National Film Award / Best Actress

The winners of the National Film Award category Best Actress ( Best Actress ) were:

year	actress	Movie	language
1967	Nargis bun	Raat Aur Din	Hindi
1968	Sharada	Thulabharam	Malayalam
1969	Madhabi Mukherjee	Dibratrir Kabya	Bengali
1970	Rehana Sultan	Dastak	Hindi
1971	Waheeda Rehman	Reshma Aur Shera	Hindi
1972	Sharada	Swayamvaram	Malayalam
1973	Nandini Bhaktavatsala	Kaadu	Kannada
1974	Shabana Azmi	Ankur	Hindi
1975	Sharmila Tagore	Mausam	Hindi
1976	Lakshmi	Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal	Tamil
1977	Smita Patil	Bhumika	Hindi
1978	Sharada	Nimajjanam	Telugu
1979	Shobha	Pasi	Tamil
1980	Smita Patil	Chakra	Hindi
1981	Rekha	Umrao Jaan	Urdu
1982	Shabana Azmi	Arth	Hindi
1983	Shabana Azmi	Khandhar	Hindi
1984	Shabana Azmi	Pair	Hindi
1985	Suhasini	Sindhu Bhairavi	Tamil
1986	Monisha	Nakhashathangal	Malayalam
1987	Archana	Veedu	Tamil
1988	Archana	Daasi	Telugu
1989	Sreelekha Mukherji	Parshuramer Kuthar	Bengali
1990	Vijayshanti	Karthavyam	Telugu
1991	Moyola Goswami	Firingoti	Assamese
1992	Dimple Kapadia	Rudaali	Hindi
1993	Sobhana	Manichithrathazhu	Malayalam
1994	Debashree Roy	Unishe April	Bengali
1995	Seema Biswas	Bandit Queen	Hindi
1996	taboo	Maachis	Hindi
1997	Indrani Halder Rituparna Sengupta	Dahan	Bengali
1998	Shabana Azmi	Godmother	Hindi
1999	Kiron Kher	Bariwali	Bengali
2000	Raveena Tandon	Daman: A Victim of Martial Violence	Hindi
2001	Taboo Sobhana	Chandini Bar Mitr - My Friend	Hindi English
2002	Konkona Sen Sharma	Mr. and Mrs. Iyer	Hindi / English / Tamil / Bengali
2003	Meera Jasmine	Padam Onnu Oru Vilaapam	Malayalam
2004	Thaara	Hasina	Kannada
2005	Sarika	Parzania	English
2006	Priyamani	Paruthi Veeran	Tamil
2007	Umashree	Gulabi talkies	Kannada
2008	Priyanka Chopra	Fashion	Hindi

Currently, the winner is receiving a Rajat Kamal and 50,000 rupees in prize money .

Footnotes

1. ↑ Year for which the award was made
2. ↑ http://dff.nic.in/56th_NFA_Regulations.pdf