SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu

SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu is presented by Vibri media group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards for the best acting done by an actress in Telugu films. The award was first given in 2012 for films released in 2011.

SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu
The 2022 recipient: Sreeleela
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Telugu film
Country	India
Presented by	Vibri Media Group
Established	2012
First awarded	2012
Currently held by	Sreeleela Dhamaka (2022)
Most awards	Shruti Haasan (3)
Most nominations	Samantha (9)
Website	SIIMA Telugu

Superlatives

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

• Shruti Haasan has most wins with 3 awards.
• Two actresses have won the awards in consecutive years: Shruti Haasan (2014–2015) and Pooja Hegde (2020–2021).
• 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 Kajal Aggarwal and Shruti Haasan with five each.

Winners

Year	Winners	Actress	Film	Ref.
2011		Nayanthara	Sri Rama Rajyam	^[1]^[2]
2012		Shruti Haasan	Gabbar Singh	^[3]^[4]
2013		Samantha Ruth Prabhu	Attarintiki Daredi	^[5]^[6]
2014		Shruti Haasan	Race Gurram	^[7]^[8]
2015			Srimanthudu	^[9]^[10]
2016		Rakul Preet Singh	Nannaku Prematho	^[11]
2017		Kajal Aggarwal	Nene Raju Nene Mantri	^[12]^[13]
2018		Keerthy Suresh	Mahanati	^[14]^[15]
2019		Samantha Akkineni	Oh! Baby	^[16]^[17]
2020		Pooja Hegde	Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo	^[18]
2021			Most Eligible Bachelor	^[19]
2022		Sreeleela	Dhamaka	^[20]

Nominations

• 2011: Nayanathara – Sri Rama Rajyam
  • Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Dookudu
  • Kajal Aggarwal – Mr. Perfect
  • Hansika Motwani – Kandireega
  • Tamannaah – 100% Love
• 2012: Shruti Haasan – Gabbar Singh
  • Nayantara – Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum
  • Kajal Aggarwal – Businessman
  • Tamannaah – Racha
  • Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Eega
• 2013: Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Attarintiki Daredi
  • Shruti Haasan – Balupu
  • Nithya Menen – Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde
  • Tamannaah – Tadakha
  • Kajal Aggarwal – Baadshah
• 2014: Shruti Haasan – Race Gurram
  • Nayantara – Anamika
  • Rakul Preet Singh – Loukyam
  • Kajal Agarwal – Govindudu Andarivadele
  • Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Manam
• 2015: Shruti Haasan – Srimanthudu
  • Nithya Menen – Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju
  • Anushka Shetty – Rudramadevi
  • Lakshmi Manchu – Dongata
  • Samantha Ruth Prabhu – S/O Satyamurthy
• 2016: Rakul Preet Singh – Nannaku Prematho
  • Lavanya Tripathi – Srirastu Subhamastu
  • Regina Cassandra – Jo Achyutananda
  • Ritu Varma – Pelli Choopulu
  • Samantha Akkineni – A Aa
• 2017: Kajal Aggarwal – Nene Raju Nene Mantri
  • Anushka Shetty – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
  • Rakul Preet Singh – Jaya Janaki Nayaka
  • Sai Pallavi – Fidaa
• 2018: Keerthi Suresh – Mahanati
  • Aditi Rao Hydari – Sammohanam
  • Anushka Shetty – Bhaagamathie
  • Rashmika Mandanna – Geetha Govindam
  • Samantha Akkineni – Rangasthalam
• 2019: Samantha Akkineni – Oh! Baby
  • Pooja Hegde – Maharshi
  • Shraddha Srinath – Jersey
  • Rashmika Mandanna – Dear Comrade
  • Raashi Khanna – Prati Roju Pandage
• 2020: Pooja Hegde – Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo
  • Rashmika Mandanna – Sarileru Neekevvaru
  • Chandini Chowdary – Colour Photo
  • Nabha Natesh – Solo Brathuke So Better
  • Aishwarya Rajesh – World Famous Lover
• 2021: Pooja Hegde – Most Eligible Bachelor
  • Sai Pallavi – Love Story
  • Rashmika Mandanna – Pushpa: The Rise
  • Shruti Haasan – Krack
  • Priyamani – Narappa
  • Pragya Jaiswal – Akhanda
• 2022: Sreeleela – Dhamaka
  • Meenakshi Chaudhary – HIT: The Second Case
  • Mrunal Thakur – Sita Ramam
  • Neha Shetty – DJ Tillu
  • Nithya Menen – Bheemla Nayak
  • Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Yashoda

See also

• Tollywood

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