| Awarded For: | Best Debut Performance by an Actress |
| Presenter: | Filmfare |
| Country: | India |
| Year: | Juhi Chawla Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1989) |
| Holder: | Alizeh Agnihotri Farrey (2024) |
| Website: | Filmfare winners |
The Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut (previously known as Filmfare Award for Lux New Face of the Year) is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films to recognise a performance by a female actor in their debut role.[1]
The first recipient of the award was Juhi Chawla, who was honored at the 34th Filmfare Awards in the year 1989. Preity Zinta and Ananya Panday are the only actresses who won the award for 2 different films. As of 2021, Priyanka Chopra and Parineeti Chopra are the only cousins to win the award while Sara Ali Khan and Abhimanyu Dassani are the only winners whose parents (Saif Ali Khan and Bhagyashree respectively) have won a Filmfare Best Debut award. Divya Bharti is the only actress to win the award for her fifth film and not for her first film.
Juhi Chawla, Preity Zinta, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Vidya Balan, Deepika Padukone, Kangana Ranaut and Kriti Sanon are the only recipients who also won Filmfare Award for Best Actress, with Balan winning four times and Padukone winning twice.
Tabu, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, and Kangana Ranaut have all won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics) (Tabu winning the most at 4 times and Kapoor with 2 wins) and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress, while Vidya Balan has won the former award once. The award was not given in this category in the years 1997, 2010 and 2018. The most recent recipient of the award is Alizeh Agnihotri, who was honored at the 69th Filmfare Awards.
| † | Indicates the winner | |
|---|---|---|
| ‡ | Indicates the performance was also nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress |
| Year | Actress | Role(s) | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 (34th) | ‡ | Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak | |
| No Other Nominee | |||
| Year | Actress | Role(s) | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 (35th) | † | Maine Pyar Kiya | |
| No Other Nominee | |||
| 1991 (36th) | † | Daddy | |
| No Other Nominee | |||
| 1992 (37th) | † | Patthar Ke Phool | |
| Pooja | Phool Aur Kaante | ||
| Manisha Koirala | Radha | Saudagar | |
| Zeba Bakhtiar | Henna Khan | Henna | |
| 1993 (38th) | ‡ | Deewana | |
| Neelam Chaudhary | Khiladi | ||
| Kajol | Radhika | Bekhudi | |
| Karisma Kapoor | Jyoti | Sapne Sajan Ke | |
| 1994 (39th) | † | Aashik Awara | |
| Seema Chopra | Baazigar | ||
| 1995 (40th) | † | Naaraaz | |
| † | Pehla Pehla Pyar | ||
| No Other Nominee | |||
| 1996 (41st) | † | Barsaat | |
| No Other Nominee | |||
| 1997 (42nd) | ‡ | Bandit Queen | |
| Paro Shastri | Tere Mere Sapne | ||
| 1998 (43rd) | ‡ | Pardes | |
| Ashi Kapoor | Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya | ||
| Anita | Virasat | ||
| 1999 (44th) | † | Dil Se.. | |
| Soldier | |||
| Anita | Ek Tha Dil Ek Thi Dhadkan | ||
| Pallavi Sinha | Doli Saja Ke Rakhna | ||
| Year | Actress | Role(s) | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 (45th) | † | 1947: Earth | |
| Radha Singh-Thakur | Sooryavansham | ||
| 2001 (46th) | † | Refugee | |
| Sonia Saxena | Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai | ||
| Pooja Sinha | Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa | ||
| Preeti Jhangiani | Kiran | Mohabbatein | |
| Shamita Shetty | Ishika | ||
| 2002 (47th) | † | Ajnabee | |
| Dia Mirza | Reena Malhotra | Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein | |
| 2003 (48th) | † | Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe | |
| Anjali Thapar / Nandini | Ab Ke Baras | ||
| 2004 (49th) | † | Andaaz | |
| † | |||
| Nirjara Bharadwaj | Tere Naam | ||
| Neha Dhupia | Sapna | ||
| Rimi Sen | Anjali Patekar | Hungama | |
| 2005 (50th) | † | ||
| No Other Nominee | |||
| 2006 (51st) | † | Parineeta | |
| No Other Nominee | |||
| 2007 (52nd) | † | Gangster | |
| No Other Nominee | |||
| 2008 (53rd) | ‡ | Om Shanti Om | |
| Hansika Motwani | Priya Bakshi | Aap Ka Suroor | |
| Jiah Khan | Jia | Nishabd | |
| Sakina | Saawariya | ||
| Urvashi Sharma | Sophia D'Costa | Naqaab | |
| 2009 (54th) | ‡ | Ghajini | |
| Adah Sharma | Lisa Singh Rathod | 1920 | |
| Anushka Sharma | Taani Sahni | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | |
| Mugdha Godse | Janet Sequeira | Fashion | |
| Prachi Desai | Sakshi Shroff | Rock On!! | |
| Zoya Mathur | Jannat | ||
| Year | Photo of winners | Actress | Role(s) | Film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 (55th) | NOT AWARDED | |||
| 2011 (56th) | † | Dabangg | ||
| Aparna Khanna | Teen Patti | |||
| Shefali Thakur | Aisha | |||
| 2012 (57th) | † | Ladies vs Ricky Bahl | ||
| Kajal Aggarwal | Kavya Bhosle | Singham | ||
| Myra Karn | Jessica | No One Killed Jessica | ||
| Nargis Fakhri | Heer Kaul | Rockstar | ||
| 2013 (58th) | † | Barfi! | ||
| Shanaya | Student of the Year | |||
| Diana Penty | Meera Sahni | Cocktail | ||
| Yami Gautam | Ashima Roy | Vicky Donor | ||
| 2014 (59th) | † | Shuddh Desi Romance | ||
| No Other Nominee | ||||
| 2015 (60th) | † | Heropanti | ||
| No Other Nominee | ||||
| 2016 (61st) | † | Dum Laga Ke Haisha | ||
| No Other Nominee | ||||
| 2017 (62nd) | † | Saala Khadoos | ||
| No Other Nominee | ||||
| 2018 (63rd) | NOT AWARDED | |||
| 2019 (64th) | † | Kedarnath | ||
| Shiuli Iyer | October | |||
| Janhvi Kapoor | Parthavi Singh Rathore | Dhadak | ||
| Mouni Roy | Monobina Das | Gold | ||
| Radhika Madan | Chamki Kumari | Pataakha | ||
| Year | Photo of winners | Actress | Role(s) | Film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (65th) | † | | | |
| Pranutan Bahl | Firdaus Quadri | Notebook | ||
| Khushi Chautala | Dabangg 3 | |||
| Sharmin Segal | Astha Tripathi | Malaal | ||
| Mitee Deora | Yeh Saali Aashiqui | |||
| Tara Sutaria | Mridula "Mia" Chawla | Student of the Year 2 | ||
| 2021 (66th) | † | Jawaani Jaaneman | ||
| Shanti Dhar | Shikara | |||
| 2022 (67th) | † | Bunty Aur Babli 2 | ||
| No Other Nominee | ||||
| 2023 (68th) | † | Anek | ||
| Khushali Kumar | Saanchi Sinha | |||
| Manushi Chhillar | Samrat Prithviraj | |||
| Ginny Sahni | Jugjugg Jeeyo | |||
| 2024 (69th) | † | Farrey | ||
| No Other Nominee |