Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress

Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First awarded	1991 (for performances in films released around 1990)
Currently held by	Sonam Kapoor, Neerja (2017)
Official website	Filmfare Awards

The Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. The award is given by the chosen jury of critics assigned to the function, and is a derivation from a previous award known as the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance, which was established in 1991 and was initially a special award given for a performance by either sex. In 1998, it was officially divided into two separate categories to acknowledge both male and female actors individually. The actors are awarded without prior nomination for a performance.

(From 1991 until 1997, there was one special category known as the Critics Award for Best Performance, and was awarded without prior nomination to acknowledge an actor of either sex.)

(The category is officially divided into two separate categores to acknowledge both male and female actors individually.)

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