National Film Award/Beste Hauptdarstellerin

Die Gewinner des indischen National Film Award der Kategorie Beste Hauptdarstellerin (Best Actress) waren:

Jahr	Darstellerin	Film	Sprache
1967	Nargis Dutt	Raat Aur Din	Hindi
1968	Sharada	Thulabharam	Malayalam
1969	Madhabi Mukherjee	Dibratrir Kabya	Bengalisch
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	Tamilisch
1977	Smita Patil	Bhumika	Hindi
1978	Sharada	Nimajjanam	Telugu
1979	Shobha	Pasi	Tamilisch
1980	Smita Patil	Chakra	Hindi
1981	Rekha	Umrao Jaan	Urdu
1982	Shabana Azmi	Arth	Hindi
1983	Shabana Azmi	Khandhar	Hindi
1984	Shabana Azmi	Paar	Hindi
1985	Suhasini	Sindhu Bhairavi	Tamilisch
1986	Monisha	Nakhashathangal	Malayalam
1987	Archana	Veedu	Tamilisch
1988	Archana	Daasi	Telugu
1989	Sreelekha Mukherji	Parshuramer Kuthar	Bengalisch
1990	Vijayshanti	Karthavyam	Telugu
1991	Moyola Goswami	Firingoti	Assamesisch
1992	Dimple Kapadia	Rudaali	Hindi
1993	Sobhana	Manichithrathazhu	Malayalam
1994	Debashree Roy	Unishe April	Bengalisch
1995	Seema Biswas	Bandit Queen	Hindi
1996	Tabu	Maachis	Hindi
1997	Indrani Halder Rituparna Sengupta	Dahan	Bengalisch
1998	Shabana Azmi	Godmother	Hindi
1999	Kiron Kher	Bariwali	Bengalisch
2000	Raveena Tandon	Daman: A Victim of Martial Violence	Hindi
2001	Tabu Sobhana	Chandini Bar Mitr - My Friend	Hindi Englisch
2002	Konkona Sen Sharma	Mr. and Mrs. Iyer	Hindi / Englisch / Tamilisch / Bengalisch
2003	Meera Jasmine	Padam Onnu Oru Vilaapam	Malayalam
2004	Thaara	Hasina	Kannada
2005	Sarika	Parzania	Englisch
2006	Priyamani	Paruthi Veeran	Tamilisch
2007	Umashree	Gulabi Talkies	Kannada
2008	Priyanka Chopra	Fashion	Hindi
2009	Ananya Chatterjee	Abohomaan	Bengalisch
2010	Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar	Baboo Band Baaja	Marathi
	Saranya Ponvannan	Thenmerku Paruvakaatru	Tamil
2011	Vidya Balan	The Dirty Picture	Hindi
2012	Usha Jadhav	Dhag	Marathi
2013	Geetanjali Thapa	Liar’s Dice	Hindi
2014	Kangana Ranaut	Queen	Hindi
2015	Kangana Ranaut	Tanu Weds Manu Returns	Hindi
2016	Surabhi Lakshmi	Minnaminungu – the Firefly	Malayalam
2017	Sridevi	Mom	Hindi
2018	Savitri	Mahanati	Telugu
2019	Kangana Ranaut	Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi	Hindi
		Panga

Derzeit erhält die Gewinnerin einen Rajat Kamal und ein Preisgeld von 50.000 Rupien.