The Filmfare Award for Best Actress is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise the female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The award was first given in 1954 for the films released in the preceding year 1953. Winners and nominees 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple wins and nominations The following individuals have received two or more Best Actress awards: The following individuals have received nine or more Best Actress nominations: Superlatives Nutan and her niece Kajol, with five wins each, have maximum awards. Meena Kumari, Madhuri Dixit and Vidya Balan have four wins each. Vyjayanthimala, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, and Alia Bhatt have three wins each. Eight actresses have won the award twice; in chronological order, they are Waheeda Rehman, Dimple Kapadia, Rekha, Sridevi, Karisma Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukerji and Deepika Padukone. Madhuri Dixit and Rani Mukerji are the overall most nominated performers in the female acting categories, each with overall 17 nominations. Dixit has 14 nominations for Best Actress and three for Best Supporting Actress, and Mukerji has 10 nominations for Best Actress and seven nominations for Best Supporting Actress. Additionally, Rani Mukerji has 2 wins for Best Actress (Critics). Meena Kumari achieved an unusual feat by garnering all of the nominations in 1963 with no other actress being nominated (3 nominations that year). No other actress has equaled this record. Six actresses have won the award in consecutive years; in chronological order, they are Meena Kumari (1954–55), Jaya Bachchan (1974–75), Shabana Azmi (1984–85), Rani Mukerji (2005–06), Vidya Balan (2012–13) and Alia Bhatt (2019-20). There has been only one tie in the history of this category. This occurred in 1974 when Dimple Kapadia and Jaya Bachchan tied for the award, winning for Bobby and Abhimaan respectively. Madhuri Dixit holds the record for the maximum Best Actress nominations with 14, followed by Meena Kumari, Vidya Balan with 12, Hema Malini, Kajol with 11 nominations each, and Rani Mukerji, Aishwarya Rai, and Sridevi with 10 nominations each. Dixit and Balan have the most awards in a single decade with four awards each in the 1990s and the 2010s respectively. Dixit also holds the record for most consecutive nominations with 10 between 1989 and 1996. On occasion of an actress receiving multiple nominations in the same year and won in either of them: