IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female

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 was 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 was 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.

2000s
Kareena Kapoor – Refugee as Nazneen "Naaz" Ahmed (tied with) Kim Sharma, Preeti Jhangiani and Shamita Shetty – Mohabbatein as Sanjana, Kiran and Ishika Dhanrajgir''' Bipasha Basu – Ajnabee as Sonia/Neeta (tied with) Gracy Singh – Lagaan as Gauri''' Esha Deol – Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe as Esha Singh''' Amrita Rao – Ishq Vishk''' Ayesha Takia Azmi – Taarzan: The Wonder Car as Priya''' Vidya Balan – Parineeta as Lalita''' Kangana Ranaut – Gangster as Simran''' Deepika Padukone – Om Shanti Om as Shantipriya/Sandhya (Sandy)''' Asin – Ghajini as Kalpana Shetty'''
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2010s
Jacqueline Fernandez – Aladin as Jasmine (tied with) Mahi Gill – Dev.D as Parminder (Paro)''' Sonakshi Sinha – Dabangg as Rajjo''' Parineeti Chopra – Ladies vs Ricky Bahl as Dimple Chaddha''' Yami Gautam – Vicky Donor as Ashima Roy Arora''' Vaani Kapoor – Shuddh Desi Romance as Tara''' Kriti Sanon – Heropanti as Dimpy''' Bhumi Pednekar – Dum Laga Ke Haisha as Sandhya Verma''' Disha Patani – M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story as Priyanka Jha''' Not awarded Sara Ali Khan – Kedarnath as Mandakani "Mukku" Mishra'''
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2020s
Ananya Panday – Student of the Year 2 as Shreya Randhawa''' Sharvari Wagh – Bunty Aur Babli 2 as Sonia "Babli" Rawat''' Khushali Kumar - Dhokha: Round D Corner as Saanchi Sinha'''
 * '''2020
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 * '''2023