Screen Award for Best Female Debut

The Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female is chosen by a distinguished panel of judges from the Indian Bollywood film industry and the winners are announced in January. The first woman to receive this award was Sonali Bendre.

Screen Awards for Best Female Debut
The 2022 recipient: Sara Ali Khan
Awarded for	Best Female Debut
Country	India
Presented by	Screen
First award	Sonali Bendre Aag (1995)
Currently held by	Sara Ali Khan Kedarnath (2020)

Winners

Year	Winner	Film	Ref.
1995	Sonali Bendre	Aag
1997	Priya Gill	Tere Mere Sapne
1998	Aishwarya Rai	Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya
1999	Preity Zinta	Soldier
2000	Nethra Raghuraman	Bhopal Express
2002	Gracy Singh	Lagaan
2003	Esha Deol	Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe
2004	Lara Dutta	Andaaz
2005	Gayatri Joshi	Swades
2006	Vidya Balan	Parineeta
2007	Kangana Ranaut	Gangster
2008	Deepika Padukone	Om Shanti Om
2009	Asin	Ghajini
2010	Mahie Gill	Dev D
2011	Sonakshi Sinha	Dabangg
2012	Parineeti Chopra	Ladies VS Ricky Bahl
2013	Ileana D'Cruz	Barfi!
2014	Aida El-Kashef	Ship of Theseus
2015	Patralekha	City Lights
2016	Bhumi Pednekar	Dum Laga Ke Haisha
2017	Disha Patani	M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
2018	Zaira Wasim	Dangal
2019	Radhika Madan	Pataakha
2020	Sara Ali Khan	Kedarnath

See also

• Screen Awards
• Bollywood
• Cinema of India