West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Actress

WBFJA for Best Actress
The 2026 recipient: Subhashree Ganguly
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Country	India
Presented by	West Bengal Film Journalists' Association
Final award	2026
Most Recent Winner	Subhashree Ganguly for Grihapravesh

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.

Superlatives

Category	Name	Superlative
Most awards	Rituparna Sengupta Subhashree Ganguly Jaya Ahsan	3 Awards 2 Awards 2 Awards
Most Nominated	Swastika Mukherjee Rituparna Sengupta	5 Nominations

Winners and Nominees

Year [a]	Photos of winners	Actor	Role(s)	Film
2017 (1st) [1]		Rituparna Sengupta ‡	Sudipa Sen	Praktan
		Gargi Roy Chowdhury	Dr. Paramita Sen	Benche Thakar Gaan
		Paoli Dam	Antara Chaktabarty / Ashlesha / Damayanti	Khawto
		Swastika Mukherjee	Jaya Sarkar	Shaheb Bibi Golaam
2018 (2nd) [2]		Jaya Ahsan ‡	Padma Haldar	Bishorjan
		Arpita Chatterjee	Tithi Chatterjee	Chitrokar
		Paoli Dam	Devi	Devi
		Sohini Sarkar	Durga / Chainaa	Durga Sohay
		Swastika Mukherjee	Tuki	Asamapto
2019 (3rd) [3] [4]	–	Rituparna Sengupta ‡	Shrimati Sen	Drishtikone
		Sudipta Chakraborty ‡	Bindiya	Uronchondi
		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 ‡	Mishti Mukherjee	Cheeni
		Arpita Chatterjee	Mrs. Saathi	Abyakto
		Rituparna Sengupta	Nandini	The Parcel
		Rukmini Maitra	Rumi M. Saha	Switzerland
		Swastika Mukherjee	Dolly Bagri	Guldasta
		Jaya Ahsan ‡	Srabani Barua	Binisutoy
		Basabdatta Chatterjee	Ms. Mou	Tokhon Kuasa Chilo
		Sauraseni Maitra	Sheela Chatterjee	Ekannoborti
2023 (6th) [7]		Gargi Roy Chowdhury ‡	Mahananda G. Bhattacharya / Mahananda Devi	Mahananda
		Arpita Chatterjee	Aarja	Hridpindo
		Sohini Sarkar	Ms. Mishtu	Ananta: The Eternal
		Subhashree Ganguly	Poulami Chatterjee	Boudi Canteen
		Swastika Mukherjee	Shrimati	Shrimati
2024 (7th) [8] [9]		Churni Ganguly ‡	Subhra Chatterjee	Ardhangini
		Swastika Mukherjee ‡	Mandira Biswas	Shibpur
		Arunima Ghosh	Aruna / Rooni	Maayakumari
		Gargi Roy Chowdhury	Medha Roy	Shesh Pata
		Rituparna Sengupta	Maayakumari	Maayakumari
2025 (8th)		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
2026 (9th)		Subhashree Ganguly	Titli Ray	Grihapravesh
		Koel Mallick	Aparna Ghoshal	Sharthopor
		Koushani Mukherjee	Poorna Aich	Killbill Society
		Paoli Dam	Mitra Roy	Chhaad
		Sreelekha Mitra	Ela	Mayanagar

See also

• West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Actor
• West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards
• Cinema of India

Notes

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

References

1. "WBFJA 2017 Nominations".
2. "WBFJA 2018 Nominations".
3. "WBFJA 2019 Nominations".
4. "2019 WBFJA Awards".
5. "Nominations 2020". West Bengal Film Journalists' Association. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
6. "WBJFA award function".
7. WBFJA Awards 2023: বাংলার সাংবাদিকদের বিচারে সেরা অভিনেতা দেব, জনপ্রিয় অভিনেতা মিঠুন, গায়ক অরিজিৎ! [WBFJA Awards 2023: According to journalists of Bengal, the best actor is Dev, popular actor Mithun, singer Arijit]. Hindustan Times (in Bengali). 8 January 2023.
8. "WBJFA Awards 2024".
9. WBFJA Award 2023: শেষ পাতা-র বাজিমাত! সিনেমার সমাবর্তনে পুরস্কার পেল দশম অবতার, সেরা অভিনেতা দেব না প্রসেনজিৎ [WBFJA Award 2023: The last page of Bajimat! Tenth Avatar, Best Actor Deb Na Prasenjit won the award at the movie convocation] (in Bengali). 15 January 2024.