Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress

Superlatives

• Tabu holds the record for the maximum number of wins in this category, having won the award 5 times (1998, 2000, 2001, 2008 and 2023), followed by Manisha Koirala and Rani Mukerji who have both won the award 3 times each, with Koirala winning in 1996, 1997 and 2003, and Mukerji winning in 2003, 2006 and 2024. and four actresses with 2 awards each (in chronological order): Dimple Kapadia (1992 & 1993), Kareena Kapoor (2005 & 2007), Vidya Balan (2011 & 2022), Bhumi Pednekar (2020 & 2023) and Shefali Shah (1999 & 2024).
• Tabu also holds the record for the maximum number of nominations in the category (6), followed by Taapsee Pannu and Vidya Balan with 5 nominations each, Bhumi Pednekar with 4 nominations, and Manisha Koirala, Rani Mukerji, Kangana Ranaut, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Alia Bhatt with 3 nominations each.
• 3 actresses have won the award in consecutive years; in chronological order, they are Dimple Kapadia (1992–93), Manisha Koirala (1996–97) and Tabu (2000–01).
• There have been 4 ties in 2003, 2020, 2023 and 2024. In 2003, Manisha Koirala and Rani Mukerji were both given the award for Company and Saathiya. In 2020, Taapsee Pannu & Bhumi Pednekar won the award for the same film, Saand Ki Aankh (2019). In 2023, Bhumi Pednekar and Tabu both tied for the award, winning for Badhaai Do and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2. In 2024, Rani Mukerji and Shefali Shah tied for the award, winning for Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway and Three of Us.
• Neena Gupta is the eldest recipient, winning the award for Badhaai Ho (2018) at age 59.
• Zaira Wasim is the youngest recipient, winning the award for Secret Superstar (2017) at age 17.
• 9 actresses have won awards in both Best Actress and Best Actress (Critics) categories; in chronological order, they are Dimple Kapadia, Karisma Kapoor, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor, Vidya Balan, Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut, Alia Bhatt and Taapsee Pannu. Manisha Koirala have also won Best Actress - Tamil for her performance in Bombay and she is only actress to win critics award for a non hindi film.
• Rani Mukerji is the only actress to win both Best Actress (Critics) and Popular awards during the same year (2006) for Black.
• 11 actresses have won the award without receiving a Best Actress nomination. In chronological order they are: Farida Jalal for Mammo (1995), Manisha Koirala for Bombay (1996) & Company (2003), Shefali Shah for Satya (1999) & Three of Us (2023), Kareena Kapoor for Dev (2005), Tabu for Cheeni Kum (2008), Shahana Goswami for Rock On!! (2009), Mahi Gill for Dev.D (2010), Richa Chadha for Gangs of Wasseypur (2013), Shilpa Shukla for B.A. Pass (2014), and Bhumi Pednekar and Taapsee Pannu both for Saand Ki Aankh (2019). Among these, Shah, Goswami and Chadha were nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
• Tabu, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Vidya Balan and Kangana Ranaut have all won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut, while Dimple Kapadia, Farida Jalal, Karisma Kapoor, Ranaut, Kapoor, Tabu and Chopra have all won Best Supporting Actress. Moreover, Kareena Kapoor has won the Filmfare Special Award, while Taapsee Pannu has also won the Filmfare OTT Award for Best Actress in a Web Original Film.

Multiple winners

Multiple nominations

List of winners

Outstanding Performance In A Non-Commercial Film

(Between 1991 and 1992, there was one special category known as the Outstanding Performance In A Non-Commercial Film, and was awarded without prior nomination to acknowledge an actor of either sex.)

Critics Award for Best Performance

(From 1993 until 1997, there was one special category known as the Critics Award for Best Performance, and was awarded without prior nomination to acknowledge an actor of either sex.)

Critics Award for Best Actress

(The category is officially divided into two separate categories to acknowledge both male and female actors individually.)

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2020s

References

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