Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actress Award

The Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards (Also Known as BFJA awards) is the oldest Association of Film critics in India, founded in 1937. Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actress Award is given by Bengal Film Journalists' Association to recognize a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The award was first given in 1942 for the films released in preceding year 1941.

Frequent winners of this award are Aparna Sen (5 awards), Madhabi Mukherjee, Rituparna Sengupta (4 awards each), Suchitra Sen, Debashree Roy, (3 awards each).

Year-wise winners of this award
Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won.

Multiple award winners

 * 5 Awards: Aparna Sen
 * 4 Awards: Rituparna Sengupta, Madhabi Mukherjee
 * 3 Awards: Suchitra Sen, Debashree Roy, Laboni Sarkar
 * 2 Awards: Kanan Devi, Vyjayanthimala, Sumitra Devi, Sandhya Roy, Indrani Haldar