The Santosham Best Actress Award is given by the Santosham Magazine as part of its annual Santosham Film Awards for Telugu films. The award was first given to Asin in 2003. Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won.
Superlative | Best Actress | Record |
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Top | Anushka Shetty, Samantha Ruth Prabhu | 3 wins |
Runner-up | Tamannaah Bhatia, Shriya Saran | 2 wins |
Year | Photos of winners | Actress | Film | Ref. |
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2003 (2nd) | Asin | Sivamani | [1] | |
2004 (3rd) | Trisha Krishnan | Varsham | [2] | |
2005 (4th) | Charmy Kaur | Anukokunda Oka Roju | [3] | |
2006 (5th) | Genelia D'Souza | Bommarillu | [4] | |
2007 (6th) | Bhumika Chawla | Anasuya | [5] | |
2008 (7th) | Ileana D'Cruz | Jalsa | [6] | |
2009 (8th) | Anushka Shetty | Arundhati | [7] | |
2010 (9th) | Anushka Shetty | Vedam | ||
2011 (10th) | Nayanthara | Sri Rama Rajyam | [8] [9] | |
Tamannaah Bhatia | 100% Love | [10] | ||
2012 (11th) | Samantha Ruth Prabhu | Eega | [11] | |
2013 (12th) | Samantha Ruth Prabhu | Attarintiki Daredi | [12] | |
2014 (13th) | Shriya Saran | Manam | [13] | |
2015 (14th) | Anushka Shetty | Rudhramadevi | [14] | |
2016 (15th) | Samantha Ruth Prabhu | A Aa | [15] | |
2017 (16th) | Shriya Saran | Gautamiputra Satakarni | [16] | |
2018 (17th) | — | [17] | ||
2019 (20th) | Tamannaah Bhatia | F2: Fun and Frustration | [18] | |
2020 (20th) | — | [19] | ||
2021-22 (21st) | Shraddha Srinath (Tamil) | Chakra , Maara | [20] [21] | |
Apurva (Kannada) | Krishna Talkies | |||
Sangeetha Sringeri (Kannada) | 777 Charlie , Lucky Man | |||
Vinitha Koshy (Malayalam) | Paka |
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