SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu
Telugu-language media award
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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 three wins and Samantha is the most nominated with nine nominations.
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in Telugu cinema
CountryIndia
Presented byVibri Media Group
First award21 June 2012 (for films released in 2011)
| SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu | |
|---|---|
The 2025 recipient: Rashmika Mandanna | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in Telugu cinema |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Vibri Media Group |
| First award | 21 June 2012 (for films released in 2011) |
| Most recent winner | Rashmika Mandanna, Pushpa 2: The Rule (2024) |
| Most wins | Shruti Haasan (3) |
| Most nominations | Samantha (9) |
Superlatives
| Categories | Recipient | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Most wins | Shruti Haasan | 3 |
| Most consecutive wins | Pooja Hegde | 2 (2020–2021) |
| Shruti Haasan | 2 (2014–2015) | |
| Most nominations | Samantha | 9 |
| Most consecutive nominations | Samantha | 6 (2011–2016) |
| Oldest winner | Kajal Aggarwal | Age 33 (7th SIIMA) |
| Youngest winner | Sreeleela | Age 22 (11th SIIMA) |
| Oldest nominee | Deepika Padukone | Age 39 (13th SIIMA) |
| Youngest nominee | Hansika Motwani | Age 20 (1st SIIMA) |
- Shruti Haasan is the only actress to have also won the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Telugu.
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, Rashmika Mandanna |
| 3 | Anushka Shetty, Nayanthara, Nithya Menen, Rakul Preet Singh, Pooja Hegde |
| 2 | Tamannaah Bhatia, Sai Pallavi, Sreeleela, Keerthy Suresh, Meenakshi Chaudhary, Mrunal Thakur |
Winners and nominees
| ‡ | Indicates the winner |
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