Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
Divya Spandana with two wins and most nominees
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in Kannada films
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First awarded	Kalpana, Yaava Janmada Maitri (1972)
Currently held by	Yagna Shetty, Act 1978 (2020-2021)
Website	Filmfare Awards

The Filmfare Best Actress Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Kannada films (Sandalwood). The awards were extended to "Best Actress" in 1972.^[1] The year indicates the year of release of the film.

Superlatives

Multiple wins

The following individuals have received two or more Best Actress awards:

Winners

Year	Image	Actress	Role	Film	Link
2020-21		Yagna Shetty	Geetha	Act 1978	[2]
2018		Manvitha Kamath	Punarvasu	Tagaru	[3]
2017		Sruthi Hariharan	Nandini	Beautiful Manasugalu	[4]
2016		Shraddha Srinath	Rachana	U Turn	[5]
2015		Parul Yadav	Mallika	Aatagara	[6]
2014		Shwetha Srivatsav	Bhumika	Fair & Lovely	[7]
2013	–	Amulya	Shravani	Shravani Subramanya	[8]
2012		Priyamani	• Chaaru  • Latha	Chaarulatha	[9]
2011		Ramya	Geetha	Sanju Weds Geetha	[10]
2010	–	Radhika Pandit	Geetha	Krishnan Love Story
2009	–	Radhika Pandit	Khushi	Love Guru	[11]
2008	–	Radhika Pandit	Chanchala	Moggina Manasu	[12]
2007	–	Rashmi	Poornima	Duniya	[13]
2006		Ramya	Vanaja	Tananam Tananam	[14]
2005		Vidya Venkatesh	Indu	Nenapirali	[15]
2004		Soundarya	Ganga	Apthamitra	[16]
2003		Meena	Lalitha	Swathi Muthu	[17]
2002		Soundarya	Naagi	Dweepa	[18]
2001		Prema	Sangeetha	Kanasugara	[19]
2000		Sudha Rani	Radha	Sparsha	[20]
1999	-	Tara	Subbamma Heggadithi	Kanooru Heggadithi	[21]
1998		Jayamala	Narmada Thaayi Saheba	Thaayi Saheba	[22]
1997		Vijayalakshmi	Rani	Nagamandala	[23][24]
1996		Shilpa	Kanaka	Janumada Jodi	[25]
1995	–	Shruti	Usha	Aagatha	[26]
1994	–	Shruti		Hettha Karulu	[27][28]
1993		Lakshmi	Ramabai	Hoovu Hannu	[29]
1992		Sudha Rani	Padma	Mysooru Mallige	[30]
1991	–	Malashri	Asha	Hrudaya Haadithu	[31]
1990		Suhasini	Annapoorna	Muthina Haara	[32][33]
1989	–	Saritha	Banneri	Sankranthi	[34]
1988		Suhasini	Hema	Suprabhatha	[35]
1987	–	Geetha	Kamala	Shruthi Seridaaga	[36][37]
1986	–	Saritha		Mouna Geethe	[38]
1985	–	Saritha	Kamala	Mugila Mallige	[39][40]
1984	–	Abhinaya	Gowri	Anubhava	[41]
1983		Suhasini	Kavitha	Benkiyalli Aralida Hoovu	[42][43]
1982	–	Saritha	Vathsala	Hosa Belaku	[44]
1981	–	Aarathi	Ranganayaki / Mala	Ranganayaki	[45]
1980	–	Ashwini	Savithri	Savithri	[46]
1979	–	Aarathi	Thunga	Dharmasere	[47]
1978	–	Shobha	Kusuma	Aparichita	[48]
1977	–	Manjula	Deepa	Deepa	[49]
1976	–	Jayanthi	Thulasi	Tulasi	[50]
1975	–	Aarathi	Hema	Shubhamangala	[51]
1974	–	Aarathi	Sharada	Upasane	[52]
1973	–	Jayanthi	Madhavi	Edakallu Guddada Mele	[53]
1972	–	Kalpana	Lalitha	Yaava Janmada Maitri	[54][55]

Nominations

• 2005 Vidya Venkatesh – Nenapirali as Sindhu
  • Meena – My Autograph as Divya
  • Shilpa Shetty – Auto Shankar as Maya
  • Ramya – Amrithadhare as Amritha
  • Radhika Kumaraswamy – Anna Thangi as Lakshmi
• 2006 Ramya – Tananam Tananam as Vanaja
  • Meera Jasmine – Arasu as Aishwarya
  • Rakshitha – Neenello Naanalle as Siri
  • Radhika Kumaraswamy – Hatavadi as Anisha
• 2007 Rashmi – Duniya as Poornima
  • Parvathy Thiruvothu – Milana as Anjali
  • Suhasini – Maathaad Maathaadu Mallige as Kanaka
  • Jaya Prada - Ee Bandhana as Nandini
• 2008 Radhika Pandit – Moggina Manasu as Chanchala
  • Daisy Bopanna – Gaalipata as Soumya
  • Pooja Gandhi – Taj Mahal as Shruti
  • Ramya – Mussanjemaatu as Tanu
  • Suhasi – Haage Summane as Khushi
• 2009 Radhika Pandit – Love Guru as Kushi
  • Haripriya – Kallara Santhe as Roopa
  • Priyamani – Raam as Pooja
  • Priyanka Kothari – Raaj The Showman as Parvathy
  • Rekha – Parichaya as Nirmala (Nimmi)
• 2010 Radhika Pandit – Krishnan Love Story as Geetha
  • Aindrita Ray – Veera Parampare
  • Nayantara – Super as Indira
  • Nidhi Subbaiah – Pancharangi as Ambika
  • Ramya – Just Math Mathalli as Tanu
• 2011 Ramya – Sanju Weds Geetha as Geetha
  • Deepa Sannidhi – Paramathma as Deepa aka Thithi Vade
  • Nidhi Subbaiah – Krishnan Marriage Story as Khushi
  • Radhika Pandit – Hudugaru as Gayathri
  • Ragini Dwivedi – Kempe Gowda as Kavya
• 2012 Priyamani – Chaarulatha
  • Pooja Gandhi – Dandupalya
  • Pranitha Subhash – Bheema Theeradalli
  • Radhika Pandit – Addhuri
  • Ramya – Sidlingu
• 2013 Amulya – Shravani Subramanya
  • Aindrita Ray – Bhajarangi
  • Meghana Gaonkar – Charminar
  • Nithya Menen – Mynaa
  • Rachita Ram – Bulbul
  • Shwetha Srivatsav – Simple Agi Ondh Love Story
• 2014 Shwetha Srivatsav – Fair & Lovely
  • Haripriya – Ugramm
  • Kriti Kharbanda – Super Ranga
  • Radhika Pandit – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari
  • Ragini Dwivedi – Ragini IPS
• 2015 Parul Yadav – Aatagara
  • Mayuri Kyatari – Krishna Leela
  • Nabha Natesh – Vajrakaya
  • Rachita Ram – Ranna
  • Shanvi Srivastava – Masterpiece
• 2016 Shraddha Srinath – U Turn
  • Hariprriya – Neer Dose
  • Parul Yadav – Killing Veerappan
  • Shwetha Srivatsav – Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu
  • Sruthi Hariharan – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu
• 2017 Sruthi Hariharan – Beautiful Manasugalu
  • Nivedihta – Shuddhi
  • Rashmika Mandanna – Chamak
  • Shanvi Srivastava – Tarak
  • Shraddha Srinath – Operation Aalamelamma
• 2018 Manvitha Kamath – Tagaru
  • Ashika Ranganath – Raambo 2
  • Meghana Raj – Iruvudellava Bittu
  • Nishvika Naidu -Amma I Love You
  • Sruthi Hariharan – Nathicharami

• 2020-21 Yagna Shetty – Act 1978
  • Aarohi Narayan – Bheemasena Nalamaharaja
  • Amrutha Iyengar – Badava Rascal
  • Asha Bhat – Roberrt
  • Kushee Ravi – Dia
  • Milana Nagaraj – Love Mocktail
  • Reba – Rathnan Prapancha

References

Notes

• Ramachandran, T.M. (1973). Film world. Vol. 9.
• The Times of India directory and year book including who's who. Times of India Press. 1984.