MFK Award for Favourite Actress
Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? Award for Favourite Actress is given by Zee Talkies as part of its annual Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? ceremony for Marathi films. The award was first given in 2009 for the films released in the preceding year 2008.
Superlatives
- With two wins each, Sai Tamhankar, Sonalee Kulkarni, Rinku Rajguru and Amruta Khanvilkar have the most awards.
- Sai Tamhankar is the overall most nominated performers in the female acting categories, each with overall 24 nominations, followed by Amruta Khanvilkar with 16, and Sonalee Kulkarni with 14 nominations each.
- Tamhankar has 7 nominations for Favourite Actress, five for Favourite Supporting Actress, and eleven for Popular Face of the Year, while Khanvilkar has 6 nominations for Favourite Actress, one for Favourite Supporting Actress, and nine for Popular Face of the Year, and Kulkarni has 6 nominations for Favourite Actress and eight for Popular Face of the Year.
- Mukta Barve holds the record for the maximum Favourite Actress nominations with 8, followed by Tamhankar with 7, Khanvilkar and Kulkarni with 6 nominations each, and Priya Bapat and Mrunmayee Deshpande with 4 nominations each. Barve also holds the record for most consecutive nominations with 4 between 2014 and 2017.
- Supriya Pilgoankar, Medha Manjrekar, Pallavi Joshi, Urmilla Kothare, Mukta Barve, Amruta Khanvilkar, Mrunmayee Deshpande, Vandana Gupte and Sukanya Kulkarni each received nominations in both categories the Favourite Actress and Favourite Supporting Actress. Sai Tamhankar is the only actress who won this both Awards.
- On five occasions, actresses were nominated for both these awards in the same year: Sai Tamhankar in 2013, 2015, 2017, Mrunmayee Deshpande in 2016, and Amruta Khanvilkar in 2022.
- Priya Bapat and Mrunmayee Deshpande holds the record of maximum nominations without ever winning, with four, followed by Sonali Kulkarni with three nominations.
- Madhuri Dixit, who won the award in 2018 at the age of 51 for Bucket List, is the eldest winner, while Tanuja became the eldest nominee in 2014 at the age of 71 for Pitruroon. Rinku Rajguru, in 2016, became the youngest winner and youngest nominee at the age of 15 for Sairat. Rajguru also became the only actress to win Favourite Female Debut and Favourite Actress for the same film.