SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu explained

SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu
Awarded For:	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Telugu film
Presenter:	Vibri Media Group
Country:	India
Year:	2012
Holder:	Keerthy Suresh, Dasara (2023)
Awardname:	SIIMA Award for Best ActressTelugu
Established:	2012
Most Wins:	Shruti Haasan (3)
Most Nominations:	Samantha (9)
Image Caption:	The 2023 recipient: Keerthy Suresh

SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu is presented by Vibri media group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for best acting done by an actress in Telugu films. The award was first given in 2012 for films released in 2011. Shruti Haasan is the most awarded with 3 times winning the award and Samantha is the most nominated with 9 nominations.

Superlatives

Categories	Recipient	Record
Most awards	Shruti Haasan	3
Most nominations	Samantha	9
Youngest winner	Sreeleela	Age 22
Oldest winner	Kajal Aggarwal	Age 33

• Shruti Haasan has maximum awards with three wins.
• Shruti Haasan and Pooja Hegde have won the awards twice and both in consecutive years (2014–2015) and (2020–2021) respectively.
• Shruti Haasan is the only actress to have also won the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Telugu.
• Samantha has received the most nominations with nine, followed by Shruti Hasan, with six.

Multiple winners

Wins	Recipient(s)
3	Shruti Hasan
2	Samantha, Pooja Hegde, Keerthy Suresh

Multiple nominations

Nominations	Recipient(s)
9	Samantha
6	Shruti Haasan
5	Kajal Aggarwal
4	Rashmika Mandanna
3	Anushka Shetty, Nayanthara, Nithya Menen, Rakul Preet Singh, Pooja Hegde
2	Tamannaah Bhatia, Sai Pallavi

Winners and nominees

Table key

	Indicates the winner

2010s

Year	Actress	Film
2011	Nayanthara	Sri Rama Rajyam	^[1] ^[2]
Samantha	Dookudu
	Mr. Perfect
	Kandireega
	100% Love
2012	Shruti Haasan	Gabbar Singh	^[3] ^[4]
	Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum
Kajal Aggarwal	Businessman
Samantha	Eega
2013	Samantha	Attarintiki Daredi	^[5] ^[6]
	Balupu
	Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde
Tamannaah Bhatia	Tadakha
Kajal Aggarwal
2014	Shruti Haasan	Race Gurram	^[7] ^[8]
Nayanthara	Anamika
	Loukyam
	Govindudu Andarivadele
Samanth	Manam
2015	Shruti Haasan	Srimanthudu	^[9] ^[10]
Nithya Menen	Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju
	Rudramadevi
	Dongata
Samantha	S/O Satyamurthy
2016	Rakul Preet Singh	Nannaku Prematho	^[11]
	Srirastu Subhamastu
	Jo Achyutananda
	Pelli Choopulu
Samantha	A Aa
2017	Kajal Aggarwal	Nene Raju Nene Mantri	^[12] ^[13]
Anushka Shetty
Rakul Preet Singh	Jaya Janaki Nayaka
	Fidaa
2018	Keerthy Suresh	Mahanati	^[14] ^[15]
	Sammohanam
Anushka Shetty	Bhaagamathie
	Geetha Govindam
Samantha	Rangasthalam
2019	Samantha	Oh! Baby	^[16] ^[17]
	Maharshi
	Jersey
Rashmika Mandanna	Dear Comrade
	Prati Roju Pandage

2020s

Year	Actress	Film
2020	Pooja Hegde	Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo	^[18]
Rashmika Mandanna	Sarileru Neekevvaru
	Colour Photo
	Solo Brathuke So Better
	World Famous Lover
2021	Pooja Hegde	Most Eligible Bachelor	^[19]
Sai Pallavi	Love Story
Rashmika Mandanna
Shruti Haasan	Krack
	Narappa
	Akhanda
2022	Sreeleela	Dhamaka	^[20]
	Sita Ramam
	DJ Tillu
Nithya Menen	Bheemla Nayak
Samantha	Yashoda
2023	Keerthy Suresh	Dasara	^[21] ^[22]
	Mrunal Thakur	Hi Nanna
	Payal Rajput	Mangalavaaram
	Samyuktha	Virupaksha
	Shruti Haasan	Veera Simha Reddy
	Sreeleela	Bhagavanth Kesari

See also

• SIIMA Critics Award for Best Actress – Telugu
• SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Telugu
• Cinema of India
• Telugu cinema

Notes and References

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21. Web site: 15 September 2024 . SIIMA Awards 2024: Dasara, Hi Nanna, Kaatera and Sapta Sagaradaache Ello win big on Day 1 . 15 September 2024 . The Indian Express . en.
22. Web site: 2024-09-15 . SIIMA Awards 2024 winners: Nani, Mrunal Thakur, Shruti Haasan, Rakshit Shetty and others . 2024-09-15 . Hindustan Times . en.