West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Actress

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WBFJA for Best Actress
Rituparna sengupta.jpg
The 2025 recipient:
Rituparna Sengupta
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
CountryIndia
Presented byWest Bengal Film Journalists' Association
Last awarded2025
Most Recent Winner Rituparna Sengupta for Ajogyo

The West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role is given yearly by WBFJA as a part of its annual West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for Bengali films, to recognise the female performer who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role.

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Superlatives

CategoryNameSuperlative
Most awards Rituparna Sengupta and Jaya Ahsan 2 Awards each
Most Nominated Swastika Mukherjee 5 Nominations

Winners and Nominees

Year [a] Photos of winnersActorRole(s)Film
2017
(1st) [1]
Rituparna sengupta.jpg Rituparna Sengupta Sudipa Sen Praktan
Gargi Roy Chowdhury Dr. Paramita SenBenche Thakar Gaan
Paoli Dam Antara Chaktabarty / Ashlesha / Damayanti Khawto
Swastika Mukherjee Jaya Sarkar Shaheb Bibi Golaam
2018
(2nd) [2]
Jaya Ahsan 2023.jpg Jaya Ahsan Padma Haldar Bishorjan
Arpita Chatterjee Tithi ChatterjeeChitrokar
Paoli Dam DeviDevi
Sohini Sarkar Durga / Chainaa Durga Sohay
Swastika Mukherjee TukiAsamapto
2019
(3rd) [3] [4]
Rituparna sengupta.jpg
Rituparna Sengupta Shrimati Sen Drishtikone
Sudipta Chakraborty BindiyaUronchondi
Koel Mallick Lavanya Ghare & Baire
Jaya Seal Fathima Ali Alifa
Tanuja Upama Mukherjee Shonar Pahar
2020
(4th) [5]
Subhashree Ganguly Mehul Bose Parineeta
Anashua Majumdar Shova Rani Mukherjee Mukherjee Dar Bou
Koneenica Banerjee Aditi Mukherjee
Jaya Ahsan Sayani Sen Robibaar
Paoli Dam Phooli Sanjhbati
Raima Sen Ira Gupta Tarikh
2021-22
(5th) [6]
Aparajita Auddy (cropped).jpg Aparajita Auddy Mishti MukherjeeCheeni
Arpita Chatterjee Mrs. Saathi Abyakto
Rituparna Sengupta Nandini The Parcel
Rukmini Maitra Rumi M. Saha Switzerland
Swastika Mukherjee Dolly Bagri Guldasta
Jaya Ahsan 2023.jpg Jaya Ahsan Srabani Barua Binisutoy
Basabdatta Chatterjee Ms. Mou Tokhon Kuasa Chilo
Sauraseni Maitra Sheela Chatterjee Ekannoborti
2023
(6th) [7]
The Team of MEGHNADBADH RAHASYA at the screening of their film, during the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2017), in Panaji, Goa on November 22, 2017.jpg
Gargi Roy Chowdhury Mahananda G. Bhattacharya / Mahananda Devi Mahananda
Arpita Chatterjee AarjaHridpindo
Sohini Sarkar Ms. MishtuAnanta: The Eternal
Subhashree Ganguly Poulami ChatterjeeBoudi Canteen
Swastika Mukherjee Shrimati Shrimati
2024
(7th) [8] [9]
Churni Ganguly at the premire of Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani.jpeg
Swastika Mukherjee - Kolkata 2015-10-10 5787.JPG
Churni Ganguly Subhra Chatterjee Ardhangini
Swastika Mukherjee Mandira Biswas Shibpur
Arunima Ghosh Aruna / Rooni Maayakumari
Gargi Roy Chowdhury Medha Roy Shesh Pata
Rituparna Sengupta MaayakumariMaayakumari
2025
(8th)
Rituparna sengupta.jpg Rituparna Sengupta Parna Majumdar Ajogyo
Koushani Mukherjee Jhimli Pramanik Bohurupi
Mamata Shankar Alokananda "Aloka"Bijoyar Pore
Mimi Chakraborty Aditi Mitra Alaap
Rukmini Maitra Ishaa Sen/Nisha Boomerang

See also

Notes

  1. Refers to the year in which the ceremony was held.

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