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{{short description|Film award}}
#REDIRECT [[National Film Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
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{{Infobox film award
| name = National Film Award for Best Actress
| alt =
| awarded_for = Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
| image        = File:Kangana Ranaut 2013.jpg
| image_upright =
| caption      = The 2019 recipient [[Kangana Ranaut]]
| sponsor = [[Directorate of Film Festivals]]
| firstawarded = 1967
| lastawarded = 2019
| reward = {{ubl|Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)|{{INRConvert|50|k}}}}
| former name = Urvashi Award (1967–1973)
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| holder = [[Kangana Ranaut]] for films ''[[Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi]]'' and ''[[Panga (film)|Panga]]''
| most_wins = [[Shabana Azmi]]<br />(5 awards)
| award1_type = Total awarded
| award1_winner = 55
| award2_type = First winner
| award2_winner = [[Nargis|<!-- don't delink -->Nargis Dutt]]
}}
The '''National Film Award for Best Actress''' (officially known as the '''Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Actress''') is an honour presented annually at the [[National Film Awards]] of India since 1968 to an actress for the best performance in a leading role within the [[Cinema of India|Indian film industry]].<ref name="Sabharwal2007">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LKySGJAGVEQC&pg=PA116 |title=India Since 1947: The Independent Years |last=Sabharwal |first=Gopa |publisher=Penguin Books |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-14-310274-8 |location=India |page=116}}</ref><ref name=nfa>{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/nfa.asp |title=About National Film Awards |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] |access-date=24 October 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025223102/http://dff.nic.in/nfa.asp |archive-date=25 October 2011 }}</ref> The National Film Awards were called the "State Awards for Films" when established in 1954. The State Awards instituted the "Best Actress" category in 1968 as the "Urvashi Award for the Best Actress";<ref name="Sabharwal2007" /><ref name=1974NFA>{{cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm21stNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=21NFA.pdf |title=21st National Awards For Films (1974) |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=12 March 2012 |page=17|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928071446/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm21stNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=21NFA.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2011 }}</ref><ref name=1975NFA>{{cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm22ndNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=22NFA.pdf |title=22nd National Film Festival (1975) |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=30 July 2011 |page=15|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928072522/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm22ndNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=22NFA.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2011 }}</ref> in 1975, the "Urvashi Award" was renamed as the "Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Actress". Throughout the years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, the [[Government of India]] has presented a total of 55 Best Actress awards to 44 different actresses.
 
Until 1974, winners of the National Film Award received a [[figurine]] and certificate; since 1975, they have been awarded with a "Rajat Kamal" (silver [[Nelumbo nucifera|lotus]]), certificate and a cash prize that amounted to {{INRConvert|50|k}} in [[59th National Film Awards|2012]].<ref name=1974NFA /> Although the Indian film industry produces films in more than 20 [[Languages of India|languages and dialects]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Central Board of Film Certification – Annual Report 2011 |url=http://cbfcindia.gov.in/CbfcWeb/fckeditor/editor/images/Uploadedfiles/file/Publications/ANNUAL_2011.pdf |publisher=[[Central Board of Film Certification]] |access-date=25 November 2012 |page=33|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124081428/http://cbfcindia.gov.in/CbfcWeb/fckeditor/editor/images/Uploadedfiles/file/Publications/ANNUAL_2011.pdf |archive-date=24 January 2013 }}</ref> the actresses whose performances have won awards have worked in ten major languages: [[Hindi]] (22 awards), [[Bengali language|Bengali]] (7 awards), [[Tamil language|Tamil]] (6 awards), [[Malayalam]] (6 awards), [[Telugu language|Telugu]] (4 awards), [[Kannada]] (3 awards), [[Indian English|English]] (3 awards), [[Marathi language|Marathi]] (2 awards), [[Assamese language|Assamese]] (one award) and [[Urdu]] (one award).
 
The first recipient was [[Nargis|<!-- don't delink -->Nargis Dutt]] from [[Bollywood]], who was honoured at the 15th National Film Awards (1967) for her performance in ''[[Raat Aur Din]]''.<ref name="1968award">{{cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm15thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=15NFA.pdf |title=National Awards for Films – 1967 – Nargis Dutt |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |date=25 November 1968|page=29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928071652/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm15thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=15NFA.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2011 }}</ref> The actress who won the most Rajat Kamal awards is [[Shabana Azmi]] with five wins,<ref>{{cite news|title=Coffee break with Shabana Azmi |last=Nagarajan |first=Saraswathy |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/12/18/stories/2004121801660100.htm|newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=18 December 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610045954/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/12/18/stories/2004121801660100.htm |archive-date=10 June 2012 }}</ref> followed by [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]] and [[Kangana Ranaut]] with three wins. As of 2021, four actresses—[[Smita Patil]], [[Archana (actress)|Archana]], [[Shobana]], and [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]] who have won the award two times. [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]], [[Archana (actress)|Archana]] and [[Shobana]] are the only three actresses to get the award for performing in two different languages. Sharada was bestowed with the awards for her performances in two Malayalam films: ''[[Thulabharam]]'' and ''[[Swayamvaram (1972 film)|Swayamvaram]]'' in 1968 and 1972 respectively, and in 1978 for the Telugu film ''[[Nimajjanam]]''. Archana was first honoured in 1987 for the Tamil film ''[[Veedu]]'' and was awarded for the second time in 1988 for the Telugu film ''[[Daasi (1988 film)|Daasi]]''. Shobana received her first award for the Malayalam film ''[[Manichitrathazhu]]'' in 1993, and her second for the English film ''[[Mitr, My Friend]]'' in 2001. As of 2019, the late [[Monisha Unni]] remains the youngest recipient of the honour; she was awarded for the Malayalam film ''[[Nakhakshathangal]]'' in 1986 when she was 16.<ref name=1986award>{{cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm34ndNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=34NFA.pdf |title=34th National Film Awards |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=19 January 2011 |page=27|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017014114/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm34ndNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=34NFA.pdf |archive-date=17 October 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bharathan |first=Hemjit |title=Grit to conquer grief |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/10/27/stories/2008102750590400.htm|date=27 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308220043/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/10/27/stories/2008102750590400.htm |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=8 March 2012 }}</ref> [[Indrani Haldar]] and [[Rituparna Sengupta]] are the only two actresses to be honoured for the same film—''[[Dahan (1997 film)|Dahan]]''. [[Kangana Ranaut]] is the only actress to be honoured for her performance in two different films (''[[Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi]]'' and ''[[Panga (film)|Panga]]'') in the same year. [[Sridevi]] is the only actress who was honoured posthumously for her performance in ''[[Mom (film)|Mom]]'' (2017).<ref>{{cite news |title=National Film Awards: Sridevi Honoured Posthumously; Boney Kapoor Remembers His Wife, Wishes She Was Here |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/national-film-awards-sridevi-honoured-posthumously-boney-kapoor-remembers-his-wife-wishes-she-was-here-1737647.html |access-date=7 December 2021 |website=[[News18 India]] |date=3 May 2018 }}</ref> The most recent recipient is [[Kangana Ranaut]], who was honoured at the [[67th National Film Awards]] for her performance in the 2019 Hindi period drama film ''[[Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi]]'' and the 2020 Hindi sports drama film ''[[Panga (film)|Panga]]''.
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==Key==
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! scope="col" style="width:50px" | Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:350px" | Meaning
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |Year
|Indicates the year in which the film was [[Censorship in India#Censorship by medium|censored]] by the [[Central Board of Film Certification]] (CBFC)
|-
|align=center style="background-color:#ADD8E6"|{{dagger}}
|Indicates a joint award for that year
|-
|style="text-align:center; background:#ffecc8;"|{{double-dagger}}
|Indicates that the winner won the award for two performances in that year
|}
 
== Multiple winners ==
* '''5 Wins''': [[Shabana Azmi]]
* '''3 wins''': [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]] and [[Kangana Ranaut]]
* '''2 Wins''': [[Smita Patil]], [[Archana (actress)|Archana]], [[Shobana]] and [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]]
 
== Recipients ==
[[File:Shabana Azmi.jpg|thumbnail|upright| With five wins, [[Shabana Azmi]] is the most awarded actor in this category. She is also the actress with most consecutive wins (3).]]
 
[[File:Kangana Ranaut at 2019 Cannes (cropped).jpg|thumbnail|upright|[[Kangana Ranaut]] has won the award three times. She is the only actress to be honoured for two different films in a same year.]]
 
[[File:Sridevi.jpg|thumbnail|upright|[[Sridevi]] has won the award once for her performance in ''[[Mom (film)|Mom]]'' (2017). She is the only actress to be honoured posthumously.]]


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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+List of award recipients, showing the year, role(s), film(s) and language(s)
! scope="col" |Year{{efn|Denotes The year in which the film was [[Censorship in India#Censorship by medium|censored]] by the [[Central Board of Film Certification]].}}
! scope="col" |Recipient(s)
! scope="col" |Role(s)
! scope="col" |Work(s)
! scope="col" |Language(s)
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="text-align:center;" |Refs.{{efn|Cites the recipient and the role played by them in the film.}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[15th National Film Awards|1967<br />{{small|(15th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Nargis|<!-- don't delink -->Nargis Dutt]]
| Varuna / Peggy {{efn|Dutt played the role of a woman suffering from [[multiple personality disorder]] in the film.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sinha|first=Meenakshi|title=New ailments to spice up BO|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-18/india/28106966_1_conditions-films-diseases|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126080529/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-18/india/28106966_1_conditions-films-diseases|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=18 October 2009}}</ref>}}
| ''[[Raat Aur Din]]''
| [[Hindi]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=15th National Film Awards |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm15thNFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=19 November 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020065700/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm15thNFAAward.aspx |archive-date=20 October 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Raat Aur Din – Cast & credits |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b804453cb |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=1 December 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408122003/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b804453cb |archive-date=8 April 2015 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[16th National Film Awards|1968<br />{{small|(16th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]]
| Vijaya
| ''[[Thulabharam]]''
| [[Malayalam]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=16th National Film Awards – 1970 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm16thNFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=13 January 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020065718/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm16thNFAAward.aspx |archive-date=20 October 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=B. Vijayakumar |title=Thulabharam 1968 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article822028.ece|newspaper=The Hindu |date=10 October 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219024239/http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article822028.ece |archive-date=19 February 2011 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[17th National Film Awards|1969<br />{{small|(17th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Madhabi Mukherjee]]
| Supriya
| ''[[Dibratrir Kabya]]''
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|<ref name=1970nfa>{{cite web |title=17th National Film Awards |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm17thNFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=19 November 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020065742/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm17thNFAAward.aspx |archive-date=20 October 2012 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[18th National Film Awards|1970<br />{{small|(18th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Rehana Sultan]]
| Salma Ahmed
| ''[[Dastak (1970 film)|Dastak]]''
| [[Hindi]]
|<ref name=1970nfa /><ref>{{cite journal|title=The Illustrated Weekly of India|year=1971|volume=92|page=57|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Gc6AQAAIAAJ}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[19th National Film Awards|1971<br />{{small|(19th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Waheeda Rehman]]
| Reshma
| ''[[Reshma Aur Shera]]''
| [[Hindi]]
|<ref>{{cite news|last=Kohli|first=Suresh|title=Blast from the past – Reshma Aur Shera 1971|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/10/25/stories/2008102550471000.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125142010/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/10/25/stories/2008102550471000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=25 October 2008}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[20th National Film Awards|1972<br />{{small|(20th)}}]]<br />
! scope="row" | [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]]
| Sita
| ''[[Swayamvaram (1972 film)|Swayamvaram]]''
| [[Malayalam]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=20th National Film Awards – 1972 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm20thNFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=1 December 2012 |page=43|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105220349/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm20thNFAAward.aspx |archive-date=5 November 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Adoor made us forget our identities |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/sep/08sarada.htm |work=[[Rediff.com]] |date=8 September 2005|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026081832/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/sep/08sarada.htm |archive-date=26 October 2012 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[21st National Film Awards|1973<br />{{small|(21st)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Nandini Bhaktavatsala]]
| Kamali
| ''[[Kaadu (1973 Kannada film)|Kaadu]]''
| [[Kannada]]
|<ref name=1974NFA /><ref name="Purohit1988">{{cite book|last=Purohit|first=Vinayak|title=Arts of transitional India twentieth century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ArsrAAAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-0-86132-138-4|page=1136}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[22nd National Film Awards|1974<br />{{small|(22nd)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Shabana Azmi]]
| Lakshmi
| ''[[Ankur (film)|Ankur]]''
| [[Hindi]]
|<ref name=1975NFA />
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[23rd National Film Awards|1975<br />{{small|(23rd)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Sharmila Tagore]]
| Chanda Thapa,<br />Kajli {{efn|Tagore performed dual roles in the film.<ref>{{cite news|last=A. Chatterji |first=Shoma |title=I was different from other actresses |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051016/spectrum/main7.htm|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |date=16 October 2005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025009/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051016/spectrum/main7.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>}}
| ''[[Mausam (1975 film)|Mausam]]''
| [[Hindi]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=23rd National Film Awards |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm23rdNFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=13 January 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219064158/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm23rdNFAAward.aspx |archive-date=19 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Raheja |first=Dinesh |title=Mausam – The tantalising ambiguity of relationships |url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/nov/09dinesh.htm |work=Rediff.com |access-date=1 December 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015210501/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/nov/09dinesh.htm |archive-date=15 October 2012 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[24th National Film Awards|1976<br />{{small|(24th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]]
| Ganga
| ''[[Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (1977 film)|Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal]]''
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|<ref name="Baskaran1996">{{cite book|last=Baskaran |first=Sundararaj Theodore |title=The eye of the serpent: an introduction to Tamil cinema |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PhFlAAAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=East West Books |page=149 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009044850/http://books.google.com/books?id=PhFlAAAAMAAJ |archive-date=9 October 2013 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[25th National Film Awards|1977<br />{{small|(25th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Smita Patil]]
| Urvashi / Usha {{efn|Smita played a single character which had two different names.}}
| ''[[Bhumika: The Role|Bhumika]]''
| [[Hindi]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=25th National Film Awards |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm25NFAAward.aspx?PdfName=25th_nff.pdf |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=15 November 2012 |pages=6–7|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130000902/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm25NFAAward.aspx?PdfName=25th_nff.pdf |archive-date=30 January 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Best of Smita Patil – Bhumika |author1=Dinesh Raheja |author2=Jitendra Kothari |url=http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2006/dec/14slide1.htm |work=Rediff.com |access-date=1 December 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910143936/http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2006/dec/14slide1.htm |archive-date=10 September 2012 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[26th National Film Awards|1978<br />{{small|(26th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]]
| Bharathi
| ''[[Nimajjanam]]''
| [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=26th National Film Awards – 1979 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm26NFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=1 December 2012 |page=36|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219064258/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm26NFAAward.aspx |archive-date=19 February 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[27th National Film Awards|1979<br />{{small|(27th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Shoba]]
| Kuppamma
| ''[[Pasi (film)|Pasi]]''
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|<ref>{{cite news|last=Ashok Kumar |first=S. R |title=It's a heavy price to pay |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/05/03/stories/2002050300330300.htm|date=3 May 2002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026015934/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/05/03/stories/2002050300330300.htm |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=26 October 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R0EOAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |page=442 |isbn=9781579581466 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607111056/http://books.google.com/books?id=R0EOAQAAMAAJ |archive-date=7 June 2013 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[28th National Film Awards|1980<br />{{small|(28th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Smita Patil]]
| Amma
| ''[[Chakra (1981 film)|Chakra]]''
| [[Hindi]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=28th National Film Awards |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm28thNFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=13 January 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219064301/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm28thNFAAward.aspx |archive-date=19 February 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[29th National Film Awards|1981<br />{{small|(29th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Rekha]]
| Amiran (Umrao Jaan) {{efn|Rekha played a single character which had two different names.<ref>{{cite news|last=Devi|first=Sangeetha|title=Umrao Jaan unplugged|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/11/03/stories/2006110301160100.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125103303/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/11/03/stories/2006110301160100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=3 November 2006}}</ref>}}
| ''[[Umrao Jaan (1981 film)|Umrao Jaan]]''
| [[Urdu]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm29thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=29NFA.pdf |title=29th National Film Awards |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=7 August 2011 |page=12|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721170327/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm29thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=29NFA.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2011 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[30th National Film Awards|1982<br />{{small|(30th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Shabana Azmi]]
| Pooja Inder Malhotra
| ''[[Arth (film)|Arth]]''
| [[Hindi]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=30th National Film Awards – 1983 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm30thNFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=13 January 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003130200/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm30thNFAAward.aspx |archive-date=3 October 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Raheja |first=Dinesh |title='Arth': an ode to relationships |url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2003/jul/08dinesh.htm |work=Rediff.com |date=8 July 2003|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904135556/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2003/jul/08dinesh.htm |archive-date=4 September 2012 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[31st National Film Awards|1983<br />{{small|(31st)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Shabana Azmi]]
| Jamini
| ''[[Khandhar]]''
| [[Hindi]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=31st National Film Awards – 1984 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm31stNFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=13 January 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112200555/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm31stNFAAward.aspx |archive-date=12 November 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Shabana Azmi on Classiness in Cinema |url=http://forbesindia.com/article/recliner/shabana-azmi-on-classiness-in-cinema/32756/1 |work=[[Forbes]] |date=27 April 2012|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031154502/http://forbesindia.com//article/recliner/shabana-azmi-on-classiness-in-cinema/32756/1 |archive-date=31 October 2012 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[32nd National Film Awards|1984<br />{{small|(32nd)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Shabana Azmi]]
| Rama
| ''[[Paar (film)|Paar]]''
| [[Hindi]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=32nd National Film Awards – 1985 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm32ndNFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=13 January 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926054317/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm32ndNFAAward.aspx |archive-date=26 September 2013 }}</ref><ref name="Bowker1986">{{cite book|author=Bowker |title=Variety's Film Reviews: 1983–1984 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UXJZAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=[[R. R. Bowker]] |isbn=978-0-8352-2798-8 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231082643/http://books.google.com/books?id=UXJZAAAAMAAJ |archive-date=31 December 2013 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[33rd National Film Awards|1985<br />{{small|(33rd)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]]
| Sindhu
| ''[[Sindhu Bhairavi (film)|Sindhu Bhairavi]]''
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm32ndNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=32NFA.pdf |title=32nd National Film Awards |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=7 August 2011 |page=25|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928072238/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm32ndNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=32NFA.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2011 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[34th National Film Awards|1986<br />{{small|(34th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Monisha Unni]]
| Gouri
| ''[[Nakhakshathangal]]''
| [[Malayalam]]
|<ref name=1986award />
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[35th National Film Awards|1987<br />{{small|(35th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Archana (actress)|Archana]]
| Sudha
| ''[[Veedu]]''
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm35thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=35NFA.pdf |title=35th National Film Awards – 1988 |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=7 August 2011 |page=29|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721170111/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm35thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=35NFA.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2011 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[36th National Film Awards|1988<br />{{small|(36th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Archana (actress)|Archana]]
| Kamalakshi
| ''[[Daasi (1988 film)|Daasi]]''
| [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=36th National Film Festival – 1989 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm36NFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=1 December 2012 |page=28|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505173742/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm36NFAAward.aspx |archive-date=5 May 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[37th National Film Awards|1989<br />{{small|(37th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Sreelekha Mukherji]]
| Lakkhi
| ''[[Parshuramer Kuthar]]''
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm37NFAAward.aspx?PdfName=37nfa.pdf |title=37th National Film Awards – 1990 |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=19 January 2011 |page=34|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018073449/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm37NFAAward.aspx?PdfName=37nfa.pdf |archive-date=18 October 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[38th National Film Awards|1990<br />{{small|(38th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Vijayashanti]]
| Vyjayanthi
| ''[[Karthavyam (1990 film)|Karthavyam]]''
| [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=38th National Film Awards – 1991 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm38thNFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=13 January 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105174944/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm38thNFAAward.aspx |archive-date=5 November 2013 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[39th National Film Awards|1991<br />{{small|(39th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Moloya Goswami]]
| Ritu
| ''[[Firingoti]]''
| [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=39th National Film Festival – 1992 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm39thNFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=1 December 2012 |page=38|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315101348/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm39thNFAAward.aspx |archive-date=15 March 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[40th National Film Awards|1992<br />{{small|(40th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Dimple Kapadia]]
| Shanichari
| ''[[Rudaali]]''
| [[Hindi]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=40th National Film Awards – 1993 |url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/40th_nff_1993.pdf |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals – 1993 |access-date=15 November 2012 |pages=40–41|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309053748/http://dff.nic.in/2011/40th_nff_1993.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[41st National Film Awards|1993<br />{{small|(41st)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Shobana]]
| Ganga / Nagavalli {{efn|Shobana played the role of a woman suffering from [[multiple personality disorder]] in the film.}}
| ''[[Manichitrathazhu]]''
| [[Malayalam]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm41thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=41NFA.pdf |title=41st National Film Awards – 1994 |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=7 August 2011 |pages=36–37|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928072259/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm41thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=41NFA.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2011 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[42nd National Film Awards|1994<br />{{small|(42nd)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Debashree Roy]]
| Dr. Aditi Sen
| ''[[Unishe April]]''
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=42nd National Film Awards – 1995 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm42thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=42NFA.pdf |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=15 November 2012 |pages=26–27|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012140929/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm42thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=42NFA.pdf |archive-date=12 October 2012 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[43rd National Film Awards|1995<br />{{small|(43rd)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Seema Biswas]]
| [[Phoolan Devi]]
| ''[[Bandit Queen]]''
| [[Hindi]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=43rd National Film Awards – 1996 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm43thNFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |pages=26–27 |access-date=13 January 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215065528/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm43thNFAAward.aspx |archive-date=15 December 2013 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[44th National Film Awards|1996<br />{{small|(44th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]]
| Virender Kaur
| ''[[Maachis]]''
| [[Hindi]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=44th National Film Awards – 1997 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm44thNFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=1 December 2012 |page=24|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505172151/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm44thNFAAward.aspx |archive-date=5 May 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|style="background:#ADD8E6" rowspan="2| [[45th National Film Awards|1997<br />{{small|(45th)}}]] {{dagger}}
! scope="row" | [[Indrani Haldar]]
| Jhinuk
|rowspan="2"| ''[[Dahan (1997 film)|Dahan]]''
|rowspan="2"| [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| rowspan="2|<ref name="45th NFA">{{cite web |title=45th National Film Awards – 1998 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm45thNFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=1 December 2012 |page=27|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505170923/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm45thNFAAward.aspx |archive-date=5 May 2014 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[Rituparna Sengupta]]
| Romita Chaudhury
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[46th National Film Awards|1998<br />{{small|(46th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Shabana Azmi]]
| Rambhi {{efn|The character played by Shabana Azmi was loosely based on the Porbandar-based lady underworld don [[Santokben Jadeja]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article1588846.ece|title=Underworld don Santokben Jadeja dead|last=Dasgupta|first=Manas|date=1 April 2011|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=6 May 2011|location=AHMEDABAD}}</ref>}}
| ''[[Godmother (film)|Godmother]]''
| [[Hindi]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=46th National Film Awards – 1999 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm46NFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=1 December 2012|page=26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203091624/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm46NFAAward.aspx |archive-date=3 December 2013 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[47th National Film Awards|1999<br />{{small|(47th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Kirron Kher]]
| Banalata
| ''[[Bariwali]]''
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=47th National Film Awards – 2000 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm47NFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=1 December 2012 |page=26|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505163411/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm47NFAAward.aspx |archive-date=5 May 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[48th National Film Awards|2000<br />{{small|(48th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Raveena Tandon]]
| Durga Saikia
| ''[[Daman (film)|Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence]]''
| [[Hindi]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=48th National Film Awards – 2001 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm48NFAAward.aspx?PdfName=48NFA.pdf |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=1 December 2012 |page=42|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016222029/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm48NFAAward.aspx?PdfName=48NFA.pdf |archive-date=16 October 2012 }}</ref>
|-
|style="background:#ADD8E6" rowspan="2| [[49th National Film Awards|2001<br />{{small|(49th)}}]] {{dagger}}
! scope="row" | [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]]
| Mumtaz Ali Ansari
| ''[[Chandni Bar]]''
| [[Hindi]]
| rowspan="2|<ref name=49NFA>{{cite web |title=49th National Film Awards – 2002 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm49NFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=1 December 2012 |pages=32–33|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224105444/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm49NFAAward.aspx |archive-date=24 December 2013 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[Shobana]]
| Lakshmi
| ''[[Mitr, My Friend]]''
| [[Indian English|English]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[50th National Film Awards|2002<br />{{small|(50th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Konkona Sen Sharma]]
| Meenakshi S. Iyer
| ''[[Mr. and Mrs. Iyer]]''
| [[Indian English|English]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=50th National Film Awards – 2003 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm50NFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=1 December 2012 |pages=34–35|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505171754/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm50NFAAward.aspx |archive-date=5 May 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[51st National Film Awards|2003<br />{{small|(51st)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Meera Jasmine]]
| Shahina
| ''[[Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam]]''
| [[Malayalam]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=51st National Film Awards – 2004 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm51NFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=1 December 2012 |page=30|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505174032/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm51NFAAward.aspx |archive-date=5 May 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[52nd National Film Awards|2004<br />{{small|(52nd)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]]
| Hasina
| ''[[Hasina (film)|Hasina]]''
| [[Kannada]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=52nd National Film Awards – 2005 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm52NFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=13 January 2013 |page=31|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505173444/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm52NFAAward.aspx |archive-date=5 May 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[53rd National Film Awards|2005<br />{{small|(53rd)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Sarika]]
| Shernaz
| ''[[Parzania]]''
| [[Indian English|English]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=53rd National Film Awards – 2006 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm53NFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=1 December 2012 |page=30|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815224948/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm53NFAAward.aspx |archive-date=15 August 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[54th National Film Awards|2006<br />{{small|(54th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Priyamani]]
| Muththazhagu
| ''[[Paruthiveeran]]''
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=54th National Film Awards – 2006 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm54NFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=1 December 2012 |page=28|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505172308/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm54NFAAward.aspx |archive-date=5 May 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[55th National Film Awards|2007<br />{{small|(55th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Umashree]]
| Gulabi
| ''[[Gulabi Talkies]]''
| [[Kannada]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=55th National Film Awards – 2007 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm55NFAAward.aspx |access-date=1 December 2012 |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |page=34|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002034853/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm55NFAAward.aspx |archive-date=2 October 2013 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[56th National Film Awards|2008<br />{{small|(56th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Priyanka Chopra Jonas]]
| Meghna Mathur
| ''[[Fashion (2008 film)|Fashion]]''
| [[Hindi]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=56th National Film Awards – 2008 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm56NFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=1 December 2012 |page=36|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015045700/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm56NFAAward.aspx |archive-date=15 October 2013 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[57th National Film Awards|2009<br />{{small|(57th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Ananya Chatterjee]]
| Shikha Sarkar (Srimati Sarkar){{efn|Chatterjee played a single character which had two different names.}}
| ''[[Abohomaan]]''
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=57th National Film Awards – 2009 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm57NFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=1 December 2012 |page=66|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104162233/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm57NFAAward.aspx |archive-date=4 November 2013 }}</ref>
|-
|style="background:#ADD8E6" rowspan="2| [[58th National Film Awards|2010<br />{{small|(58th)}}]] {{dagger}}
! scope="row" | [[Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar]]
| Shirmi
|''[[Baboo Band Baaja]]''
| [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| rowspan="2|<ref name=58NFA>{{cite web |title=58th National Film Awards – 2010 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm58NFAAward.aspx |access-date=1 December 2012 |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |page=78|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414003922/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm58NFAAward.aspx |archive-date=14 April 2012 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[Saranya Ponvannan]]
| Veerayi
| ''[[Thenmerku Paruvakaatru]]''
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[59th National Film Awards|2011<br />{{small|(59th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Vidya Balan]]
| Reshma (Silk) {{efn|Balan played a single character which had two different names.<ref name=DP>{{cite web|last=Chopra |first=Sonia |title=The Dirty Picture review: Take a bow, Vidya Balan! |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/the-dirty-picture-review-take-a-bow-vidya-balan-review-bollywood-14984702.html |publisher=[[Sify]] |access-date=1 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612003337/http://www.sify.com/movies/the-dirty-picture-review-take-a-bow-vidya-balan-review-bollywood-14984702.html |archive-date=12 June 2013 }}</ref>}}
| ''[[The Dirty Picture]]''
| [[Hindi]]
|<ref>{{cite news|last=Jebaraj |first=Priscilla |title=Byari, a winning debut; Vidya Balan best actress |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article2969914.ece|newspaper=The Hindu |date=7 March 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725055452/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article2969914.ece |archive-date=25 July 2012 }}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center;" | [[60th National Film Awards|2012<br />{{small|(60th)}}]]
! scope="row"| [[Usha Jadhav]]
| Yashoda
| ''[[Dhag (film)|Dhag]]''
| [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
|<ref name="60thaward">{{cite press release|title=60th National Film Awards Announced|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2013/mar/d2013031801.pdf|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date=18 March 2013}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center;" | [[61st National Film Awards|2013<br />{{small|(61st)}}]]
! scope="row"| [[Geetanjali Thapa]]
| Kamala
| ''[[Liar's Dice (film)|Liar's Dice]]''
| [[Hindi]]
|<ref name=61stNFA>{{cite press release|title=61st National Film Awards Announced|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=104863|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|date=16 April 2014}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center;" | [[62nd National Film Awards|2014<br />{{small|(62nd)}}]]
! scope="row"| [[Kangana Ranaut]]
| Rani Mehra
| ''[[Queen (2014 film)|Queen]]''
| [[Hindi]]
|<ref name="nfa15">{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/62nd-national-film-awards-winners-haider-wins-five-queen-two/ |title=62nd National Film Awards' winners: 'Haider' wins five, Kangana Ranaut's 'Queen' two |work=The Indian Express |date=24 March 2015|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325062007/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/62nd-national-film-awards-winners-haider-wins-five-queen-two/ |archive-date=25 March 2015 }}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center;" | [[63rd National Film Awards|2015<br />{{small|(63rd)}}]]
! scope="row"| [[Kangana Ranaut]]
| Tanuja "Tanu" Trivedi,<br />Kusum "Datto" Sangwan {{efn|Ranaut performed dual roles in the film.<ref>{{cite news|title=Check out: Kangna Ranaut's warming up session on Tanu Weds Manu sets |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/7558|work=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |date=25 November 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126021756/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/7558 |archive-date=26 November 2014 }}</ref>}}
| ''[[Tanu Weds Manu Returns]]''
| [[Hindi]]
|<ref>{{cite news |title=63rd National Film Awards: List of winners |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/63rd-National-Film-Awards-List-of-winners/articleshow/51580133.cms |work=The Times of India |date=28 March 2013|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331075309/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/63rd-National-Film-Awards-List-of-winners/articleshow/51580133.cms |archive-date=31 March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center;" | [[64th National Film Awards|2016<br />{{small|(64th)}}]]
! scope="row"| [[Surabhi Lakshmi]]
| Mother {{efn|The character remained unnamed throughout the film.}}
| ''[[Minnaminungu – the Firefly]]''
| [[Malayalam]]
|<ref name="64thaward">{{cite press release |title=64th National Film Awards |url=http://www.dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf|page=21 |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=13 July 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606051143/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf |archive-date=6 June 2017}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center;" | [[65th National Film Awards|2017<br />{{small|(65th)}}]]
! scope="row"| [[Sridevi]]{{efn|Sridevi was awarded posthumously.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Film Awards 2018: Unfortunately, Sridevi Was Honoured After She Left, Says Boney Kapoor |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/national-film-awards-2018-unfortunately-sridevi-was-honoured-after-she-left-says-boney-kapoor-1846778|publisher=NDTV |date=3 May 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612011902/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/national-film-awards-2018-unfortunately-sridevi-was-honoured-after-she-left-says-boney-kapoor-1846778 |archive-date=12 June 2018 }}</ref>}}
| Devki Sabarwal
| ''[[Mom (film)|Mom]]''
| [[Hindi]]
|<ref name="65thaward">{{cite press release |title=65th National Film Awards |url=http://www.dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf|page=21 |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=13 July 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606051143/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf |archive-date=6 June 2017}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center;" | [[66th National Film Awards|2018<br />{{small|(66th)}}]]
! scope="row"| [[Keerthy Suresh]]
| [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]] {{efn|Keerthy Suresh played the role based on the life of Indian actress [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]] in the film.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Mahanati actor Keerthy Suresh: Playing Savitri changed me as a person |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/mahanati-actor-keerthy-suresh-playing-savitri-changed-me-as-a-person/story-bUszRXWWqakzoimDSkpaYP.html | website=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref>}}
| ''[[Mahanati]]''
| [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dff.gov.in/images/News/66th_NFA_Results.pdf|access-date=9 August 2019|title=66th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:#ffecc8;" rowspan="2|[[67th National Film Awards|2019<br />{{small|(67th)}}]] {{double-dagger}}
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | [[Kangana Ranaut]]
|  [[Rani Laxmibai|Rani Lakshmi Bai]]<ref name="hindustantimes.com">{{Cite news|date=March 22, 2021|title=67th National Film Awards: Kangana Ranaut, Sushant Singh Rajput's Chhichhore win. See complete list of winners here|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/67th-national-film-awards-kangana-ranaut-sushant-singh-rajput-s-chhichhore-win-101616411773402-amp.html|access-date=2021-03-22|website=[[Hindustan Times]]|language=en}}</ref>
| ''[[Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi]]''
|rowspan="2"| [[Hindi]]
|rowspan="2"|<ref name="hindustantimes.com"/>
|-
|Jaya Nigam
|''[[Panga (film)|Panga]]''
|}
== See also ==
{{portal|Bollywood|Film}}
* [[List of Indian film actresses]]
== Notes ==
{{notelist|2}}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://dff.nic.in/ Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India]
* [http://dff.nic.in/NFA_archive.asp National Film Awards Archives]
{{National Film Award for Best Actress}}
{{National Film Awards}}
{{featured list}}
[[Category:Film awards for lead actress]]
[[Category:National Film Awards (India)|Actress]]

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