Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role

Not to be confused with ITA Award for Best Actress Popular or ITA Award for Best Actress Drama.

Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role – Female
The 2023 recipient: Rupali Ganguly
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role on Television
Country	India
Presented by	IndianTelevision.com
First awarded	2002 (for performances in TV shows in 2001)
Currently held by	Rupali Ganguly for Anupamaa Ashi Singh for Meet: Badlegi Duniya Ki Reet
Website	Indian Telly Awards

Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role Female is an award given by IndianTelevision as part of its annual Indian Telly Awards for TV serials.

The award was first awarded in 2002. A special award called Best Actress Critics or Best Actress Jury is also awarding occasionally, whose winner was selected by the jury of critics assigned to the function.

The jury award was awarded without prior nominations until 2012. Since then, the jury award is also awarded with prior nominations.

Superlatives

Superlative	Popular		Overall (Popular + Jury)
Actress with most awards	Smriti Irani Mona Singh	2	Smriti Irani	3
Actress with most nominations	Sakshi Tanwar	8	Sakshi Tanwar	11
Actress with most nominations (without ever winning)	Shweta Tiwari	5	Shweta Tiwari	6
Programs with most awards	Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin Sapna Babul Ka... Bidaai Saath Nibhaana Saathiya	2	Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin Kasautii Zindagii Kay Sapna Babul Ka... Bidaai Balika Vadhu Saath Nibhaana Saathiya Yeh Hai Mohabbatein	2

Popular Award

2000s

• 2001
  Not Awarded
• 2002
  Smriti Irani for Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Tulsi Virani. ^{[1] [2]}
  • Iravati Harshe for Ankahee as Anjali
  • Mauli Ganguly for Kaahin Kissii Roz as Shaina Sikand
  • Renuka Shahane for Kora Kagaz as Pooja
  • Sakshi Tanwar for Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii as Parvati Agarwal
  • Shweta Tiwari for Kasautii Zindagii Kay as Prerna Bajaj
  • Manasi Salvi for Kohi Apna Sa as Khushi Vishal Gill
  • Simone Singh for Heena as Heena Mirza
• 2003
  Smriti Irani for Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Tulsi Virani & Sakshi Tanwar for Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii as Parvati Agarwal. ^{[3] [4]}
  • Shweta Tiwari for Kasautii Zindagii Kay as Prerna Bajaj
  • Gurdeep Kohli for Sanjivani as Dr. Juhi Singh
  • Niki Aneja for Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani as Dr. Simran Mathur
  • Sangeeta Ghosh for Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand as Parminder "Pammi" Kaur
  • Simone Singh for Heena as Heena Mirza
• 2004
  Mona Singh for Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin as Jasmeet Walia. ^{[5] [6]}
  • Aamna Shariff for Kahiin To Hoga as Kashish Garewal
  • Niki Aneja for Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani as Dr. Simran Mathur
  • Shweta Tiwari for Kasautii Zindagii Kay as Prerna Bajaj
  • Sangeeta Ghosh for Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand as Parminder "Pammi" Kaur
  • Shama Sikander for Ye Meri Life Hai as Pooja Malhotra
  • Smriti Irani for Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Tulsi Virani
• 2005
  Mona Singh for Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin as Jassi. ^{[7] [8]}
  • Aamna Shariff for Kahiin To Hoga as Kashish Garewal
  • Juhi Parmar for Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan as Kumkum Wadhwa
  • Shweta Tiwari for Kasautii Zindagii Kay as Prerna Bajaj
  • Natassha for Kkavyanjali as Anjali Kkavya Nanda
  • Sakshi Tanwar for Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii as Parvati Agarwal
  • Shama Sikander for Ye Meri Life Hai as Pooja Malhotra
  • Smriti Irani – Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Tulsi Virani
• 2006
  Aamna Shariff for Kahiin To Hoga as Kashish Garewal & Anita Hassanandani for Kkavyanjali as Anjali Nanda. ^{[9] [10]}
  • Kanchi Kaul for Ek Ladki Anjaani Si as Ananya Sachdev
  • Sakshi Tanwar for Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii as Parvati Agarwal
  • Sangeeta Ghosh for Viraasat as Priyanka Kharbanda
  • Sarita Joshi for Baa Bahoo Aur Baby as Godavari "Baa" Thakkar
  • Shweta Tiwari for Kasautii Zindagii Kay as Prerna Bajaj
  • Smriti Irani for Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Tulsi Virani
• 2007
  Prachi Desai for Kasamh Se as Bani Walia & Rajshree Thakur for Saat Phere as Saloni Singh. ^{[11] [12]}
  • Divyanka Tripathi for Banoo Main Teri Dulhann as Vidya Singh
  • Gautami Kapoor for Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Tulsi Virani
  • Juhi Parmar for Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan as Kumkum Wadhwa
  • Priyanka Bassi for Left Right Left as Cadet Naina Singh Ahluwalia
  • Sakshi Tanwar for Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii as Parvati Agarwal
  • Shweta Tiwari for Kasautii Zindagii Kay as Prerna Bajaj
  • Smriti Zubin Irani for Virrudh as Vasudha
• 2008
  Parul Chauhan for Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai as Ragini Rajvanshi & Sara Khan for Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai as Sadhana Rajvansh.
  • Additi Gupta for Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil as Heer Juneja
  • Avika Gor for Balika Vadhu as Anandi
  • Divyanka Tripathi for Banoo Main Teri Dulhann as Vidya Singh/Divya
  • Shubhangi Atre for Kasturi as Kasturi Sabbarwal
• 2009
  Ratan Rajput for Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo as Laali.
  • Avika Gor for Balika Vadhu as Anandi
  • Hina Khan for Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai as Akshara Singhania
  • Parul Chauhan for Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai as Ragini Rajvansh
  • Tina Dutta for Uttaran as Ichha

2010s

• 2010
  Ragini Khanna for Sasural Genda Phool as Suhana Kashyap.
  • Hina Khan for Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai as Akshara Singhania
  • Tina Dutta for Uttaran as Ichha
  • Ankita Lokhande for Pavitra Rishta as Archana Deshmukh
  • Ratan Rajput for Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo as Laali
  • Parul Chauhan for Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai as Ragini Rajvansh
  • Natasha Sharma for Na Aana Is Des Laado as Sia Sanghwan
  • Pooja Gor for Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya as Pratigya
• 2012
  Giaa Manek for Saath Nibhaana Saathiya as Gopi Modi.
  • Ankita Lokhande for Pavitra Rishta as Archana Deshmukh
  • Hina Khan for Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai as Akshara Singhania
  • Pratyusha Banerjee for Balika Vadhu as Anandi Singh
  • Sakshi Tanwar for Bade Achhe Lagte Hain as Priya Kapoor
  • Shweta Tiwari for Parvarrish – Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi as Sweety Ahluwalia
• 2013
  Deepika Singh for Diya Aur Baati Hum as Sandhya Rathi.
  • Sanaya Irani for Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? as Khusi Raizada
  • Drashti Dhami for Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon as Madhubala Kundra
  • Sakshi Tanwar for Bade Achhe Lagte Hain as Priya Kapoor
  • Shweta Tiwari for Parvarrish – Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi as Sweety Ahluwalia
  • Avika Gor for Sasural Simar Ka as Roli Bharadwaj
  • Kratika Sengar for Punar Vivaah as Aarti Sindhia
• 2014
  Divyanka Tripathi for Yeh Hai Mohabbatein as Dr. Ishita Bhalla. ^[13]
  • Sanaya Irani for Rangrasiya as Parvati
  • Drashti Dhami for Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon as Madhubala Kundra
  • Deepika Singh for Diya Aur Baati Hum as Sandhya Rathi
  • Toral Rasputra for Balika Vadhu — Kachchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte as Anandi
  • Pooja Sharma for Mahabharat as Draupadi
  • Paridhi Sharma for Jodha Akbar as Jodha
  • Jennifer Winget for Saraswatichandra as Kumud Desai
• 2015
  Sriti Jha for Kumkum Bhagya as Pragya Arora & Devoleena Bhattacharjee for Saath Nibhaana Saathiya as Gopi Modi.
  • Divyanka Tripathi for Yeh Hai Mohabbatein as Dr. Ishita Bhalla
  • Pallavi Kulkarni for Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyar as Ragini Khanna
  • Deepika Singh for Diya Aur Baati Hum as Sandhya Rathi
  • Toral Rasputra for Balika Vadhu as Anandi Shekhar
  • Dipika Kakar for Sasural Simar Ka as Simar Bhardwaj
• 2019
  Jennifer Winget for Bepannah as Zoya Siddiqui
  • Surbhi Chandna for Ishqbaaaz as Annika Trivedi
  • Aditi Sharma for Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka as Mauli Malhotra
  • Erica Fernandes for Kasautii Zindagii Kay as Prerna Bajaj
  • Drashti Dhami for Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka as Nandini Thakur
  • Divyanka Tripathi for Yeh Hai Mohabbatein as Ishita Bhalla
  • Shraddha Arya for Kundali Bhagya as Preeta Arora
  • Rubina Dilaik for Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki as Soumya Singh
  • Shivangi Joshi for Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai as Naira Goneka
  • Adaa Khan for Vish Ya Amrit: Sitara as Sitara Bansal
  • Surbhi Jyoti for Naagin 3 as Bela Sehgal
  • Sriti Jha for Kumkum Bhagya as Pragya Mehra
  • Nia Sharma for Ishq Mein Marjawan as Aarohi Kashyap

2020s

• 2020
  Not Awarded
• 2021
  Not Awarded
• 2022
  Not Awarded
• 2023
  Rupali Ganguly for Anupamaa as Anupamaa ^{[14] [15]}
  • Ayesha Singh for Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin as Sai
  • Sushmita Mukherjee for Jagannath Aur Purvi Ki Dosti Anokhi as Kusum
  • Disha Parmar for Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 2 as Priya
  • Priyanka Chahar Choudhary for Udaariyaan as Tejo
  • Karuna Pandey for Pushpa Impossible as Pushpa

Jury Award

• 2003
  Shweta Tiwari for Kasautii Zindagii Kay as Prerna Bajaj.
• 2005
  Juhi Parmar for Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan as Kumkum Wadhwa.
• 2006
  Shweta Tiwari for Kasautii Zindagii Kay as Prerna Bajaj.
• 2007
  Smriti Irani for Virrudh as Vasudha.
• 2008
  Not Awarded
• 2009
  Not Awarded
• 2010
  Avika Gor for Balika Vadhu as Anandi Singh.
• 2011
  Not Awarded
• 2012
  Sakshi Tanwar for Bade Achhe Lagte Hain as Priya Kapoor. ^[16]
  • Ragini Khanna for Sasural Genda Phool as Suhana Kashyap
  • Shweta Tiwari for Parvarrish as Sweety Ahluwalia
  • Kritika Kamra for Kuch Toh Log Kahenge as Arohi
• 2013
  Surekha Sikri for Balika Vadhu as Kalyani Devi. ^[17]
  • Sonarika Bhadoria for Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev as Parvati
  • Nia Sharma for Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai as Manvi Vadhera
  • Harshita Ojha for Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera as Veera Singh
  • Sakshi Tanwar for Bade Achhe Lagte Hain as Priya Kapoor
• 2014
  Jennifer Winget for Saraswatichandra as Kumud Desai. ^[18]
  • Surekha Sikri for Balika Vadhu as Kalyani Devi
  • Sakshi Tanwar for Bade Achhe Lagte Hain as Priya Kapoor
  • Mandira Bedi for 24 as Nikita Rai
  • Krystle D'Souza for Ekk Nayi Pehchaan as Sakshi Modi
• 2015
  Not Awarded
• 2019
  Divyanka Tripathi for Yeh Hai Mohabbatein as Ishita Bhalla. ^[19]
  • Adaa Khan for Vish Ya Amrit: Sitara as Sitara
  • Aditi Sharma for Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka as Mauli Srivastav Khanna
  • Drashti Dhami for Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka as Nandani Nalhotra
  • Shivangi Joshi for Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai as Naira Singania
• 2023
  Ashi Singh for Meet: Badlegi Duniya Ki Reet as Meet. ^[20]

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