The Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut is chosen by the jury members and a part of the annual Zee Cine Awards. They give awards to the new discoveries of Bollywood where they see some potential. The 1st Zee Cine Award was held on 14 March 1998 in Mumbai, India. Since then, the Award Ceremony is being held in different countries and continents.
The Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut was given in the 1st ZCA (1998). Mahima Chaudhary became the first recipient of the Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut (Jury/Critics). She received the award for Pardes (1998). The most recent recipient is Aneet Padda for Saiyaara (2026).
Winners The winners are listed below:-
Year Portrait Name Film Ref. 1998 Mahima Chaudhry Pardes 1999 Preity Zinta Soldier 2000 Rinke Khanna Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi 2001 Ameesha Patel Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai 2002 Gracy Singh Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India 2003 Malini Sharma Raaz 2004 Bhoomika Chawla Tere Naam 2005 Gayatri Joshi Swades 2006 Konkona Sen Sharma & Vidya Balan Page 3 & Parineeta 2007 Kangana Ranaut Gangster/Woh Lamhe 2008 Deepika Padukone Om Shanti Om 2009 Not Held 2010 Not Held 2011 Sonakshi Sinha Dabangg 2012 Parineeti Chopra Ladies VS Ricky Bahl 2013 Ileana D'Cruz & Yami Gautam Barfi!Vicky Donor 2014 Vaani Kapoor Shuddh Desi Romance 2015 Kriti SanonHeropanti2016Harshaali Malhotra &Bhumi PednekarBajrangi Bhaijaan Dum Laga Ke Haisha 2017 Ritika Singh Saala Khadoos 2018 Nidhhi Agerwal Munna Michael 2019 Janhvi Kapoor Dhadak 2020Ananya PandayTara Sutaria Student of The Year 2 2021 Not Held 2022 Not Held2023Rashmika MandanaGoodbye2024Medha ShankrAlizeh Agnihotri12th FailFarrey2025Nitanshi Goel Pratibha RantaLaapataa Ladies2026Aneet PaddaSaiyaara
See also Zee Cine Awards Bollywood Cinema of India
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