The Kalakar Award for Best Actress is an award, presented annually at the Kalakar Awards. It is given by the Kalakar Parivar Foundation for Bengali films. The award was first given in 1993.
| Kalakar Award for Best Actress | |
|---|---|
 Rukmini Maitra, the last winner | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in Bengali films |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Kalakar Parivar Foundation |
| First awarded | 1993 |
| Last awarded | 2020 |
| Currently held by | Rukmini Maitra for Password |
Superlatives
- Debashree Roy is the first recipient of this award, and has won it four times. She won the award consecutively for two years twice (1993, 1994) & (2002, 2003).
- Rituparna Sengupta is the most awarded recipient, with 10 wins, and has won the award consecutively for 5 years (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010). Additionally, she is the only actress to win both Best Actress & Best Supporting Actress.
- Satabdi Roy is the third most awarded actress, with 3 wins.
- Subhashree Ganguly won the award twice consecutively in 2014 and 2015. She also received the Kalakar Award for Best Rising Actress in 2014 for the film Boss: Born To Rule (2013).
- Churni Ganguly is the only actress awarded for her performance in her debut film, Waarish... (2004).
- Raveena Tandon is notably the only Bollywood actress to have won this award.
Multiple winners
- 10 wins: Rituparna Sengupta
- 4 wins: Debashree Roy
- 3 wins: Satabdi Roy
- 2 wins: Subhashree Ganguly
Winners
| List of winners and nominated work | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Recipient(s) | Role(s) | Film(s) | Reference(s) |
| 1993 (1st) & (2nd) |
Debashree Roy | – | Prem | |
| Indrani Haldar | Tapashya | |||
| 1994 (3rd) |
Debashree Roy | Sandhyatara | ||
| 1996 (4th) |
Satabdi Roy | Mamata | Sansaar Sangram | |
| 1997 (5th) |
Rituparna Sengupta | Celina Choudhury | Abujh Mon | |
| 1998 (6th) |
Roopa Ganguly | Anasuya (Anu) | Yugant | |
| 1999 (7th) |
Satabdi Roy | Sundari | Raja Rani Badsha | |
| 2000 (8th) |
Rituparna Sengupta | Payel Choudhury | Moner Manush | |
| 2001 (9th) |
Roopa Ray | Sasurbari Zindabad | ||
| 2002 (10th) |
Debashree Roy | Sarama | Dekha | |
| 2003 (11th) |
Kusum/K. Nandy | Silpantar | ||
| 2004 † (12th) |
Rachna Banerjee | Saathi | Sabuj Saathi | |
| Rituparna Sengupta | Rajani Daasi | Mondo Meyer Upakhyan | ||
| 2005 † (13th) |
Churni Ganguly | Medha Chatterjee | Waarish... | |
| Satabdi Roy | Revati Bhattacharya | Debipaksha | ||
| 2006 (14th) |
Rituparna Sengupta | – | Dwitiya Basanta | |
| 2007 (15th) |
Anuradha | Byatikrami | ||
| 2008 (16th) |
Nandita Chatterjee | Anuranan | ||
| 2009 † (17th) |
Brishti/Tilottama | Mon Amour: Shesher Kobita Revisited | ||
| Sreelekha Mitra | Krishnakali Chatterjee | Tolly Lights | ||
| 2010 † (18th) |
Rituparna Sengupta | Malini/Debi | Aainaate | |
| Swastika Mukherjee | Koel | Brake Fail | ||
| 2011 (19th) |
Raveena Tandon | Sohini | Laboratory | |
| 2012 (20th) |
Konkona Sen Sharma | Mrinalini Mitra | Iti Mrinalini | |
| 2014 (22nd) |
Subhashree Ganguly | Bhoomi | Khoka 420 | |
| 2015 (23rd) |
Bhumika Pratap Chaudhury | Ami Shudhu Cheyechi Tomay | ||
| 2016 (24th) |
Payel Sarkar | Ria Banerjee | Jomer Raja Dilo Bor | |
| 2017 (25th) |
Srabanti Chatterjee | Riya/Chutki | Shikari | |
| 2018 (26th) |
Rituparna Sengupta | Runu Biswas | Baranda | |
| 2019 (27th) |
Priyanka Sarkar | Roopa | Crisscross | |
| 2020 (28th) |
Rukmini Maitra | Nisha Chatterjee | Password | |
References
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