Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
2018 recipient: Meghana Raj
Awarded for	Award for Best Performance of an actress in Leading Role
Sponsored by	Government of Karnataka
Reward(s)	Silver Medal ₹ 20,000
First awarded	1967–68
Last awarded	2018
Most recent winner	Meghana Raj
Highlights
Total awarded	51
First winner	Kalpana

The Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada language film actresses. Since its inception, the award was won by Aarathi, Jayanthi and Tara the most times with four wins respectively.

Superlative winners

Winners

Key

List of award recipients, showing the year and film(s)

Year	Image	Recipient(s)	Role(s)	Film(s)	Ref.
1967–68	–	Kalpana	Indira	Belli Moda
1968–69	–	Kalpana	Malathi	Hannele Chiguridaga
1969–70	–	Bharathi Vishnuvardhan	Chennambike	Sri Krishnadevaraya
1970–71	–	Kalpana	Kaveri	Sharapanjara
1971–72	–	L. V. Sharada	Kathyayini	Vamsha Vriksha
1972–73	–	Aarathi	Alamelu	Naagarahaavu
1973–74	–	Jayanthi†	Madhavi	Edakallu Guddada Mele	[1]
	–	Nandini Bhaktavatsala†	Kamali	Kaadu
1974–75	–	A. Revathi		Kankana
1975–76	–	Aarathi	Munithaayi	Katha Sangama
1976–77	–	Jayanthi		Manassinanthe Mangalya	[1]
1977–78	–	Aparna Narang		Spandana
1978–79	–	Aarathi	Thunga	Dharmasere
1979–80	–	Vaishali Kasaravalli	Lakshmi	Akramana
1980–81	–	Aarathi	Ranganayaki / Maala	Ranganayaki
1981–82	–	Jayanthi	Putti	Dharma Dari Thappithu	[1]
1982–83	–	Padma Vasanthi	Vasanthi	Maanasa Sarovara
1983–84	–	Abhinaya	Gowri	Anubhava
1984–85	–	Roopa Devi		Avala Antharanga
1985–86	–	Jayanthi	Chinnamma / Thara Devi	Masanada Hoovu	[1]
1986–87	–	Geetha	Dr. Janaki / Dr. Janavi	Aruna Raaga
1987–88	–	Usha	Akka Mahadevi	Shivayogi Akkamahadevi
1988–89	–	Saritha	Banneri	Sankranthi
1989–90		Sudha Rani	Rukmini	Panchama Veda
1990–91		Tara	Jaya	Krama
1991–92		Sudha Rani	Padma	Mysore Mallige
1992–93		Vinaya Prasad	Vani	Aathanka	[2]
1993–94		Lakshmi	Ramabai	Hoovu Hannu
1994–95	–	Shruti	Usha	Aagatha
1995–96		Prema	Om	[3]
1996–97		Shilpa	Kanaka	Janumada Jodi	[4]
1997–98	–	Jayamala	Narmada Thaayi / Thaayi Saheba	Thaayi Saheba
1998–99		Soundarya	Kshama	Doni Saagali	[5]
1999–2000		Tara	Subbamma Heggadithi	Kaanuru Heggadathi	[6]
2000–01		Anu Prabhakar	Kaveri	Shaapa	[6]
2001–02		Soundarya	Naagi	Dweepa	[7]
2002–03		Bhavana	Channi	Kshaama	[8]
2003–04		Radhika Kumaraswamy	Gowri	Thayi Illada Thabbali	[9]
2004–05	–	Shruti	Gowri	Gowdru	[10]
2005–06	–	Pavitra Lokesh	Venkatalakshmi	Naayi Neralu	[11]
2006–07		Tara	Mrudula	Cyanide	[12]
2007–08		Umashree	Gulabi	Gulabi Talkies	[13]
2008–09	–	Radhika Pandit	Chanchala	Moggina Manasu	[14]
2009–10		Anu Prabhakar	Bangari	Pareekshe	[15]
2010–11		Ramya	Geetha	Sanju Weds Geetha	[16]
2011		Bhavana	Bhageerathi	Bhageerathi	[17]
2012	–	Nirmala Chennappa	Jayamma	Tallana	[18]
2013		Nivedhitha	Devakka	December-1	[19]
2014		Lakshmi Gopalaswamy	Meera	Vidaaya	[20]
2015	–	Malashri	Ganga	Ganga	[21]
2016		Sruthi Hariharan	Nandini	Beautiful Manasugalu	[22]
2017		Tara	Ramakka	Hebbet Ramakka	[23]
2018		Meghana Raj	Poorvi	Iruvudellava Bittu	[24]