The IIFA Award for Best Actress is given by the International Indian Film Academy as part of its annual award ceremony for Hindi films, to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The recipient is chosen by viewers and the winner is announced at the ceremony. The current winner of the Best Actress award is Alia Bhatt for Raazi.
Superlatives
| Superlative | Actor | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Actresses with most awards | Rani Mukerji Vidya Balan |
3 |
| Actress with most nominations | Deepika Padukone | 10 |
| Actress with most consecutive nominations | Rani Mukerji | 5 Template:Small |
| Actress with most consecutive wins | 3 Template:Small | |
| Actresses with most nominations without ever winning | Kajol Katrina Kaif |
3 |
| Actress with most nominations in a single year | Deepika Padukone | 3 Template:Small |
| Eldest Winner | Sridevi Template:Small | 54 |
| Youngest Winner | Anushka Sharma Template:Small | 23 |
| Eldest Nominee | Neena Gupta Template:Small | 60 |
| Youngest Nominee | Zaira Wasim Template:Small | 17 |
Multiple Winners
- 3 Wins : Rani Mukerji, Vidya Balan
- 2 Wins : Aishwarya Rai, Kareena Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and Alia Bhatt
Winners & Nominees
- Winners are listed first in bold, followed by the other nominees.
† - Indicates the performance also won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress
‡ - Indicates the performance was also nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress
2000s
- 2000 Aishwarya Rai – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam as Nandini †
- Kajol – Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain as Megha ‡
- Karisma Kapoor – Biwi No.1 as Pooja Mehra ‡
- Sonali Bendre – Sarfarosh as Seema
- 2001 Karisma Kapoor – Fiza as Fiza Ikramullah †
- Madhuri Dixit – Pukar as Anjali ‡
- Preity Zinta – Kya Kehna as Priya Baxi ‡
- Shilpa Shetty – Dhadkan as Anjali
- Tabu – Astitva as Aditi Pandit ‡
- 2002 Tabu – Chandni Bar as Mumtaz Ali Ansari ‡
- Ameesha Patel – Gadar: Ek Prem Katha as Sakina ‡
- Gracy Singh – Lagaan as Gauri
- Kajol – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... as Anjali Sharma Raichand †
- Preity Zinta – Dil Chahta Hai as Shalini
- 2003 Aishwarya Rai – Devdas as Parvati "Paro" Chakraborty †
- Ameesha Patel – Humraaz as Priya Singhania ‡
- Karisma Kapoor – Shakti: The Power as Nandini ‡
- Madhuri Dixit – Devdas as Chandramukhi
- Rani Mukerji – Saathiya as Suhani Sharma ‡
- 2004 Preity Zinta – Kal Ho Naa Ho as Naina Catherine Kapur †
- Hema Malini – Baghban as Pooja Malhotra ‡
- Preity Zinta – Koi... Mil Gaya as Nisha ‡
- Rani Mukerji – Chalte Chalte as Priya Chopra ‡
- Urmila Matondkar – Bhoot as Swati ‡
- 2005 Rani Mukerji – Hum Tum as Rhea Prakash †
- Kareena Kapoor – Aitraaz as Priya Saxena
- Priyanka Chopra – Mujhse Shaadi Karogi as Rani Singh
- Shilpa Shetty – Phir Milenge as Tamanna Sahni ‡
- Urmila Matondkar – Ek Hasina Thi as Sarika Vartak ‡
- 2006 Rani Mukerji – Black as Michelle McNally †
- Konkona Sen Sharma – Page 3 as Madhvi Sharma
- Preity Zinta – Salaam Namaste as Ambar "Ambi" Malhotra ‡
- Rani Mukerji – Bunty Aur Babli as Vimmi "Babli" Saluja ‡
- Vidya Balan – Parineeta as Lalita ‡
- 2007 Rani Mukerji – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Maya Talwar ‡
- Aishwarya Rai – Dhoom 2 as Sunehri ‡
- Kajol – Fanaa as Zooni Ali Baig †
- Kangana Ranaut – Gangster as Simran
- Kareena Kapoor – Omkara as Dolly Mishra ‡
- Vidya Balan – Lage Raho Munna Bhai as Jhanvi
- 2008 Kareena Kapoor – Jab We Met as Geet Dhillon †
- Aishwarya Rai – Guru as Sujata Desai ‡
- Deepika Padukone – Om Shanti Om as Shantipriya / Sandhya (Sandy) ‡
- Katrina Kaif – Namastey London as Jasmeet 'Jazz' Malhotra
- Tabu – Cheeni Kum as Nina Verma
- Vidya Balan – Bhool Bhulaiyaa as Avni S. Chaturvedi ‡
- 2009 Priyanka Chopra – Fashion as Meghna Mathur †
- Aishwarya Rai – Jodhaa Akbar as Jodhaa Bai ‡
- Asin – Ghajini as Kalpana Shetty ‡
- Bipasha Basu – Race as Sonia Singh
- Katrina Kaif – Singh Is Kinng as Sonia Singh
2010s
- 2010 Kareena Kapoor – 3 Idiots as Pia Sahastrabudhhe ‡ (tied with) Vidya Balan – Paa as Vidya †
- Deepika Padukone – Love Aaj Kal as Meera Pandit ‡
- Mahie Gill – Dev D as Parminder 'Paro'
- Priyanka Chopra – Kaminey as Sweety Shekhar Bhope ‡
- 2011 Anushka Sharma – Band Baaja Baaraat as Shruti Kakkar ‡
- Aishwarya Rai – Guzaarish as Sofia D'Souza ‡
- Kareena Kapoor – Golmaal 3 as Daboo ‡
- Katrina Kaif – Raajneeti as Indu Patp Singh
- Vidya Balan – Ishqiya as Krishna Verma ‡
- 2012 Vidya Balan – The Dirty Picture as Reshma / Silk †
- Kangana Ranaut – Tanu Weds Manu as Tanuja 'Tanu' Trivedi
- Kareena Kapoor – Bodyguard as Divya
- Mahie Gill – Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster as Madhavi Devi ‡
- Priyanka Chopra – 7 Khoon Maaf as Susanna Anna-Marie Johannes ‡
- 2013 Vidya Balan – Kahaani as Vidya Venkatesan Bagchi †
- Deepika Padukone – Cocktail as Veronica Malaney ‡
- Huma Qureshi – Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2 as Mohsina
- Kareena Kapoor – Heroine as Mahi Arora ‡
- Priyanka Chopra – Barfi! as Jhilmil Chatterjee ‡
- Sridevi – English Vinglish as Shashi Godbole ‡
- 2014 Deepika Padukone – Chennai Express as Meenalochni 'Meena' Azhagusundaram ‡
- Deepika Padukone – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela as Leela Sanera †
- Deepika Padukone – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani as Naina Talwar ‡
- Nimrat Kaur – The Lunchbox as Ila
- Shraddha Kapoor – Aashiqui 2 as Aarohi Keshav Shirke ‡
- Sonakshi Sinha – Lootera as Pakhi Roy Chaudhary ‡
- 2015 Kangana Ranaut – Queen as Rani Mehra †
- Alia Bhatt – 2 States as Ananya Swaminathan
- Anushka Sharma – PK as Jagat "Jaggu" Janani Sahni
- Deepika Padukone – Happy New Year as Mohini Joshi
- Priyanka Chopra – Mary Kom as Mary Kom ‡
- Rani Mukerji – Mardaani as Shivani Shivaji Roy ‡
- 2016 Deepika Padukone – Piku as Piku Banerjee †
- Deepika Padukone – Bajirao Mastani as Mastani ‡
- Kangana Ranaut – Tanu Weds Manu Returns as Tanuja "Tanu" Trivedi / Kumari "Kusum" Sangwan (Datto) ‡
- Priyanka Chopra – Dil Dhadakne Do as Ayesha Mehra / Sangha
- Shraddha Kapoor – ABCD 2 as Vinnie
- 2017 Alia Bhatt – Udta Punjab as Kumari Pinky †
- Alia Bhatt – Dear Zindagi as Kaira (Koko) ‡
- Anushka Sharma – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil as Alizeh ‡
- Sonam Kapoor – Neerja as Neerja Bhanot ‡
- Taapsee Pannu – Pink as Minal Arora
- 2018 Sridevi - Mom as Devki Sabarwal ‡
- Alia Bhatt - Badrinath Ki Dulhania as Vaidehi Trivedi ‡
- Bhumi Pednekar - Shubh Mangal Saavdhan as Sugandha Joshi ‡
- Vidya Balan - Tumhari Sulu as Sulochana "Sulu" Dubey †
- Zaira Wasim - Secret Superstar as Insia Malik ‡
- 2019 Alia Bhatt - Raazi as Sehmat Khan †
- Deepika Padukone - Padmaavat as Rani Padmavati ‡
- Neena Gupta - Badhaai Ho as Priyamvada 'Babli' Kaushik ‡
- Rani Mukerji - Hichki as Naina Mathur ‡
- Tabu - Andhadhun as Simi ‡
2020s
- 2020
- Alia Bhatt - Gully Boy as Safeena Firdausi
- Kareena Kapoor - Good Newwz as Deepti Batra
- Priyanka Chopra - The Sky Is Pink as Aditi Chaudhary
- Taapsee Pannu - Badla as Naina Sethi
- Vidya Balan - Mission Mangal as Tara Shinde