The IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female is given by the International Indian Film Academy, as part of its annual award ceremony to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in her debut film. Originally known as the "IIFA Award for Fresh Face of the Year (Female)", it was officially given its new title in 2005. During its inaugural year in 2001, four separate actresses were presented with an award.
Superlatives Only five actresses who won were also nominated in the Best Actress category in the same year; In chronological order they are, Gracy Singh (2002), Vidya Balan (2006), Kangana Ranaut (2007), Deepika Padukone (2008) and Asin (2009). Only three actresses who won were also nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category in the same year; In chronological order they are, Bipasha Basu (2002), Parineeti Chopra (2012) and Disha Patani (2017). Parineeti Chopra is the only actress who won both the awards in the same year. Kareena Kapoor, Vidya Balan, Kangana Ranaut, Kriti Sanon and Deepika Padukone are the only recipients who also won the IIFA Award for Best Actress later. Kangana Ranaut and Parineeti Chopra are the only recipients who also won the IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress. While Chopra won in the same year, Ranaut won it later in the year 2009. Kangana Ranaut is the only recipient who won both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress award.
Winners
1990s
1999 Not awarded
2000s 2001Kareena Kapoor – Refugee as Nazneen "Naaz" Ahmed (tied with) Kim Sharma, Preeti Jhangiani and Shamita Shetty – Mohabbatein as Sanjana, Kiran and Ishika Dhanrajgir 2002Bipasha Basu – Ajnabee as Sonia/Neeta (tied with) Gracy Singh – Lagaan as Gauri 2003Esha Deol – Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe as Esha Singh 2004Amrita Rao – Ishq Vishk 2005Ayesha Takia – Taarzan: The Wonder Car as Priya 2006Vidya Balan – Parineeta as Lalita 2007Kangana Ranaut – Gangster as Simran 2008Deepika Padukone – Om Shanti Om as Shantipriya/Sandhya (Sandy) 2009Asin – Ghajini as Kalpana Shetty
2010s 2010Jacqueline Fernandez – Aladin as Jasmine (tied with) Mahi Gill – Dev.D as Parminder (Paro) 2011Sonakshi Sinha – Dabangg as Rajjo 2012Parineeti Chopra – Ladies vs Ricky Bahl as Dimple Chaddha 2013Yami Gautam – Vicky Donor as Ashima Roy Arora 2014Vaani Kapoor – Shuddh Desi Romance as Tara 2015Kriti Sanon – Heropanti as Dimpy 2016Bhumi Pednekar – Dum Laga Ke Haisha as Sandhya Verma 2017Disha Patani – M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story as Priyanka Jha 2018Not awarded 2019Sara Ali Khan – Kedarnath as Mandakani "Mukku" Mishra
2020s 2020Ananya Panday – Student of the Year 2 as Shreya Randhawa 2022Sharvari – Bunty Aur Babli 2 as Sonia "Babli" Rawat 2023Khushalii Kumar – Dhokha: Round D Corner as Saanchi Sinha 2024Alizeh Agnihotri – Farrey as Niyati Singh 2025Pratibha Ranta – Laapataa Ladies as Jaya Tripathi Singh / Pushpa Rani
See also International Indian Film Academy Awards IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Male
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