Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role

Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role - Female
Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role - Female
	The 2019 recipient: Jennifer Winget (Popular); Divyanka Tripathi (Jury)
Description	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role on Television
Country	India
Presented by	IndianTelevision.com
First awarded	2002 (for performances in TV shows in 2001)
Currently held by	Jennifer Winget for Bepannaah (Popular); Divyanka Tripathi for Yeh Hai Mohabbatein (Jury);
Website	Indian Telly Awards

Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role Female is an award given by IndianTelevision.com as part of its annual Indian Telly Awards for TV serials.

The award was first awarded in 2002. A special award called Best Actress Critics or Best Actress Jury is also awarding occasionally, whose winner was selected by the jury of critics assigned to the function.

The jury award was awarded without prior nominations until 2012. Since then, the jury award is also awarded with prior nominations.

Superlatives

Superlative	Popular		Overall (Popular + Jury)
Actress with most awards	Smriti Irani Mona Singh	2	Smriti Irani	3
Actress with most nominations	Sakshi Tanwar	8	Sakshi Tanwar	11
Actress with most nominations (without ever winning)	Shweta Tiwari	5	Shweta Tiwari	6

Popular Award

2000s

2001
Not Awarded

2002
Smriti Irani for Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Tulsi Virani.
- Iravati Harshe for Ankahee as Anjali
- Mauli Ganguly for Kaahin Kissii Roz as Shaina Sikand
- Renuka Shahane for Kora Kagaz as Pooja
- Sakshi Tanwar for Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii as Parvati Agarwal
- Shweta Tiwari for Kasautii Zindagii Kay as Prerna Bajaj
- Manasi Salvi for Kohi Apna Sa as Khushi Vishal Gill
- Simone Singh for Heena as Heena Mirza

2003
Smriti Irani for Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Tulsi Virani & Sakshi Tanwar for Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii as Parvati Agarwal.
- Shweta Tiwari for Kasautii Zindagii Kay as Prerna Bajaj
- Gurdeep Kohli for Sanjivani as Dr. Juhi Singh
- Niki Aneja for Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani as Dr. Simran Mathur
- Sangeeta Ghosh for Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand as Parminder "Pammi" Kaur
- Simone Singh for Heena as Heena Mirza

2004
Mona Singh for Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin as Jasmeet Walia.
- Aamna Shariff for Kahiin To Hoga as Kashish Garewal
- Niki Aneja for Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani as Dr. Simran Mathur
- Shweta Tiwari for Kasautii Zindagii Kay as Prerna Bajaj
- Sangeeta Ghosh for Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand as Parminder "Pammi" Kaur
- Shama Sikander for Ye Meri Life Hai as Pooja Malhotra
- Smriti Irani for Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Tulsi Virani

2005
Mona Singh for Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin as Jassi.
- Aamna Shariff for Kahiin To Hoga as Kashish Garewal
- Juhi Parmar for Kumkum - Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan as Kumkum Wadhwa
- Shweta Tiwari for Kasautii Zindagii Kay as Prerna Bajaj
- Natassha for Kkavyanjali as Anjali Kkavya Nanda
- Sakshi Tanwar for Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii as Parvati Agarwal
- Shama Sikander for Ye Meri Life Hai as Pooja Malhotra
- Smriti Irani - Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Tulsi Virani

2006
Aamna Shariff for Kahiin To Hoga as Kashish Garewal & Anita Hassanandani for Kkavyanjali as Anjali Nanda.
- Kanchi Kaul for Ek Ladki Anjaani Si as Ananya Sachdev
- Sakshi Tanwar for Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii as Parvati Agarwal
- Sangeeta Ghosh for Viraasat as Priyanka Kharbanda
- Sarita Joshi for Baa Bahoo Aur Baby as Godavari "Baa" Thakkar
- Shweta Tiwari for Kasautii Zindagii Kay as Prerna Bajaj
- Smriti Irani for Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Tulsi Virani

2007
Prachi Desai for Kasamh Se as Bani Walia & Rajshree Thakur for Saat Phere as Saloni Singh.
- Divyanka Tripathi for Banoo Main Teri Dulhann as Vidya Singh
- Gautami Kapoor for Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Tulsi Virani
- Juhi Parmar for Kumkum - Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan as Kumkum Wadhwa
- Priyanka Bassi for Left Right Left as Cadet Naina Singh Ahluwalia
- Sakshi Tanwar for Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii as Parvati Agarwal
- Shweta Tiwari for Kasautii Zindagii Kay as Prerna Bajaj
- Smriti Zubin Irani for Virrudh as Vasudha

2008
Parul Chauhan for Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai as Ragini Rajvanshi & Sara Khan for Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai as Sadhana Rajvansh.
- Additi Gupta for Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil as Heer Juneja
- Avika Gor for Balika Vadhu as Anandi
- Divyanka Tripathi for Banoo Main Teri Dulhann as Vidya Singh/Divya
- Shubhangi Atre for Kasturi as Kasturi Sabbarwal

2009
Ratan Rajput for Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo as Laali.
- Avika Gor for Balika Vadhu as Anandi
- Hina Khan for Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai as Akshara Singhania
- Parul Chauhan for Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai as Ragini Rajvansh
- Tina Dutta for Uttaran as Ichha

2010s

2010
Ragini Khanna for Sasural Genda Phool as Suhana Kashyap.
- Hina Khan for Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai as Akshara Singhania
- Tina Dutta for Uttaran as Ichha
- Ankita Lokhande for Pavitra Rishta as Archana Deshmukh
- Ratan Rajput for Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo as Laali
- Parul Chauhan for Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai as Ragini Rajvansh
- Natasha Sharma for Na Aana Is Des Laado as Sia Sanghwan
- Pooja Gor for Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya as Pratigya
2011
Not Awarded
2012
Giaa Manek for Saath Nibhaana Saathiya as Gopi Modi.
- Ankita Lokhande for Pavitra Rishta as Archana Deshmukh
- Hina Khan for Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai as Akshara Singhania
- Pratyusha Banerjee for Balika Vadhu as Anandi Singh
- Sakshi Tanwar for Bade Achhe Lagte Hain as Priya Kapoor
- Shweta Tiwari for Parvarrish – Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi as Sweety Ahluwalia

2013
Deepika Singh for Diya Aur Baati Hum as Sandhya Singh.
- Sanaya Irani for Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? as Khusi Raizada
- Drashti Dhami for Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon as Madhubala Kundra
- Sakshi Tanwar for Bade Achhe Lagte Hain as Priya Kapoor
- Shweta Tiwari for Parvarrish – Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi as Sweety Ahluwalia
- Avika Gor for Sasural Simar Ka as Roli Bharadwaj
- Kratika Sengar for Punar Vivaah as Aarti Sindhia

2014
Divyanka Tripathi for Yeh Hai Mohabbatein as Dr. Ishita Bhalla.^[1]
- Sanaya Irani for Rangrasiya as Parvati
- Drashti Dhami for Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon as Madhubala Kundra
- Deepika Singh for Diya Aur Baati Hum as Sandhya Rathi
- Toral Rasputra for Balika Vadhu — Kachchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte as Anandi
- Pooja Sharma for Mahabharat as Draupadi
- Paridhi Sharma for Jodha Akbar as Jodha
- Jennifer Winget for Saraswatichandra as Kumud Desai

2015
Sriti Jha for Kumkum Bhagya as Pragya Arora & Devoleena Bhattacharjee for Saath Nibhaana Saathiya as Gopi Modi.
- Divyanka Tripathi for Yeh Hai Mohabbatein as Dr. Ishita Bhalla
- Pallavi Kulkarni for Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyar as Ragini Khanna
- Deepika Singh for Diya Aur Baati Hum as Sandhya Rathi
- Toral Rasputra for Balika Vadhu as Anandi Shekhar
- Dipika Kakar for Sasural Simar Ka as Simar Bhardwaj

2019
Jennifer Winget for Bepannah as Zoya Siddiqui
- Surbhi Chandna as Annika Trivedi for Ishqbaaaz
- Aditi Sharma as Mauli Malhotra for Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka
- Erica Fernandes as Prerna Sharma for Kasautii Zindagii Kay
- Drashti Dhami as Nandini Thakur for Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka
- Divyanka Tripathi as Ishita Bhalla for Yeh Hai Mohabbatein
- Shraddha Arya as Preeta Arora for Kundali Bhagya
- Rubina Dilaik as Soumya Singh for Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki
- Shivangi Joshi as Naira Goenka for Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
- Adaa Khan as Sitara Bansal for Vish Ya Amrit: Sitara
- Surbhi Jyoti as Bela Sehgal for Naagin 3
- Sriti Jha as Pragya Mehra for Kumkum Bhagya
- Nia Sharma as Aarohi Kashyap for Ishq Mein Marjawan

Jury Award

2005
Juhi Parmar for Kumkum - Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan as Kumkum Wadhwa.

2006
Not Awarded

2007
Smriti Irani for Virrudh as Vasudha.

2008
Not Awarded

2009
Not Awarded

2010
Avika Gor for Balika Vadhu as Anandi Singh.

2011
Not Awarded

2012
Sakshi Tanwar for Bade Achhe Lagte Hain as Priya Kapoor.^[2]
- Ragini Khanna for Sasural Genda Phool as Suhana Kashyap
- Shweta Tiwari for Parvarrish as Sweety Ahluwalia
- Kritika Kamra for Kuch Toh Log Kahenge as Arohi

2013
Surekha Sikri for Balika Vadhu as Kalyani Devi.^[3]
- Sonarika Bhadoria for Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev as Parvati
- Nia Sharma for Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai as Manvi Vadhera
- Harshita Ojha for Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera as Veera Singh
- Sakshi Tanwar for Bade Achhe Lagte Hain as Priya Kapoor

2014
Jennifer Winget for Saraswatichandra as Kumud Desai.^[4]
- Surekha Sikri for Balika Vadhu as Kalyani Devi
- Sakshi Tanwar for Bade Achhe Lagte Hain as Priya Kapoor
- Mandira Bedi for 24 as Nikita Rai
- Krystle D'Souza for Ekk Nayi Pehchaan as Sakshi Modi

2015
Not Awarded

2019
Divyanka Tripathi for Yeh Hai Mohabbatein as Ishita Bhalla

References

^ "Telly awards 2014 Popular Awards nominees and winners". Archived from the original on 2016-04-20.
^ "Telly awards 2012 Jury Awards winners".
^ "Telly awards 2013 Jury Awards winners". Archived from the original on 2015-08-22. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
^ "Telly awards 2014 Jury Awards nominees/winners".

[1] "Telly awards 2014 Popular Awards nominees and winners". Archived from the original on 2016-04-20.

[2] "Telly awards 2012 Jury Awards winners".

[3] "Telly awards 2013 Jury Awards winners". Archived from the original on 2015-08-22. Retrieved 2013-12-18.

[4] "Telly awards 2014 Jury Awards nominees/winners".

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v t e Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role
Popular	Smriti Irani (2002) Smriti Irani Sakshi Tanwar (2003) Mona Singh (2004) Mona Singh (2005) Aamna Sharif (2006) Prachi Desai Rajshree Thakur (2007) Parul Chauhan Sara Khan (2008) Ratan Rajput (2009) Ragini Khanna (2010) Giaa Manek (2012) Deepika Singh (2013) Divyanka Tripathi (2014) Sriti Jha Devoleena Bhattacharjee (2015) Jennifer Winget (2019)
Jury	Shweta Tiwari (2003) Juhi Parmar (2005) Shweta Tiwari (2006) Smriti Irani (2007) Avika Gor (2010) Sakshi Tanwar (2012) Surekha Sikri (2013) Jennifer Winget (2014) Divyanka Tripathi (2019)