Zee Cine Critics Award for Best Actor – Female

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{{Infobox award

| name = Zee Cine Critics Award for Best Actress

| image= Rani Mukerji 2014.jpg

| caption= The 2024 recipient: Rani Mukerji

| awarded_for = Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

| presenter = Zee

| country = India

| year = Aishwariya Rai,
Raincoat (2005)

| holder = Rani Mukerji,
Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway (2024)

| website =

}}

The Zee Cine Critics Award - Best Actress is chosen by a jury organized by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It is a category of Zee Cine Award for the Hindi film industry.{{Cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/zee-cine-awards-2017-get-ready-to-welcome-2018-with-priyanka-katrina-shahid-ranveer-4259559.html|title=Zee Cine Awards 2017: Get ready to welcome 2018 with Priyanka, Katrina, Shahid, Ranveer|work=Firstpost|access-date=2017-12-17|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2017/dec/13/rohit-shetty-sunil-grover-to-co-host-awards-show-1726526.html|title=Rohit Shetty, Sunil Grover to co-host awards show|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2017-12-17}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-zee-cine-awards-2018-raees-to-judwaa-2-here-s-the-full-nomination-list-2566068|title=Zee Cine Awards 2018 {{!}} 'Raees' to 'Judwaa 2': Here's the full nomination list!|date=2017-12-08|work=dna|access-date=2017-12-17|language=en-US}} They were instituted in November 1997 to award "Excellence in cinema - the democratic way".{{cite web |title=Zee launches cine awards |url=http://www.screenindia.com/nov28/bolly1.htm |website=Screen |access-date=14 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020424005940/http://www.screenindia.com/nov28/bolly1.htm#zee |archive-date=24 April 2002 |date=November 1997}}

They were first held in Mumbai until 2004, when the ZCA went international and had their ceremony in Dubai, and in following years in London, Mauritius, Malaysia, and London again in 2008. It was not held in 2009 and 2010, but resumed in 2011, being held in Singapore in 2012 it was held at the CotaiArena in Macao.{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/movies/zee-cine-awards-2012-to-be-held-in-macau_100787.htm |title=Zee Cine Awards 2012 to be held in Macau |publisher=Zeenews.india.com |access-date=2014-06-24}} The 2018 edition was held at MMRDA Grounds, Mumbai.{{Cite news|url=http://www.india.com/showbiz/zee-cine-awards-2018-complete-winners-list-shah-rukh-khan-priyanka-chopra-amitabh-bachchan-akshay-kumar-walk-home-with-the-trophy-2815753/|title=Zee Cine Awards 2018 Winners: SRK, Priyanka Chopra, Akshay Kumar, Alia Bhatt And More |work=india.com|access-date=2018-07-17}}