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 ", 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, Vidya Balan, Kangana Ranaut, Deepika Padukone and Asin.
- 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, Parineeti Chopra and Disha Patani. 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.
Winners
1990s
1999 'Not awarded'''''2000s
2001Kareena Kapoor – Refugee as Nazneen "Naaz" Ahmed Kim Sharma, Preeti Jhangiani and Shamita Shetty – Mohabbatein as Sanjana, Kiran and Ishika Dhanrajgir2002
Bipasha Basu – Ajnabee as Sonia/Neeta Gracy Singh – Lagaan as Gauri2003
Esha Deol – Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe as Esha Singh2004
Amrita Rao – Ishq Vishk2005
Ayesha Takia – Taarzan: The Wonder Car as Priya2006
Vidya Balan – Parineeta as Lalita2007
Kangana Ranaut – Gangster as Simran2008
Deepika Padukone – Om Shanti Om as Shantipriya/Sandhya 2009
Asin – Ghajini as '''Kalpana Shetty'''
2010s
2010Jacqueline Fernandez – Aladin as Jasmine Mahi Gill – Dev.D as Parminder 2011
Sonakshi Sinha – Dabangg as Rajjo2012
Parineeti Chopra – Ladies vs Ricky Bahl as Dimple Chaddha2013
Yami Gautam – Vicky Donor as Ashima Roy Arora2014
Vaani Kapoor – Shuddh Desi Romance as Tara2015
Kriti Sanon – Heropanti as Dimpy2016
Bhumi Pednekar – Dum Laga Ke Haisha as Sandhya Verma2017
Disha Patani – M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story as Priyanka Jha2018
Not awarded2019
Sara Ali Khan – Kedarnath as '''Mandakani "Mukku" Mishra'''
2020s
2020Ananya Panday – Student of the Year 2 as Shreya Randhawa2022
Sharvari – Bunty Aur Babli 2 as Sonia "Babli" Rawat2023
Khushalii Kumar – Dhokha: Round D Corner as Saanchi Sinha2024
Alizeh Agnihotri – Farrey as Niyati Singh2025
Pratibha Ranta – Laapataa Ladies as '''Jaya Tripathi Singh / Pushpa Rani'''