Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Female
| Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Female | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Zee Entertainment Enterprises |
| First awarded |
Madhuri Dixit, Dil To Pagal Hai (1998) |
| Currently held by |
Deepika Padukone, Bajirao Mastani (2016) |
| Official website | Zee Cine Awards |
The Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Female is chosen by the viewers of Zee Entertainment Enterprises as part of its annual award ceremony for Hindi films, to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. Following its inception in 1998, a ceremony wasn't held in 2009 and 2010, but resumed back in 2011.[1] Madhuri Dixit was the earliest winner in 1998. Kajol, Rani Mukherji, Vidya Balan, Tabu, Deepika Padukone and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan hold the record of maximum wins with 2 awards.
† - indicates the performance also won the Filmfare Award
‡ - indicates the performance was also nominated for the Filmfare Award
Superlatives
| Superlative | Actress | Record |
|---|---|---|
| First Actress to receive award | Madhuri Dixit | 1998 |
| Actress with most awards | Tabu Aishwarya Rai Rani Mukerji Kajol Vidya Balan |
2 |
| Actress with most nominations | Kajol | 9 |
| Actress with most nominations without ever winning | Karisma Kapoor | 6 |
| Actress with most nominations in a single year | Kajol (1999) Deepika Padukone (2014) |
3 |
Actresses with the most wins (2) are Tabu, Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukerji, Kajol, Vidya Balan and Deepika Padukone.
Kajol, holds the record for most nominations in the Best Actress category, with 9, followed by Deepika Padukone 8.
Three actresses have won the award in consecutive years; in chronological order, they are Tabu (2001–02), Rani Mukerji (2005–06) and Vidya Balan (2011–12).
Madhuri Dixit and Rani Mukerji are the only two actresses who have won a Zee Cine award for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.
Only once have two actresses been nominated for the same film: Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra for Bajirao Mastani (2015)
Kangana Ranaut is the only actress to be nominated twice for the same role; she was nominated for her role as Tanuja "Tanu" Trivedi in 2012 and 2016
Multiple nominees
- 9 Nominations : Kajol
- 8 Nominations : Deepika Padukone
- 7 Nominations : Rani Mukerji, Aishwarya Rai
- 6 Nominations : Karisma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor
- 4 Nominations : Tabu, Preity Zinta, Vidya Balan, Priyanka Chopra
- 3 Nominations : Urmila Matondkar, Katrina Kaif, Madhuri Dixit
- 2 Nominations : Juhi Chawla, Anushka Sharma, Kangana Ranaut
List of winners and nominees
1990s
| Year | Actress | Film | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | |||
| Madhuri Dixit † | Dil To Pagal Hai | Pooja | |
| Juhi Chawla | Ishq | Madhu | |
| Kajol | Gupt | Isha Diwan | |
| Karisma Kapoor | Hero No. 1 | Meena Nath | |
| Karisma Kapoor † won Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress |
Dil To Pagal Hai | Nisha | |
| 1999 | |||
| Kajol † | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai | Anjali Sharma | |
| Juhi Chawla | Duplicate | Sonia Kapoor | |
| Kajol | Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya | Muskaan Thakur | |
| Kajol ‡ | Dushman | Sonia/Naina Saigal | |
| Rani Mukerji | Ghulam | Alisha |