Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada

The Filmfare Best Actress Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Kannada films (Sandalwood). The awards were extended to "Best Actress" in 1972. The year indicates the year of release of the film.

Multiple wins
The following individuals have received two or more Best Actress awards:

Nominations

 * 2005 Vidya Venkatesh – Nenapirali as Sindhu
 * Meena – My Autograph as Divya
 * Shilpa Shetty – Auto Shankar as Maya
 * Ramya – Amrithadhare as Amritha
 * Radhika Kumaraswamy – Anna Thangi as Lakshmi
 * 2006 Ramya – Tananam Tananam as Vanaja
 * Meera Jasmine – Arasu as Aishwarya
 * Rakshitha – Neenello Naanalle as Siri
 * Radhika Kumaraswamy – Hatavadi as Anisha
 * 2007 Rashmi – Duniya as Poornima
 * Parvathy Thiruvothu – Milana as Anjali
 * Suhasini – Maathaad Maathaadu Mallige  as Kanaka
 * Jaya Prada - Ee Bandhana as Nandini
 * 2008 Radhika Pandit – Moggina Manasu as Chanchala
 * Daisy Bopanna – Gaalipata as Soumya
 * Pooja Gandhi – Taj Mahal as Shruti
 * Ramya – Mussanjemaatu as Tanu
 * Suhasi – Haage Summane as Khushi
 * 2009 Radhika Pandit – Love Guru as Kushi
 * Haripriya – Kallara Santhe as Roopa
 * Priyamani – Raam as Pooja
 * Priyanka Kothari – Raaj The Showman as Parvathy
 * Rekha – Parichaya as Nirmala (Nimmi)
 * 2010 Radhika Pandit – Krishnan Love Story as Geetha
 * Aindrita Ray – Veera Parampare
 * Nayantara – Super as Indira
 * Nidhi Subbaiah – Pancharangi as Ambika
 * Ramya – Just Math Mathalli as Tanu
 * 2011 Ramya – Sanju Weds Geetha as Geetha
 * Deepa Sannidhi – Paramathma as Deepa aka Thithi Vade
 * Nidhi Subbaiah – Krishnan Marriage Story as Khushi
 * Radhika Pandit – Hudugaru as Gayathri
 * Ragini Dwivedi – Kempe Gowda as Kavya
 * 2012 Priyamani – Chaarulatha
 * Pooja Gandhi – Dandupalya
 * Pranitha Subhash – Bheema Theeradalli
 * Radhika Pandit – Addhuri
 * Ramya – Sidlingu
 * 2013 Amulya – Shravani Subramanya
 * Aindrita Ray – Bhajarangi
 * Meghana Gaonkar – Charminar
 * Nithya Menen – Mynaa
 * Rachita Ram – Bulbul
 * Shwetha Srivatsav – Simple Agi Ondh Love Story
 * 2014 Shwetha Srivatsav – Fair & Lovely
 * Haripriya – Ugramm
 * Kriti Kharbanda – Super Ranga
 * Radhika Pandit – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari
 * Ragini Dwivedi – Ragini IPS
 * 2015 Parul Yadav – Aatagara
 * Mayuri Kyatari – Krishna Leela
 * Nabha Natesh – Vajrakaya
 * Rachita Ram – Ranna
 * Shanvi Srivastava – Masterpiece
 * 2016 Shraddha Srinath – U Turn
 * Hariprriya – Neer Dose
 * Parul Yadav – Killing Veerappan
 * Shwetha Srivatsav – Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu
 * Sruthi Hariharan – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu
 * 2017 Sruthi Hariharan – Beautiful Manasugalu
 * Nivedihta – Shuddhi
 * Rashmika Mandanna – Chamak
 * Shanvi Srivastava – Tarak
 * Shraddha Srinath – Operation Aalamelamma
 * 2018 Manvitha Kamath – Tagaru
 * Ashika Ranganath – Raambo 2
 * Meghana Raj – Iruvudellava Bittu
 * Nishvika Naidu -Amma I Love You
 * Sruthi Hariharan – Nathicharami


 * 2020-21 Yagna Shetty – Act 1978
 * Aarohi Narayan – Bheemasena Nalamaharaja
 * Amrutha Iyengar – Badava Rascal
 * Asha Bhat – Roberrt
 * Kushee Ravi – Dia
 * Milana Nagaraj – Love Mocktail
 * Reba – Rathnan Prapancha
 * 2022 Chaithra J. Achar – Taledanda as Saaki
 * Aishani Shetty – Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage as Shreya
 * Ganavi Laxman – Vedha as Pushpa
 * Meghana Gaonkar – Shubhamangala as Anu
 * Rachita Ram – Monsoon Raaga as Asma Begum
 * Sapthami Gowda – Kantara as Leela