Screen Award for Best Female Debut
# 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.

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Film |
| - | - | - |
| 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 Thottumkal | Ghajini |
| 2010 | Mahi 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 |
