IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female

Superlatives

• Only five actresses who won was also nominated in the Best Actress category in the same year; In chronological order they are, Gracy Singh (2002), Vidya Balan (2006), Kangana Ranaut (2007), Deepika Padukone (2008) and Asin (2009).
• Only three actresses who won was also nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category in the same year; In chronological order they are, Bipasha Basu (2002), Parineeti Chopra (2012) and Disha Patani (2017). Parineeti Chopra is the only actress who won both the awards in the same year.
• Kareena Kapoor, Vidya Balan, Kangana Ranaut, Kriti Sanon and Deepika Padukone are the only recipients who also won the IIFA Award for Best Actress later.
• Kangana Ranaut and Parineeti Chopra are the only recipients who also won the IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress. While Chopra won in the same year, Ranaut won it later in the year 2009.
• Kangana Ranaut is the only recipient who won both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress award.

Winners

1990s

• 1999 Not awarded

2000s

• 2001 Kareena Kapoor – Refugee as Nazneen "Naaz" Ahmed (tied with) Kim Sharma, Preeti Jhangiani and Shamita Shetty – Mohabbatein as Sanjana, Kiran and Ishika Dhanrajgir
• 2002 Bipasha Basu – Ajnabee as Sonia/Neeta (tied with) Gracy Singh – Lagaan as Gauri
• **2003 Esha Deol – ''Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe''''' as **Esha Singh'''
• 2004 Amrita Rao – Ishq Vishk
• **2005 Ayesha Takia – ''Taarzan: The Wonder Car''''' as **Priya'''
• **2006 Vidya Balan – ''Parineeta''''' as **Lalita'''
• **2007 Kangana Ranaut – ''Gangster''''' as **Simran'''
• **2008 Deepika Padukone – ''Om Shanti Om''''' as **Shantipriya/Sandhya (Sandy)'''
• **2009 Asin – ''Ghajini''''' as **Kalpana Shetty'''

2010s

• 2010 Jacqueline Fernandez – Aladin as Jasmine (tied with) Mahi Gill – Dev.D as Parminder (Paro)
• **2011 Sonakshi Sinha – ''Dabangg''''' as **Rajjo'''
• **2012 Parineeti Chopra – ''Ladies vs Ricky Bahl''''' as **Dimple Chaddha'''
• **2013 Yami Gautam – ''Vicky Donor''''' as **Ashima Roy Arora'''
• **2014 Vaani Kapoor – ''Shuddh Desi Romance''''' as **Tara'''
• **2015 Kriti Sanon – ''Heropanti''''' as **Dimpy'''
• **2016 Bhumi Pednekar – ''Dum Laga Ke Haisha''''' as **Sandhya Verma'''
• **2017 Disha Patani – ''M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story''''' as **Priyanka Jha'''
• '*2018 *Not awarded'''''
• **2019 Sara Ali Khan – ''Kedarnath''''' as **Mandakani "Mukku" Mishra'''

2020s

• **2020 Ananya Panday – ''Student of the Year 2''''' as **Shreya Randhawa'''
• **2022 Sharvari – ''Bunty Aur Babli 2''''' as **Sonia "Babli" Rawat'''
• **2023 Khushalii Kumar – ''Dhokha: Round D Corner''''' as **Saanchi Sinha'''
• **2024 Alizeh Agnihotri – ''Farrey''''' as **Niyati Singh'''
• **2025 Pratibha Ranta – ''Laapataa Ladies''''' as **Jaya Tripathi Singh / Pushpa Rani'''

References

References

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5. "IIFA Awards 2023 Winners".