Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress

Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress
Urvashi has received the award for a record six times
Awarded for	Best performance by an actress in a Malayalam film
Sponsored by	Kerala State Chalachitra Academy
First award	1969;56 years ago (1969)
Final award	2023
Highlights
Total awarded	52
First winner	Sheela
Most Awards	Urvashi (6)
Current Winner(s)	Urvashi & Beena R. Chandran (2023) [1] [2]
Website	www.keralafilm.com

The Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India since 1969 to an actress for the best performance within the Malayalam film industry. ^[3] Until 1997, the awards were managed directly by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Since 1998, the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, an autonomous non-profit organisation functioning under the Department of Cultural Affairs, has been exercising control over the awards. ^[4] The awardees, decided by a jury formed by the academy, ^[5] are declared by the Minister for Cultural Affairs and are presented by the Chief Minister. ^[6]

The 1st Kerala State Film Awards ceremony was held in 1970 with Sheela receiving the Best Actress award for her role in Kallichellamma (1969). ^{[7] [8]} The following year, Sharada was recognised for her performances in two films— Thriveni and Thara . Since then, several actresses have been awarded for more than one film during a year.

Throughout the years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, the government has presented a total of 54 Best Actress awards to 38 different actresses. Urvashi has been the most frequent winner, with six awards. ^[9] She is followed by Sheela and Srividya with three awards each. As of 2023, nine actresses— Jayabharathi, Seema, Samyuktha Varma, Suhasini Maniratnam, Navya Nair, Meera Jasmine, Kavya Madhavan, Shweta Menon and Parvathy Thiruvothu have won the award two times. The 2005 ceremony was the only occasion when the category was tied; Kavya Madhavan and Geetu Mohandas shared the award for their performances in Perumazhakkalam , and Akale and Oridam respectively. The most recent recipient of the award is Vincy Aloshious, for the film Rekha in 2023.

Winners

*	Indicates a joint award for that year

List of award recipients, showing the year and film(s)

Year	Image	Recipient(s)	Film(s)	Ref.
1969		Sheela	Kallichellamma	[10]
1970		Sharada	Thriveni Thara	[10]
1971		Sheela	Oru Penninte Kadha Sarasayya Ummachu	[10]
1972		Jayabharathi	Various films	[10]
1973			Madhavikutty Gayathri	[10]
1974		Lakshmi	Chattakari	[10]
1975		Rani Chandra	Swapnadanam	[10]
1976		Sheela	Anubhavam	[10]
1977		Santhakumari	Chuvanna Vithukal	[10]
1978		Shoba	Ente Neelakaasham	[10]
1979		Srividya	Edavazhiyile Poocha Minda Poocha Jeevitham Oru Gaanam	[10]
1980		Poornima Jayaram	Manjil Virinja Pookkal	[10]
1981		Jalaja	Venal	[11]
1982		Madhavi	Ormakkayi	[11]
1983		Srividya	Rachana	[11]
1984		Seema	Aksharangal Aalkkoottathil Thaniye	[11]
1985			Anubandham	[11]
1986		Shari	Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal	[11]
1987		Suhasini	Ezhuthappurangal Manivathoorile Aayiram Sivarathrikal	[11]
1988		Anju	Rugmini	[11]
1989		Urvashi	Mazhavilkavadi Varthamana Kalam	[11]
1990			Thalayanamanthram	[11]
1991			Kadinjool Kalyanam Kakkathollayiram Bharatham Mukha Chithram	[12]
1992		Srividya	Daivathinte Vikrithikal	[12]
1993		Shobana	Manichitrathazhu	[12]
1994		Shanthi Krishna	Chakoram	[12]
1995		Urvashi	Kazhakam	[12]
1996		Manju Warrier	Ee Puzhayum Kadannu	[12]
1997		Jomol	Ennu Swantham Janakikutty	[12]
1998		Sangita	Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala	[12]
1999		Samyuktha Varma	Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal	[12]
2000			Madhuranombarakattu Mazha Swayamvara Panthal	[13]
2001		Suhasini	Theerthadanam	[13]
2002		Navya Nair	Nandanam	[13]
2003		Meera Jasmine	Kasthooriman Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam	[13]
2004 *		Kavya Madhavan	Perumazhakkalam	[13]
		Geetu Mohandas	Akale Oridam	[13]
2005		Navya Nair	Saira Kanne Madanguka	[13]
2006		Urvashi	Madhuchandralekha	[13]
2007		Meera Jasmine	Ore Kadal	[13]
2008		Priyanka Nair	Vilapangalkappuram	[13]
2009		Swetha Menon	Paleri Manikyam	[13]
2010		Kavya Madhavan	Khaddama	[13]
2011		Swetha Menon	Salt N' Pepper	[13]
2012		Rima Kallingal	22 Female Kottayam Nidra	[13]
2013		Ann Augustine	Artist	[14]
2014		Nazriya Nazim	Bangalore Days Ohm Shanthi Oshaana	[ citation needed ]
2015		Parvathy Thiruvothu	Charlie Ennu Ninte Moideen	[15]
2016		Rajisha Vijayan	Anuraga Karikkin Vellam	[16]
2017		Parvathy Thiruvothu	Take Off	[17]
2018		Nimisha Sajayan	Oru Kuprasidha Payyan Chola	[18]
2019		Kani Kusruti	Biriyaani	[19]
2020		Anna Ben	Kappela	[20]
2021		Revathi	Bhoothakalam	[21]
2022		Vincy Aloshious	Rekha	[22]
2023 *		Urvashi	Ullozhukku	[23]
		Beena R. Chandran	Thadavu

See also

• National Film Award for Best Actress
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam
• Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – Malayalam

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External links

• Official website Archived 29 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine
• Department of Cultural Affairs Archived 5 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine
• Department of Information and Public Relations: Awardees list