Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress

Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress
Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress
	Samyuktha Varma is the two time winner (2, consecutive wins : 1999 - 2000), who won her first title for her debut Malayalam Movie Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal
Awarded for	Best performance by an actress in a Malayalam film
Sponsored by	Kerala State Chalachitra Academy
First awarded	1969; 55 years ago
Last awarded	2023
Highlights
Total awarded	52
First winner	Sheela
Most Awards	Urvashi (5)
Last winner	Vincy Aloshious (2023)
Website	www.keralafilm.com

The Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India since 1969 to an actress for the best performance within the Malayalam film industry.^[2] Until 1997, the awards were managed directly by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Since 1998, the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, an autonomous non-profit organisation functioning under the Department of Cultural Affairs, has been exercising control over the awards.^[3] The awardees, decided by a jury formed by the academy,^[4] are declared by the Minister for Cultural Affairs and are presented by the Chief Minister.^[5]

The 1st Kerala State Film Awards ceremony was held in 1970 with Sheela receiving the Best Actress award for her role in Kallichellamma (1969).^[6]^[7] The following year, Sharada was recognised for her performances in two films—Thriveni and Thara. Since then, several actresses have been awarded for more than one film during a year.

Throughout the years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, the government has presented a total of 54 Best Actress awards to 38 different actresses. Urvashi has been the most frequent winner, with five awards.^[8] She is followed by Sheela and Srividya with three awards each. As of 2023, nine actresses—Jayabharathi, Seema, Samyuktha Varma, Suhasini Maniratnam, Navya Nair, Meera Jasmine, Kavya Madhavan, Shweta Menon and Parvathy Thiruvothu have won the award two times. The 2005 ceremony was the only occasion when the category was tied; Kavya Madhavan and Geetu Mohandas shared the award for their performances in Perumazhakkalam, and Akale and Oridam respectively. The most recent recipient of the award is Vincy Aloshious, for the film Rekha in 2023.

Winners

*	Indicates a joint award for that year

List of award recipients, showing the year and film(s)
Year	Recipient(s)	Film(s)	Ref.
1969	Sheela	Kallichellamma	^[9]
1970	Sharada	Thriveni Thara	^[9]
1971	Sheela	Oru Penninte Kadha Sarasayya Ummachu	^[9]
1972	Jayabharathi	Various films	^[9]
1973	Jayabharathi	Madhavikutty Gayathri	^[9]
1974	Lakshmi	Chattakari	^[9]
1975	Rani Chandra	Swapnadanam	^[9]
1976	Sheela	Anubhavam	^[9]
1977	Santhakumari	Chuvanna Vithukal	^[9]
1978	Shoba	Ente Neelakaasham	^[9]
1979	Srividya	Edavazhiyile Poocha Minda Poocha Jeevitham Oru Gaanam	^[9]
1980	Poornima Jayaram	Manjil Virinja Pookkal	^[9]
1981	Jalaja	Venal	^[10]
1982	Madhavi	Ormakkayi	^[10]
1983	Srividya	Rachana	^[10]
1984	Seema	Aksharangal Aalkkoottathil Thaniye	^[10]
1985	Seema	Anubandham	^[10]
1986	Shari	Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal	^[10]
1987	Suhasini	EzhuthappurangalManivathoorile Aayiram Sivarathrikal	^[10]
1988	Anju	Rugmini	^[10]
1989	Urvashi	Mazhavilkavadi Varthamana Kalam	^[10]
1990		Thalayanamanthram	^[10]
1991		Kadinjool Kalyanam Kakkathollayiram Bharatham Mukha Chithram	^[11]
1992	Srividya	Daivathinte Vikrithikal	^[11]
1993	Shobana	Manichitrathazhu	^[11]
1994	Shanthi Krishna	Chakoram	^[11]
1995	Urvashi	Kazhakam	^[11]
1996	Manju Warrier	Ee Puzhayum Kadannu	^[11]
1997	Jomol	Ennu Swantham Janakikutty	^[11]
1998	Sangita	Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala	^[11]
1999	Samyuktha Varma	Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal	^[11]
2000	Samyuktha Varma	Madhuranombarakattu Mazha Swayamvara Panthal	^[12]
2001	Suhasini	Theerthadanam	^[12]
2002	Navya Nair	Nandanam	^[12]
2003	Meera Jasmine	Kasthooriman Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam	^[12]
2004 *	Kavya Madhavan	Perumazhakkalam	^[12]
2004 *	Geetu Mohandas	Akale Oridam	^[12]
2005	Navya Nair	Saira Kanne Madanguka	^[12]
2006	Urvashi	Madhuchandralekha	^[12]
2007	Meera Jasmine	Ore Kadal	^[12]
2008	Priyanka Nair	Vilapangalkappuram	^[12]
2009	Swetha Menon	Paleri Manikyam	^[12]
2010	Kavya Madhavan	Khaddama	^[12]
2011	Swetha Menon	Salt N' Pepper	^[12]
2012	Rima Kallingal	22 Female Kottayam Nidra	^[12]
2013	Ann Augustine	Artist	^[13]
2014	Nazriya Nazim	Bangalore Days Ohm Shanthi Oshaana	^[14]
2015	Parvathy Thiruvothu	Charlie Ennu Ninte Moideen	^[15]
2016	Rajisha Vijayan	Anuraga Karikkin Vellam	^[16]
2017	Parvathy Thiruvothu	Take Off	^[17]
2018	Nimisha Sajayan	Oru Kuprasidha Payyan Chola	^[18]
2019	Kani Kusruti	Biriyaani	^[19]
2020	Anna Ben	Kappela	^[20]
2021	Revathi	Bhoothakalam	^[21]
2022	Vincy Aloshious	Rekha	^[22]

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Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress

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