SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Tamil

SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Tamil
The 2023 recipient: Nayanthara
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Tamil film
Country	India
Presented by	Vibri Media Group
Established	2012
First awarded	2012
Currently held by	Nayanthara Annapoorani: The Goddess of Food (2023)
Most awards	Nayanthara (5)
Most nominations	Nayanthara (9)
Website	SIIMA Tamil

SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Tamil is presented by Vibri media group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for best acting done by an actress in Tamil films. The award was first given in 2012 for films released in 2011.

Superlatives

Categories	Recipient	Notes
Most awards	Nayanthara	5
Most nominations	Nayanthara	9
Youngest winner	Hansika Motwani	Age 21
Oldest winner	Trisha Krishnan	Age 40

• Nayanthara has maximum awards with five wins, followed by Trisha Krishnan with three wins.
• One actress has won the awards in consecutive years: Nayanthara (2015–16) and (2016–17).
• Aishwarya Rajesh is the only actress to have also won the SIIMA Critics Award for Best Actress – Tamil.
• Hansika Motwani is the only actress to have also won the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Tamil.
• Nayanthara has also received the most nominations with nine, followed by Aishwarya Rajesh with four.

Superlatives : Multiple Winners

Wins	Recipient(s)
5	Nayanthara
3	Trisha Krishnan
2	Hansika Motwani

Superlatives : Multiple Nominations

Nominations	Recipient(s)
9	Nayanthara
5	Aishwarya Rajesh
4	Jyothika, Hansika Motwani, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Amala Paul, Trisha Krishnan
3	Nithya Menen, Keerthy Suresh
2	Tamannaah Bhatia

Winners and nominees

Table key

‡	Indicates the winner

2010s

Year	Photos of winners	Actress	Film	Ref.
2011 (1st)		Asin ‡	Kaavalan	[1][2]
		Anjali	Engaeyum Eppothum
		Anushka Shetty	Deiva Thirumagal
		Hansika Motwani	Engeyum Kadhal
		Richa Gangopadhyay	Mayakkam Enna
2012 (2nd)		Hansika Motwani ‡	Oru Kal Oru Kannadi	[3][4]
		Kajal Aggarwal	Thuppakki
		Amala Paul	Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi
		Shruti Haasan	3
		Samantha Ruth Prabhu	Neethane En Ponvasantham
2013 (3rd)		Trisha Krishnan ‡	Endrendrum Punnagai	[5][6]
		Pooja Umashankar	Vidiyum Munn
		Parvathy Thiruvothu	Mariyaan
		Nayanthara	Raja Rani
		Hansika Motwani	Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru
2014 (4th)		Hansika Motwani ‡	Aranmanai	[7][8]
		Amala Paul	Velaiyilla Pattathari
		Samantha Ruth Prabhu	Kaththi
		Lakshmi Menon	Jigarthanda
		Vedhika	Kaaviyathalaivan
2015 (5th)		Nayanthara ‡	Naanum Rowdy Dhaan	[9][10]
		Nithya Menen	OK Kanmani
		Aishwarya Rajesh	Kaaka Muttai
		Amy Jackson	I
		Jyothika	36 Vayadhinile
2016 (6th)		Nayanthara ‡	Iru Mugan	[11]
		Amala Paul	Amma Kanakku
		Samantha Ruth Prabhu	Theri
		Tamannaah Bhatia	Dharma Durai
		Varalaxmi Sarathkumar	Tharai Thappattai
2017 (7th)		Nayanthara ‡	Aramm	[12][13]
		Aditi Balan	Aruvi
		Andrea Jeremiah	Taramani
		Jyothika	Magalir Mattum
		Nithya Menen	Mersal
2018 (8th)		Trisha Krishnan ‡	'96	[14][15]
		Aishwarya Rajesh	Kanaa
		Jyothika	Kaatrin Mozhi
		Nayanthara	Kolamavu Kokila
		Samantha Ruth Prabhu	Irumbu Thirai
2019 (9th)		Nayanthara ‡	Viswasam	[16][17]
		Amala Paul	Aadai
		Tamannaah Bhatia	Kanne Kalaimaane
		Manju Warrier	Asuran
		Jyothika	Raatchasi

2020s

Year	Photos of winners	Actress	Film	Ref.
2020 (9th)		Aishwarya Rajesh ‡	Ka Pae Ranasingam	[18]
		Aparna Balamurali	Soorarai Pottru
		Nayanthara	Mookuthi Amman
		Sneha	Pattas
		Keerthy Suresh	Penguin
2021 (10th)		Kangana Ranaut ‡	Thalaivii	[19]
		Nayanthara	Netrikann
		Lijomol Jose	Jai Bhim
		Keerthi Pandian	Anbirkiniyal
		Aishwarya Rajesh	Thittam Irandu
2022 (11th)		Trisha Krishnan ‡	Ponniyin Selvan: I	[20]
		Aishwarya Lekshmi	Gatta Kusthi
		Dushara Vijayan	Natchathiram Nagargiradhu
		Keerthy Suresh	Saani Kaayidham
		Nithya Menen	Thiruchitrambalam
		Sai Pallavi	Gargi
2023 (12th)		Nayanthara ‡	Annapoorani: The Goddess of Food
		Aishwarya Rai	Ponniyin Selvan: II
		Aishwarya Rajesh	Farhana
		Keerthy Suresh	Maamannan
		Trisha	Leo
		Meetha Raghunath	Good Night

See also

• Kollywood

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