The Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada is an award presented annually by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Kannada films. It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the Kannada film industry. Although the awards for Kannada films started in 1970, awards for the best supporting actress category started only in 2007. At the 54th Filmfare Awards South ceremony held in 2007, Leelavathi was the first winner of this award for her role in Kannadada Kanda.
Since its inception, the award has been given to ten different actresses. With three nominations including one win, Tara has been the most nominated.
Superlatives Superlative Actor Record Actress with most awards Umashree 2 wins Actress with most nominations UmashreeTara 3 nominations Oldest winnerLeelavathi 69 years Oldest nominee Youngest nominee Harshika Poonacha 17 years
Winners and nominees
In the following table, the years are listed as per Filmfare convention, and generally correspond to the year of film's theatrical release; the ceremonies are always held the following year.
+ Table key Indicates the winner Year Actor Film Role(s) 2006 (54th) Leelavathi Kannadada Kanda 2007 (55th) Tara Ee Bandhana Sukanya 2008 (56th) Shubha Poonja Moggina Manasu Renuka Devi Anu Prabhakar Mussanjemaatu Shwetha Bhavana Rao Gaalipata Pavani Neethu Gaalipata Radha Padmaja Rao Taj Mahal Shruti's mother 2009 (57th) Tulasi Jhossh Sharadamma Anjana Sukhani Maleyali Jotheyali Sandhya Nithya Menen Jhossh Meera Suman Ranganathan Savari Yagna Shetty Love Guru 2010 (58th) Umashree Krishnan Love Story Harshika Poonacha Jackie Yashoda Lakshmi Gopalaswamy Aptharakshaka Saraswathi Ramya Barna Pancharangi Latha Tara Modalasala Deepu's mother 2011 (59th) Shruti Puttakkana Highway Puttakka Abhinaya Hudugaru Pavithra Aindrita Ray Paramathma Saanvi Ramya Barna Hudugaru Sushma Veena Sundar Olave Mandara Nanji 2012 (60th) Suman Ranganathan Sidlingu Aandalamma Catherine Tresa Godfather Vani Jaya Prada Sangolli Rayanna Kittur Chennamma Sindhu Lokanath Drama Chandrika Umashree Alemari Saroja 2013 (61st) Kalyani Raju Jayammana Maga Jayamma Milana Nagaraj Brindavana Madhu Parul Yadav Bachchan Anjali Rukmini Vijayakumar Bhajarangi Krishne Tara Shravani Subramanya Anuradha 2014 (62nd) Samyukta Hornad Oggarane Meghana Asha Sarath Drishya IGP Roopa Chandrashekhar Malavika Avinash Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Sudha Padmaja Rao Ugramm Agastya's mother Sumithra Shivajinagara 2015 (63rd) Sudharani Vaastu Prakaara Vandana Avantika Shetty RangiTaranga Sandhya Bhargav Chandrika Kendasampige Shakuntala Shetty Madhoo Ranna Saraswathi Paavana Gowda Aatagara Anu 2016 (64th) Samyuktha Hegde Kirik Party Aarya Aindrita Ray Niruttara Shravya Meghashree Bhagavatar Last Bus Seethakka Sonu Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu Nagamma Suman Ranganathan Neer Dose Sharada Mani 2017 (65th) Bhavani Prakash Urvi Bobby Aruna Balraj Operation Alamelamma Alamelamma Samyukta Hornad Dayavittu Gamanisi Usha Bhandary Ondu Motteya Kathe Veena Sundar Kaafi Thota Meera 2018 (66th) Sharanya Nathicharami Suma Shreya Anchan Katheyondu Shuruvagide Swarna Sudharani Life Jothe Ondh Selfie Thulasi Sumalatha Thayige Thakka Maga Parvathi Suman Nagarkar Jeerjimbe2020–21(67th) Umashree Rathnan Prapancha Saroja BaiAarohi Narayan Shivaji SurathkalDr. AnjaliAmrutha Iyengar Love MocktailJoshithaMeghashree MugilpeteSparsha Rekha Popcorn Monkey TigerPadmaUsha Ravishankar SalagaVijay's mother2022(68th) Mangala N TaledandaKethammaAditi Sagar VedhaKanakaArchana Jois KGF: Chapter 2ShanthammaManasi Sudhir KantaraKamalaUmashree VedhaShankri2023(69th)Sudha Belawadi Kousalya Supraja Rama KousalyaGunjalamma Pinky ElliM. D. Pallavi 19.20.21 Shruti KaateraKumariTara Tagaru PalyaShantha2024(70th)Priya Shathamarshan BheemaGirijaApeksha ChoranahalliKoli EsruLachchuHarini ShreekanthKerebeteGowrakkaLekha NaiduRoopantharaHanumakkaRekha KudligiHadinelentuSeethaSandhya ArekerePhotoGangamma
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