Kerala State Film Award for Best Character Actress

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Kerala State Film Award for Best Character Actress
Awarded forBest performance by an actress in a Malayalam film
Sponsored by Kerala State Chalachitra Academy
Reward(s)50,000 (US$630)
First awarded2015
Last awarded2022
Most recent winnerDevi Varma
Highlights
Total awarded6
First winner Anjali Nair

The Kerala State Film Award for Best Character Actress is an award, begun in 2015, presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India to an actress for her performance in a Malayalam film. It replaced the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress, which was discontinued in 2014. The winner receives a certificate, statuette and a cash prize of ₹50,000.

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Winners

YearActorFilmRef.
2015 Anjali Nair Ben [1]
2016Kanchana P. K. Olappeeppi [2]
2017 Pauly Valsan Ee.Ma.Yau.
Ottamuri Velicham
[3]
2018 Savithri Sreedharan Sudani from Nigeria [4]
Sarasa Balussery
2019 Swasika Vasanthi [5]
2020Sreerekha Veyil [6]
2021 Unnimaya Prasad Joji [7]
2022Devi Varma Saudi Vellakka [8] [9]

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