SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Telugu is presented by Vibri media group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for the best acting done by a female actor in a leading role in her debut Telugu film. The award was first given in 2012 for films released in 2011.
Superlatives Categories RecipientNotesYoungest winnerAvika GorAge 17 (3rd SIIMA)Oldest winnerVaishnavi ChaitanyaAge 31 (12th SIIMA)
Shruti Haasan is the only actress to have also won the SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu. She won the award thrice. Mrunal Thakur is the only actress to have won the SIIMA Critics Award for Best Actress – Telugu. She won the award for the same film in the same year, Sita Ramam.
Winners and nominees
2010s Year Actress Film Ref. 2011 Shruti Haasan Anaganaga O Dheerudu Nithya Menen Ala Modalaindi Isha Chawla Prema Kavali Amala Paul Bejawada Nikitha Narayan It's My Love Story Sarah-Jane Dias Panjaa2012 Regena Cassandrra Siva Manasulo Sruthi Lavanya Tripathi Andala Rakshasi Reshma Rathore Ee Rojullo Gurshagun Kaur Sachdeva Life Is Beautiful Monal Gajjar Sudigadu 2013 Avika Gor Uyyala Jampala Catherine Tresa Chammak Challo Isha Talwar Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde Sharmila Mandre Kevvu Keka Priya Banerjee Kiss 2014 Raashi Khanna Oohalu Gusagusalade Kriti Sanon 1: Nenokkadine Mishti Chakraborty Chinnadana Nee Kosam Adah Sharma Heart Attack Pooja Hegde Oka Laila Kosam 2015 Pragya Jaiswal Kanche Malvika Nair Yevade Subramanyam Shruti Sodhi Pataas Tridha Choudhury Surya vs Surya Sayyeshaa Akhil 2016 Nivetha Thomas Gentleman Keerthy Suresh Nenu Sailaja Mehreen Pirzada Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha Niharika Konidela Oka Manasu Anu Emmanuel Majnu 2017 Kalyani Priyadarshan Hello Aakanksha Singh Malli Raava Megha Akash Lie Nivetha Pethuraj Mental Madhilo Shalini Pandey Arjun Reddy 2018 Payal Rajput RX 100 Ashima Narwal Natakam Kiara Advani Bharat Ane Nenu Nidhhi Agerwal Savyasachi Ruhani Sharma Chi La Sow Nabha Natesh Nannu Dochukunduvate 2019 Shivathmika Rajashekar Dorasaani Priyanka Mohan Nani's Gang Leader Anagha Guna 369 Divyansha Kaushik Majili Ananya Nagalla Mallesham
2020s Year Actress Film Ref.2020 Roopa Koduvayur Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya Varsha Bollamma Choosi Choodangaane Noorin Shereef Oollalla Oollalla Salony Luthra Bhanumathi & Ramakrishna Priyanka Sharma Savaari 2021 Krithi Shetty Uppena Sreeleela Pelli SandaD Meenakshi Chaudhary Ichata Vahanamulu Niluparadu Faria Abdullah Jathi Ratnalu Sandhya Raju Natyam 2022 Mrunal Thakur Sita Ramam Saiee Manjrekar Ghani Mithila Palkar Ori Devuda Shirley Setia Krishna Vrinda Vihari Ritika Nayak Ashoka Vanamlo Arjuna Kalyanam 2023 Vaishnavi Chaitanya Baby Gayatri Bhardwaj Tiger Nageswara Rao Iswarya Menon Spy Pragathi Srivatsava Peddha Kapu 1 Sakshi Vaidya Gandeevadhari Arjuna Yukti Thareja Rangabali2024 Bhagyashri Borse Mr. BachchanJanhvi KapoorDevara: Part 1Manushi ChhillarOperation ValentineNayan SarikaAayPankhuri GidwaniLove Mouli2025 Sridevi Apalla Court: State vs a NobodySakkshi MhadolkarMowgliPreethi PagadalaPatangMalavika ManojOh Bhama Ayyo RamaVirti VaghaniSundarakanda
See also SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu SIIMA Critics Award for Best Actress – Telugu
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