Indian Telly Award for Fan Favorite Actress

See also: Indian Telly Award for Fan Favorite Actor and Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role

Indian Telly Award for Fan Favorite Actress
The 2023 recipient: Rupali Ganguly
Awarded for	Popular Actress in a Leading Role
Country	India
First award	2002
Currently held by	Rupali Ganguly for Anupamaa
Website	Indian Telly Awards

Indian Telly Award for Fan Favorite Actress is an award given as a part of the annual Indian Telly Awards. The award is voted for by the fans. ^[1]

Superlatives

Superlative	Actor	Times
Actress with most awards	Smriti Irani Mona Singh	2
Actress with most nominations	Sakshi Tanwar	8
Actress with most nominations without winning	Shweta Tiwari	5

Winners

2000s

• 2002
  Smriti Irani for Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Tulsi Virani. ^{[2] [3]}
  • 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. ^{[4] [5]}
  • 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. ^{[6] [7]}
  • 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. ^{[8] [9]}
  • 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. ^{[10] [11]}
  • 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. ^{[12] [13]}
  • 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. ^[14]
  • 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

• 2023: Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia for Choti Sarrdaarni
• 2025: Rupali Ganguly for Anupamaa

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