The Zee Cine Critics Award - Best Actress is chosen by a jury organized by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It is a category of Zee Cine Award for the Hindi film industry. They were instituted in November 1997 to award "Excellence in cinema - the democratic way".
They were first held in Mumbai until 2004, when the ZCA went international and had their ceremony in Dubai, and in following years in London, Mauritius, Malaysia, and London again in 2008. It was not held in 2009 and 2010, but resumed in 2011, being held in Singapore in 2012 it was held at the CotaiArena in Macao. The 2018 edition was held at MMRDA Grounds, Mumbai.
Multiple wins +WinsRecipient2Aishwarya Rai, Vidya Balan, Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, Kriti Sanon
Winners Critics Award for Best Actor – Female Year Winner FilmCharacter 2005 Aishwarya Rai Raincoat 2006 Shweta Prasad Iqbal 2007 Ayesha Takia Dor Gul Panag 2008 Shefali Shah Gandhi, My Father 2009 Not held 2010 2011 Aishwarya Rai Guzaarish 2012 Vidya Balan The Dirty Picture 2013 Kahaani 2014 Sonakshi Sinha Lootera 2015 Katrina Kaif Bang Bang! 2016 Deepika Padukone Piku 2017 Alia Bhatt Udta Punjab 2018 Sridevi Mom 2019 Deepika Padukone Padmaavat 2020 Taapsee Pannu Badla 2021 Not held 2022 2023 Alia Bhatt Gangubai Kathiawadi 2024 Rani Mukerji Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway 2025 Kriti Sanon Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya 2026 Tere Ishk Mein
Outstanding Performance – Female Year Winner FilmCharacter 2002 Kajol Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Anjali Sharma Raichand
Note: The Outstanding Performance Award was discontinued after 2002 and was later revived in 2005 as the Jury’s Choice Award for Best Actor.
See also Bollywood Cinema of India
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