Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role - Female | |
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Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role on Television |
Country | India |
Presented by | IndianTelevision.com |
First awarded | 2002 (for performances in TV shows in 2001) |
Currently held by | Sriti Jha ('Kumkum Bhagya) - 2015 |
Official website | Indian Telly Awards |
Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role – Female is an award given by IndianTelevision.com as part of its annual Indian Telly Awards for TV serials, to recognize a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role.
The award was first awarded in 2002. A special award called Best Actress Critics or Best Actress Jury was also awarded occasionally in 2000s, whose winner was selected by the jury of critics assigned to the function.
The jury award was awarded without prior nominations until 2012. Since then, the jury award is also awarded with prior nominations.