| Zee Cine Award for Best Actress | |
| Awarded For: | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Presenter: | Zee Entertainment Enterprises |
| Country: | India |
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, the ceremony was not held in 2009 and 2010, but resumed in 2011.[1] The ceremony was again cancelled in 2021 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, but it resumed in 2023.
| Superlative | Actress | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actress with most awards | Alia Bhatt | 4 | |
| Actress with most consecutive wins | Alia Bhatt (2018-2020; 2023) | ||
| Actress with most consecutive nominations | Alia Bhatt (2017-2020; 2023-2024) | 6 | |
| Actress with most nominations | Deepika Padukone | 11 | |
| Actress with most nominations without ever winning | Karisma Kapoor | 6 | |
| Actress with most nominations in a single year | Kajol (1999); Deepika Padukone (2014) | 3 | |
| Eldest Winner | Vidya Balan (2012) | 33 years | |
| Youngest Winner | Kajol (1999); Alia Bhatt (2018) | 24 years | |
| Eldest Nominee | Hema Malini (2004) | 55 years | |
| Youngest Nominee | Zaira Wasim (2018) | 17 years |
The following individuals have received two or more Best Actress awards:
| Wins | Actress |
|---|---|
| 4 | |
| 2 | |
The following individuals have received two or more Best Actress nominations, including multiple nominations in a single year.
| Nominations | Actress |
|---|---|
| 11 | |
| 9 | |
| 8 | |
| 7 | |
| 6 | |
| 4 | |
| 3 | |
| 2 | |
| Indicates the winner |
| Year | Photos of winners | Actor | Role(s) | Film | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 (1st) | Madhuri Dixit | Pooja | Dil To Pagal Hai | [2] [3] | |
| Juhi Chawla | Madhu Saxena | Ishq | |||
| Kajol | Isha Diwan | Gupt | |||
| Karisma Kapoor | Nisha | Dil To Pagal Hai | |||
| Meena Nath Malhotra | Hero No. 1 | ||||
| 1999 (2nd) | Kajol | Anjali Sharma | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai | [4] | |
| Juhi Chawla | Sonia Kapoor | Duplicate | |||
| Kajol | Naina Sehgal & Sonia Sehgal (Twins) | Dushman | |||
| Muskaan Thakur | Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya | ||||
| Rani Mukerji | Alisha Mafatlal | Ghulam | |||
| Year | Photos of winners | Actor | Role(s) | Film | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 (3rd) | Aishwarya Rai | Nandini Darbar | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam | [5] | |
| Aishwarya Rai | Mansi Shankar | Taal | |||
| Kajol | Nandita Rai | Dil Kya Kare | |||
| Megha | Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain | ||||
| Karisma Kapoor | Pooja Mehra (née Makhija) | Biwi No.1 | |||
| 2001 (4th) | Tabu | Aditi Pandit | Astitva | [6] | |
| Aishwarya Rai Bachchan | Preeti Vyas | Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai | |||
| Karisma Kapoor | Fiza Ikramullah | Fiza | |||
| Madhuri Dixit | Anjali | Pukar | |||
| Preity Zinta | Priya Bakshi | Kya Kehna | |||
| 2002 (5th) | Tabu | Mumtaz Ali Ansari | Chandni Bar | [7] | |
| Ameesha Patel | Sakeena "Sakku" Tara Singh (née Ali) | ||||
| Kajol | Anjali Sharma Raichand | Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... | |||
| Karisma Kapoor | Zubeidaa Suleiman Seth / Zubeidaa Mehboob Alam / Rani Meenakshi Devi | Zubeidaa | |||
| Nandita Das | Saanvri | Bawandar | |||
| 2003 (6th) | Aishwarya Rai Bachchan | Parvati "Paro" | Devdas | [8] | |
| Karisma Kapoor | Nandini | ||||
| Madhuri Dixit | Chandramukhi | Devdas | |||
| Rani Mukerji | Dr. Suhani Sehgal (née Sharma) | Saathiya | |||
| Tabu | Rewa Singh | Filhaal... | |||
| 2004 (7th) | Urmila Matondkar | Swati | Bhoot | [9] | |
| Antara Mali | Chutki | Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon | |||
| Hema Malini | Pooja Malhotra | Baghban | |||
| Preity Zinta | Naina Catherine Kapur | Kal Ho Naa Ho | |||
| Rani Mukerji | Priya Chopra Mathur | Chalte Chalte | |||
| 2005 (8th) | Rani Mukerji | Rhea Prakash | Hum Tum | [10] | |
| Kareena Kapoor | Aaliya | Dev | |||
| Mallika Sherawat | Simran Sehgal | Murder | |||
| Preity Zinta | Zaara Hayaat Khan | Veer-Zaara | |||
| Shilpa Shetty | Tamanna Sahni | Phir Milenge | |||
| Urmila Matondkar | Sarika Vartak | Ek Hasina Thi | |||
| 2006 (9th) | Rani Mukerji | Michelle McNally | Black | [11] [12] | |
| Konkona Sen Sharma | Madhavi Sharma | Page 3 | |||
| Preity Zinta | Ambar "Amby" Malhotra | Salaam Namaste | |||
| Rani Mukerji | Vimmi "Babli" Saluja | Bunty Aur Babli | |||
| Urmila Matondkar | Trisha Chaudhary | Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara | |||
| Vidya Balan | Lalita Roy | Parineeta | |||
| 2007 (10th) | Kajol | Zooni Qadri (née Ali Beg) | Fanaa | [13] | |
| Aishwarya Rai Bachchan | Amiran (Umrao Jaan) | Umrao Jaan | |||
| Ayesha Takia | Meera | Dor | |||
| Bipasha Basu | Nishigandha Dasgupta | Corporate | |||
| Kareena Kapoor | Dolly Mishra | Omkara | |||
| Rani Mukerji | Maya Talwar | Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna | |||
| 2008 (11th) | Kareena Kapoor | Geet Kaur Dhillon | Jab We Met | [14] | |
| Aishwarya Rai Bachchan | Sujata "Suju" Desai | Guru | |||
| Deepika Padukone | Shantipriya aka Shanti & Sandhya "Sandy" Bansal | Om Shanti Om | |||
| Katrina Kaif | Jasmeet "Jazz" Malhotra Singh | Namastey London | |||
| Tabu | Nina Verma | Cheeni Kum | |||
| Vidya Balan | Avni Chaturvedi / Manjulika | Bhool Bhulaiyaa | |||
| 2009 (–) | NO CEREMONY | ||||
| Year | Photos of winners | Actor | Role(s) | Film | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (20th) | Alia Bhatt | Safeena Firdausi | Gully Boy | [22] | |
| Kareena Kapoor | Deepti Batra | Good Newwz | |||
| Kiara Advani | Dr. Preeti Sikka | Kabir Singh | |||
| Kriti Sanon | Rashmi Trivedi | Luka Chuppi | |||
| Rakul Preet Singh | Ayesha Khurana | De De Pyaar De | |||
| Shraddha Kapoor | Maya Sharma | Chhichhore | |||
| 2021 (–) | NO CEREMONY | ||||
| 2022 (–) | |||||
| 2023 (21st) | Alia Bhatt | Badrunissa Sheikh | Darlings | [23] | |
| Alia Bhatt | Gangubai Kathiawadi | Gangubai Kathiawadi | |||
| Bhumi Pednekar | Sumi Singh | Badhaai Do | |||
| Deepika Padukone | Alisha Khanna | Gehraiyaan | |||
| Kiara Advani | Reet Thakur | Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 | |||
| Kriti Sanon | Dr. Anika | Bhediya | |||
| 2024 (22nd) | Kiara Advani | Katha Kapadia | Satyaprem Ki Katha | [24] | |
| Alia Bhatt | Rani Chatterjee | Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani | |||
| Deepika Padukone | Rubina "Rubai" Mohsin | Pathaan | |||
| Shraddha Kapoor | Nisha "Tinni" Malhotra | Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar | |||
| Rani Mukerji | Debika Chatterjee | Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway | |||
| Nayanthara | Narmada Rai | Jawan |