• Five actresses:
Nirupa Roy,
Farida Jalal,
Jaya Bachchan,
Rani Mukerji and
Supriya Pathak share the record for the most awards with three each. Seven actresses have won the award twice; in chronological order, they are
Shashikala,
Simi Garewal,
Raakhee,
Rohini Hattangadi,
Aruna Irani,
Konkona Sen Sharma, and
Shabana Azmi. • Four actresses have won the award in consecutive years: Shashikala (1963–1964), Supriya Pathak (1982–1983), Jaya Bachchan (2001–2002), and Konkona Sen Sharma (2007–2008). • Aruna Irani holds the record of the most nominations with 10, followed by Raakhee and Shashikala with 8 nominations each, Farida Jalal,
Bindu and Rani Mukerji with 7 nominations each, and
Rekha with six nominations. • Shashikala holds the record of most consecutive nominations with 6 between 1963 and 1967, being nominated twice in 1967, winning twice consecutively in 1963 and 1964. • Eleven actresses share the record for the most nominations in a single year (2). In chronological order, they are:
Shubha Khote (1962),
Shashikala (1967),
Nutan (1974),
Bindu (1975),
Smita Patil (1984),
Sushmita Sen (2000),
Rani Mukerji (2005),
Konkona Sen Sharma (2008),
Seema Bhargava Pahwa (2018),
Sheeba Chaddha (2022) and
Shabana Azmi (2023). Among these, Sushmita Sen, Rani Mukerji, Konkona Sen Sharma, Sheeba Chaddha and Shabana Azmi won the awards in their respective years. The other six thus hold the record of not winning despite having multiple nominations, in a particular year. •
Bindu holds the record of maximum nominations without ever winning, with 7, followed by
Waheeda Rehman and
Tanvi Azmi with 5 nominations, and
Reema Lagoo and
Ratna Pathak Shah with 4 nominations each. •
Farrukh Jaffar, in 2021, became the eldest winner at age 88, winning for
Gulabo Sitabo (2020), whilst
Ayesha Kapur, in 2006, became the youngest winner and youngest nominee, at age 11, winning for
Black (2005).
Kamini Kaushal, in 2020, became the eldest nominee at age 93 for her role in
Kabir Singh (2019). •
Karisma Kapoor and
Kareena Kapoor are the only siblings who have both won the award. • There was no repeat winner in the 1950s, on the contrary in the '60s three actresses had two wins, namely,
Nirupa Roy,
Shashikala and
Simi Garewal. Again, '70s had no repeat wins, but
Supriya Pathak achieved two consecutive wins in the '80s.
Farida Jalal followed suit with two wins in the '90s.
Jaya Bachchan took over in the 2000s with three wins. There were no repeat winners in the 2010s. Until now, no one is leading in the 2020s. *
Chandramukhi is the only charector for the movie Devdas Vyjayanthimala and Madhuri Dixit won the award for best supporting actress same roll Chandramukhi •
Vyjayanthimala was the first actress to win both
Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. She was also the first person to refuse a Filmfare Award for her role in
Devdas (1955), which then followed by
Reena Roy for her role in
Apnapan (1977). Both refused it citing that their roles were leading and not supporting. • Only once have siblings been nominated for the award during the same year:
Ratna Pathak and
Supriya Pathak in 2011. • 14 actresses who have won both
Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress awards include
Vyjayanthimala,
Raakhee,
Padmini Kolhapure,
Nutan,
Dimple Kapadia,
Rekha,
Karisma Kapoor,
Jaya Bachchan,
Madhuri Dixit,
Rani Mukerji,
Kareena Kapoor,
Kangana Ranaut,
Priyanka Chopra and
Shabana Azmi. Mukerji is the first and only actress to win both these awards in the same year (2005). • Two actresses were nominated for both
Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress awards for the same performance:
Nutan for
Saudagar (1974) and for
Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1979) and
Raakhee for
Doosra Aadmi (1978); Nutan won
Best Actress award for
Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1979). •
Rani Mukerji is the overall most nominated performer in the female acting categories, with 21 nominations overall. Mukerji has 11 for Best Actress and 7 for Best Supporting Actress. and 3 nominations for Best Actress Critics. •
Kareena Kapoor and
Priyanka Chopra are the only two actresses to win
Filmfare Awards in five different categories. Both actresses have won
Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and
Best Female Debut awards once each. Kapoor won twice, while Chopra won once in the
Best Actress (Critics) category. Kapoor and Chopra also won one
Special Award, one
Best Villain Award, respectively. Kapoor and Chopra, thus have 6 and 5 Filmfare Awards respectively. ==See also==