SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Telugu

SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut  – Telugu
Description	Best performance by an actress in a leading role in her debut Telugu film
Country	India
Presented by	Vibri Media Group
Established	2012
First awarded	2012
Currently held by	Vaishnavi Chaitanya, Baby (2023)
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Produced by	Vibri Media Group

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	Recipient	Notes
Youngest winner	Avika Gor	Age 17
Oldest winner	Mrunal Thakur	Age 30

• 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

Year	Actress	Film	Ref.
2011 (1st)	Shruti Haasan	Anaganaga O Dheerudu	[1]
	Nithya Menen	Ala Modalaindi
	Isha Chawla	Prema Kavali
	Amala Paul	Bejawada
	Nikitha Narayan	It's My Love Story
	Sarah-Jane Dias	Panjaa
2012 (2nd)
	Regina Cassandra	Siva Manasulo Sruthi	[2]
	Lavanya Tripathi	Andala Rakshasi
	Reshma Rathore	Ee Rojullo
	Gurshagun Kaur Sachdeva	Life Is Beautiful
	Monal Gajjar	Sudigadu
2013 (3rd)
	Avika Gor	Uyyala Jampala	[3]
	Catherine Tresa	Chammak Challo
	Isha Talwar	Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde
	Sharmila Mandre	Kevvu Keka
	Priya Banerjee	Kiss
2014 (4th)
	Raashi Khanna	Oohalu Gusagusalade	[4]
	Kriti Sanon	1: Nenokkadine
	Mishti Chakraborty	Chinnadana Nee Kosam
	Adah Sharma	Heart Attack
	Pooja Hegde	Oka Laila Kosam
2015 (5th)
	Pragya Jaiswal	Kanche	[5]
	Malavika Nair	Yevade Subramanyam
	Shruti Sodhi	Pataas
	Tridha Choudhury	Surya vs Surya
	Sayyeshaa	Akhil
2016 (6th)
	Nivetha Thomas	Gentleman	[6]
	Keerthy Suresh	Nenu Sailaja
	Mehreen Pirzada	Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha
	Niharika Konidela	Oka Manasu
	Anu Emmanuel	Majnu
2017 (7th)
	Kalyani Priyadarshan	Hello	[7]
	Aakanksha Singh	Malli Raava
	Megha Akash	LIE
	Nivetha Pethuraj	Mental Madhilo
	Shalini Pandey	Arjun Reddy
2018 (8th)
	Payal Rajput	RX 100	[8]
	Ashima Narwal	Natakam
	Kiara Advani	Bharat Ane Nenu
	Nidhi Agerwal	Savyasachi
	Ruhani Sharma	Chi La Sow
	Nabha Natesh	Nannu Dochukunduvate
2019 (9th)
	Shivathmika Rajashekar	Dorasaani	[9]
	Priyanka Arul Mohan	Nani's Gang Leader
	Anagha	Guna 369
	Divyansha Kaushik	Majili
	Ananya Nagalla	Mallesham
2020 (9th)
	Roopa Koduvayur	Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya	[10]
	Varsha Bollamma	Choosi Choodangaane
	Noorin Shereef	Oollalla Oollalla
	Salony Luthra	Bhanumathi & Ramakrishna
	Priyanka Sharma	Savaari
2021 (10th)
	Krithi Shetty	Uppena	[11]
	Sreeleela	Pelli SandaD
	Meenakshi Chaudhary	Ichata Vahanamulu Niluparadu
	Faria Abdullah	Jathi Ratnalu
	Sandhya Raju	Natyam
2022 (11th)
	Mrunal Thakur	Sita Ramam	[12]
	Saiee Manjrekar	Ghani
	Mithila Palkar	Ori Devuda
	Shirley Setia	Krishna Vrinda Vihari
	Ritika Nayak	Ashoka Vanamlo Arjuna Kalyanam
2023 (12th)
	Vaishnavi Chaitanya	Baby	[13]
	Gayatri Bhardwaj	Tiger Nageswara Rao
	Iswarya Menon	Spy
	Pragathi Srivatsava	Peddha Kapu 1
	Sakshi Vaidya	Gandeevadhari Arjuna
	Yukti Thareja	Rangabali

See also

• SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut – Telugu
• SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu
• SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu

References

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