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Neelambari |rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2000/04/15/stories/09150651.htm |title=Star-spangled show on cards |work=The Hindu |access-date=20 October 2009 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060715231701/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2000/04/15/stories/09150651.htm |archive-date=15 July 2006 }} |
| Abitha
|Abitha Kujalambal |
| Devayani
|Nandhini |
| Simran Bagga
|Priya |
| Vindhya
|Abhirami |
= 2000s =
= 2010s =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!scope="col" style="width:3%;"|Year !scope="col" style="width:3%;"|Photos of winners !scope="col" style="width:15%;"|Actress !scope="col" style="width:15%;"|Role(s) !scope="col" style="width:15%;"|Film !scope="col" style="width:1%;" class="unsortable" |{{Refh}} |
| rowspan="6" |2010 (58th) |rowspan="6" |{{border| 95px|width=2px|style=solid |color=gold}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Anjali {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Angadi Theru |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Sermakkani |rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web|title=Vedam wins big at Filmfare Awards (South) 2011|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/vedam-wins-big-at-filmfare-awards-2011/20110704.htm|work=Rediff.com|date=4 July 2011|access-date=23 April 2017|archive-date=11 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811090835/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/vedam-wins-big-at-filmfare-awards-2011/20110704.htm|url-status=live}} |
| Amala Paul
|Mynaa |
| Nayanthara
|Chandrika Shanmugasundaram |
| Reema Sen
|Anitha Pandiyan |
| Tamannaah Bhatia
|Charulatha |
| Trisha Krishnan
|Jessy |
| rowspan="6" |2011 (59th) |rowspan="6" |{{border| 95px|width=2px|style=solid |color=gold}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Anjali {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Engaeyum Eppothum |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Manimegalai Ramasamy |
| Anushka Shetty
|Anuradha Ragunathan |
| Asin
|Meera |
| Ineya
|Madhi |
| Richa Gangopadhyay
|Yamini |
| Shruti Haasan
|Subha |
| rowspan="5" |2012 (60th) |rowspan="5" |{{border|95px|width=2px|style=solid |color=gold}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |{{sort|Samantha Ruth Prabhu}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Neethaane En Ponvasantham |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Nithya Vasudevan |
| Amala Paul
|Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi |Parvathi |
| Lakshmi Menon
|Alli |
| Shruti Haasan
|3 |Janani |
| Sunaina
|Esther |
| rowspan="6" |2013 (61st) |rowspan="6" |{{border| 95px|width=2px|style=solid |color=gold}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Nayanthara {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Raja Rani |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Regina John |
| Parvathy Thiruvothu
|Panimalar |
| Pooja Umashankar
|Rekha |
| Sneha
|Amudhavalli |
| Trisha Krishnan
|Priya |
| Vedhika
|Angamma |
| rowspan="5" |2014 (62nd) |rowspan="5" |{{border| 95px|width=2px|style=solid |color=gold}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Malavika Nai {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Cuckoo |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Sudhanthirakodi |
| Amala Paul
|Shalini |
| Catherine Tresa
|Kalaiarasi |
| Samantha Ruth Prabhu
|Ankitha |
| Vedhika
|Vadivambal |
| rowspan="5" |2015 (63rd) |rowspan="5" |{{border| 95px|width=2px|style=solid |color=gold}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Nayanthara {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Naanum Rowdy Dhaan |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Kadhambari |
| Aishwarya Rajesh
|mother |
| Gautami
|Rani Suyambulingam |
| Jyothika
|Vasanthi Tamizhselvan |
| Nithya Menen
|Tara Kalingarayar |
| rowspan="6" |2016 (64th) |rowspan="6" |{{border| 95px|width=2px|style=solid |color=gold}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Ritika Singh {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Irudhi Suttru |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Ezhil Madhi |
| Nayanthara
|Meera George |
| rowspan="2" |Samantha Ruth Prabhu
|24 |Sathya |
| Theri
|Mithra Vijaykumar |
| Tamannaah Bhatia
|Devi |Devi |
| Trisha Krishnan
|Kodi |Rudhra |
| rowspan="6" |2017 (65th) |rowspan="6" |{{border| 95px|width=2px|style=solid |color=gold}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Nayanthara {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Aramm |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Madhivadhani IAS |
| Aditi Balan
|Aruvi |
| Amala Paul
|Agalya Selvam |
| Andrea Jeremiah
|Althea Johnson |
| Jyothika
|Prabhavathi |
| Revathi
|Poothendral |
| rowspan="6" scope="row" style="text-align:center" |2018 (66th) |rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" |{{border| 95px|width=2px|style=solid |color=gold}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Trisha Krishnan {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} |style="background:#FAEB86;" |'96 |style="background:#FAEB86;" |Janaki Devi |rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/winners-of-the-66th-filmfare-awards-south-2019_-38163.html|title=Winners of the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019|website=Filmfare|access-date=22 December 2019|archive-date=22 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222020917/https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/winners-of-the-66th-filmfare-awards-south-2019_-38163.html|url-status=live}} |
| Aishwarya Rajesh
|Kousalya Murugesan |
| Jyothika
|Vijayalakshmi Balakrishnan |
| Nayanthara
|Kokila |
| Sai Pallavi
|Anandhi |
= 2020s =
Notes
- {{cite book|last=Ramachandran|first=T.M.|title=Film world|year=1973|volume=9|ref=Tmr}}
- {{cite book|title=Collections|year=1991|publisher=Update Video Publication|ref=Collections}}
- {{cite book|title=The Times of India directory and year book including who's who|year=1984|publisher=Times of India Press|ref=Toi}}
References
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