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{{Infobox film award
| name = Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
| awarded_for = Award for Best Performance of an actress in Leading Role
| sponsor = [[Government of Karnataka]]
| firstawarded = 1967–68
| lastawarded = 2018
| reward = {{ubl|Silver Medal|[[Indian Rupee|₹]] 20,000}}
| former name =
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| holder = [[Meghana Raj]]
| award1_type = Total awarded
| award1_winner = 51
| award2_type = First winner
| award2_winner = [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]]
| award3_type = Last winner
| award3_winner =
| website =
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The '''Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress''' is a state film award of the [[India]]n state of [[Karnataka]] given during the annual [[Karnataka State Film Awards]]. The award honours [[Kannada language]] film actresses. Since its inception, the award was won by [[Aarathi]], [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]] and [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]] the most times with four wins respectively.

==Superlative winners==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| {{*}} [[Tara (actress)|Tara]] || 4 awards
|-
| {{*}} [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]] || 4 awards
|-
| {{*}} [[Aarathi]] || 4 awards
|-
| {{*}} [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]] || 3 awards
|-
|}

==Winners==

===Key===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" border="1"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:50px" | Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:350px" | Meaning
|-
|align=center style="background-color:#ADD8E6"|{{dagger}}
|Indicates a joint award for that year
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+List of award recipients, showing the year and film(s)
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Image
! scope="col" | Recipient(s)
! scope="col" | Role(s)
! scope="col" | Film(s)
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 1967–68
|–
| [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]]
| Indira
| ''[[Belli Moda]]''
|
|-
| 1968–69
|–
| [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]]
| Malathi
| ''[[Hannele Chiguridaga]]''
|
|-
| 1969–70
|–
| [[Bharathi Vishnuvardhan]]
| Chennambike
| ''[[Sri Krishnadevaraya (film)|Sri Krishnadevaraya]]''
|
|-
| 1970–71
|–
| [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]]
| Kaveri
| ''[[Sharapanjara]]''
|
|-
| 1971–72
|–
| L. V. Sharada
| Kathyayini
| ''[[Vamsha Vriksha]]''
|
|-
| [[1972–73 Karnataka State Film Awards|1972–73]]
|–
| [[Aarathi]]
| Alamelu
| ''[[Naagarahaavu]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1973–74
|–
| style="background: #ADD8E6" |[[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]]{{dagger}}
| Madhavi
| ''[[Edakallu Guddada Mele]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="jayanthi">{{cite web|title=Straight from the heart|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/dec23/spt3.asp|work=Deccan Herald|access-date=9 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409035700/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/dec23/spt3.asp|archive-date=9 April 2017|date=23 December 2003}}</ref>
|-
|–
| style="background: #ADD8E6" |[[Nandini Bhaktavatsala]]{{dagger}}
| Kamali
| ''[[Kaadu (1973 Kannada film)|Kaadu]]''
|
|-
| 1974–75
|–
| A. Revathi
|
| ''Kankana''
|
|-
| 1975–76
|–
| [[Aarathi]]
| Munithaayi
| ''[[Katha Sangama]]''
|
|-
| 1976–77
|–
| [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]]
|
| ''Manassinanthe Mangalya''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="jayanthi"/>
|-
| 1977–78
|–
| Aparna Narang
|
| ''Spandana''
|
|-
| 1978–79
|–
| [[Aarathi]]
| Thunga
| ''Dharmasere''
|
|-
| 1979–80
|–
| [[Vaishali Kasaravalli]]
| Lakshmi
| ''[[Akramana]]''
|
|-
| [[1980-81 Karnataka State Film Awards|1980–81]]
|–
| [[Aarathi]]
| Ranganayaki / Maala
| ''[[Ranganayaki (film)|Ranganayaki]]''
|
|-
| 1981–82
|–
| [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]]
| Putti
| ''Dharma Dari Thappithu''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="jayanthi"/>
|-
| 1982–83
|–
| [[Padma Vasanthi]]
| Vasanthi
| ''[[Maanasa Sarovara]]''
|
|-
| 1983–84
|–
| [[Abhinaya (Kannada actress)|Abhinaya]]
| Gowri
| ''[[Anubhava (film)|Anubhava]]''
|
|-
| [[1984–85 Karnataka State Film Awards|1984–85]]
|–
| [[Roopa (actress)|Roopa Devi]]
|
| ''[[Avala Antharanga]]''
|
|-
| 1985–86
|–
| [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]]
| Chinnamma / Thara Devi
| ''[[Masanada Hoovu]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="jayanthi"/>
|-
| [[1986–87 Karnataka State Film Awards|1986–87]]
|–
| [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]]
| Dr. Janaki / Dr. Janavi
| ''[[Aruna Raaga]]''
|
|-
| [[1987–88 Karnataka State Film Awards|1987–88]]
|–
| Usha
| [[Akka Mahadevi]]
| ''Shivayogi Akkamahadevi''
|
|-
| 1988–89
|–
| [[Saritha]]
| Banneri
| ''Sankranthi''
|
|-
| 1989–90
|[[File:Sudharani (Kannada film actress) (1).jpg|100px]]
| [[Sudha Rani]]
| Rukmini
| ''[[Panchama Veda (film)|Panchama Veda]]''
|
|-
| 1990–91
|[[File:Tara (Kannada actress).jpg|100px]]
| [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]]
| Jaya
| ''Krama''
|
|-
| 1991–92
|[[File:Sudharani (Kannada film actress) (1).jpg|100px]]
| [[Sudha Rani]]
| Padma
| ''[[Mysore Mallige (film)|Mysore Mallige]]''
|
|-
| [[1992–93 Karnataka State Film Awards|1992–93]]
|
| [[Vinaya Prasad]]
| Vani
| ''[[Aathanka]]''
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Piloting a film in style |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/piloting-a-film-in-style/article21831485.ece |website=The Hindu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726064054/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/piloting-a-film-in-style/article21831485.ece |archive-date=26 July 2018 |language=en-IN |date=18 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 1993–94
|[[File:Lakshmi at Naan Suvasikkum Sivaji Book Launch.jpg|100px]]
| [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]]
| Ramabai
| ''[[Hoovu Hannu]]''
|
|-
| [[1994–95 Karnataka State Film Awards|1994–95]]
|–
| [[Shruti (actress)|Shruti]]
| Usha
| ''[[Aagatha]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| [[1995–96 Karnataka State Film Awards|1995–96]]
|[[File:Ellaranthalla Nanna Ganda Kannada film screenshot.jpg|100px]]
| [[Prema (actress, born 1977)|Prema]]
| Madhu / Madhuri
| ''[[Om (1995 film)|Om]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Shivarajkumar sets a new record!|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/Shivarajkumar-sets-a-new-record/articleshow/46500011.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=8 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313004416/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/Shivarajkumar-sets-a-new-record/articleshow/46500011.cms|archive-date=13 March 2015|date=9 March 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[1996–97 Karnataka State Film Awards|1996–97]]
|[[File:Chippy.jpg|100px]]
| [[Shilpa (actress)|Shilpa]]
| Kanaka
| ''[[Janumada Jodi]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=‘I want to do a negative role’|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/‘I-want-to-do-a-negative-role’/article17281018.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=2 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402084024/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/%E2%80%98I-want-to-do-a-negative-role%E2%80%99/article17281018.ece|archive-date=2 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1997–98
|–
| [[Jayamala (actress)|Jayamala]]
| Narmada Thaayi / Thaayi Saheba
| ''[[Thaayi Saheba]]''
|
|-
| [[1998–99 Karnataka State Film Awards|1998–99]]
|
| [[Soundarya]]
| Kshama
| ''[[Doni Saagali]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=A star’s bright career crashes|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/apr182004/s1.asp|work=Deccan Herald|access-date=8 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408162752/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/apr182004/s1.asp|archive-date=8 April 2017|date=18 April 2004}}</ref>
|-
| [[1999–2000 Karnataka State Film Awards|1999–2000]]
|[[File:Tara (Kannada actress).jpg|100px]]
| [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]]
| Subbamma Heggadithi
| ''[[Kaanuru Heggadathi]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="th1">{{cite web|title=Shivaraj, Tara, Anu bag State film awards|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/12/17/stories/2001121701550300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129044842/http://www.thehindu.com/2001/12/17/stories/2001121701550300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 November 2014|access-date=8 April 2017|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=21 December 2001}}</ref>
|-
| [[2000–01 Karnataka State Film Awards|2000–01]]
|[[File:Anu Prabhakar - TeachAIDS Interview.png|100px]]
| [[Anu Prabhakar]]
| Kaveri
| ''[[Shaapa]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="th1"/>
|-
| [[2001–02 Karnataka State Film Awards|2001–02]]
|
| [[Soundarya]]
| Naagi
| ''[[Dweepa]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/94ff8a4a35a9b8876525698d002642a9/3c89ecbe8d9664ed65257253001b95f7/$FILE/A0580283.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405022703/http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/94ff8a4a35a9b8876525698d002642a9/3c89ecbe8d9664ed65257253001b95f7/%24FILE/A0580283.pdf |archive-date= 5 April 2012 }}</ref>
|-
| 2002–03
|[[File:Bhavana (Kannada actress) (01).jpg|100px]]
| [[Bhavana (Kannada actress)|Bhavana]]
| Channi
| ''Kshaama''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Sudeep, Bhavana bag best acting awards|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/nov30/i2.asp|work=Deccan Herald|access-date=8 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221021756/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/nov30/i2.asp|archive-date=21 December 2013|date=30 November 2003}}</ref>
|-
| [[2003–04 Karnataka State Film Awards|2003–04]]
|[[File:Radhika Kumaraswamy (2).jpg|100px]]
| [[Radhika Kumaraswamy]]
| Gowri
| ''[[Thayi Illada Thabbali]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Entry only to invitees at film awards function|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/07/15/stories/2005071511170500.htm|access-date=8 April 2017|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=15 July 2005}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|-
| [[2004–05 Karnataka State Film Awards|2004–05]]
|–
| [[Shruti (actress)|Shruti]]
| Gowri
| ''[[Gowdru]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Murali, Shruti best actors|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/09/22/stories/2005092212260100.htm|access-date=8 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408144930/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/09/22/stories/2005092212260100.htm|archive-date=8 April 2017|url-status=dead|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=22 September 2005}}</ref>
|-
| [[2005–06 Karnataka State Film Awards|2005–06]]
|–
| [[Pavitra Lokesh]]
| Venkatalakshmi
| ''[[Naayi Neralu]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=`Naayi Neralu' best film; Shivrajkumar best actor|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/naayi-neralu-best-film-shivrajkumar-best-actor/article3078346.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=8 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408144814/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/naayi-neralu-best-film-shivrajkumar-best-actor/article3078346.ece|archive-date=8 April 2017|date=20 September 2006}}</ref>
|-
| [[2006–07 Karnataka State Film Awards|2006–07]]
|[[File:Tara (Kannada actress).jpg|100px]]
| [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]]
| Mrudula
| ''[[Cyanide (2006 film)|Cyanide]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Kumaraswamy happy with resurgent Kannada cinema|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/Kumaraswamy-happy-with-resurgent-Kannada-cinema/article14826394.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=8 April 2017|date=31 August 2007}}</ref>
|-
| [[2007–08 Karnataka State Film Awards|2007–08]]
|[[File:Umashree.jpg|100px]]
| [[Umashree]]
| Gulabi
| ''[[Gulabi Talkies]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=‘Gulabi Talkies’ is first best film|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/lsquoGulabi-Talkiesrsquo-is-first-best-film/article16350033.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=8 April 2017|date=12 January 2009}}</ref>
|-
| 2008–09
|–
| [[Radhika Pandit]]
| Chanchala
| ''[[Moggina Manasu]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Honours for Yogesh, Radhika Pandit|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/honours-for-yogesh-radhika-pandit/article2039299.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=8 April 2017|date=22 May 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[2009–10 Karnataka State Film Awards|2009–10]]
|[[File:Anu Prabhakar - TeachAIDS Interview.png|100px]]
| [[Anu Prabhakar]]
| Bangari
| ''Pareekshe''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Anu Prabhakar selected for Best Actress Award for ‘Parikshe'|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/anu-prabhakar-selected-for-best-actress-award-for-parikshe/article2553601.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=8 April 2017|date=20 October 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[2010–11 Karnataka State Film Awards|2010–11]]
|[[File:Divya Spandana.jpg|100px]]
| [[Ramya]]
| Geetha
| ''[[Sanju Weds Geetha]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/State-film-awards-announced-Puneeth-Ramya-bag-top-honours/2013/10/26/article1856750.ece1 |title=State film awards announced, Puneeth, Ramya bag top honours |publisher=The New Indian Express |date=2013-10-26 |access-date=2014-05-17}}</ref>
|-
| [[2011 Karnataka State Film Awards|2011]]
|[[File:Bhavana (Kannada actress) (01).jpg|100px]]
| [[Bhavana (Kannada actress)|Bhavana]]
| Bhageerathi
| ''[[Bhagirathi (film)|Bhageerathi]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-14/news-interviews/37712086_1_second-best-film-basanth-kumar-patil-sunil-kumar-desai |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518070059/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-14/news-interviews/37712086_1_second-best-film-basanth-kumar-patil-sunil-kumar-desai |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 May 2013 |title=Karnataka State Film Awards 2010-11 winners|date=14 March 2013|work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[2012 Karnataka State Film Awards|2012]]
|–
| [[Nirmala Chennappa]]
| Jayamma
| ''Tallana''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Darshan adjudged best actor; 'Tallana' is the best film|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/427550/darshan-adjudged-actor-tallana-film.html|work=Deccan Herald|access-date=8 April 2017|date=25 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[2013 Karnataka State Film Awards|2013]]
|[[File:P. Sheshadri, Director and Nivedita, Actor of the film ‘1-DECEMBAR’, at a press conference, at the 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2014), in Panaji, Goa on November 27, 2014.jpg|100px]]
| [[Nivedhitha]]
| Devakka
| ''[[December-1]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Karantaka State Film Awards announced|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/Karantaka-State-Film-Awards-announced/articleshow/45756810.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=8 April 2017|date=5 January 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[2014 Karnataka State Film Awards|2014]]
|[[File:Lakshmi Gopalaswamy DS.jpg|100px]]
| [[Lakshmi Gopalaswamy]]
| Meera
| ''[[Vidaaya]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Film awards: a balance between main and independent film-making streams|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/film-awards-a-balance-between-main-and-independent-filmmaking-streams/article8230707.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=8 April 2017|date=13 February 2017}}</ref>
|-
| [[2015 Karnataka State Film Awards|2015]]
|–
| [[Malashri]]
| Ganga
| ''[[Ganga (2015 film)|Ganga]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Overwhelmed by the honour|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/547691/overwhelmed-honour.html|work=Deccan Herald|date=21 May 2016|access-date=8 April 2017}}</ref>
|-
| [[2016 Karnataka State Film Awards|2016]]
|[[File:Sruthi_Hariharan_at_Janapada_Lokha.jpg|100px]]
| [[Sruthi Hariharan]]
| Nandini
| ''[[Beautiful Manasugalu]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Achyuth Kumar, Sruthi Hariharan win top honours at State Awards|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/achyuth-kumar-sruthi-hariharan-win-top-honours-at-state-awards/articleshow/58146133.cms|work=The Times of India|date=13 April 2017}}</ref>
|-
| [[2017 Karnataka State Film Awards|2017]]
|[[File:Tara (Kannada actress).jpg|100px]]
| [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]]
| Ramakka
| ''[[Hebbet Ramakka]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news |title=Shuddhi is best film; Tara best actress |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/shuddhi-is-best-film-tara-best-actress/articleshow/66369416.cms |access-date=26 October 2018 |work=The Times of India |date=26 October 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[2018 Karnataka State Film Awards|2018]]
|[[File:Meghana_Raj.jpg|100px]]
| [[Meghana Raj]]
| Poorvi
| ''[[Iruvudellava Bittu]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/metrolife/metrolife-your-bond-with-bengaluru/state-film-award-winners-elated-793280.html|title=State film award winners elated|website=Deccan Herald|access-date=30 June 2020}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor]]
* [[Cinema of Karnataka]]
* [[List of Kannada-language films]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Karnataka State Film Awards}}

[[Category:Karnataka State Film Awards]]
[[Category:Kannada-language films]]

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress - Revision history

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