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IIFA Award for
Star Debut of the Year – Female
IIFA Award for; Star Debut of the Year – Female
	The 2024 Recipient: Alizeh Agnihotri
Awarded for	Best Debut Performance by an Actress
Country	India
Presented by	International Indian Film Academy
First awarded	Kareena Kapoor–Refugee; ; Shamita Shetty–Mohabbatein; Preeti Jhangiani–Mohabbatein; Kim Sharma–Mohabbatein (2001);
Currently held by	Alizeh Agnihotri; Farrey (2024)
Website	IIFA Awards

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 (Female)", it was officially given its new title in 2005. During its inaugural year in 2001, four separate actresses were presented with an award.^[1]

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 (2002), Vidya Balan (2006), Kangana Ranaut (2007), Deepika Padukone (2008) and Asin (2009).
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 (2002), Parineeti Chopra (2012) and Disha Patani (2017). 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

2000s

2001
Kareena Kapoor – Refugee as Nazneen "Naaz" Ahmed (tied with) Kim Sharma, Preeti Jhangiani and Shamita Shetty – Mohabbatein as Sanjana, Kiran and Ishika Dhanrajgir
2002
Bipasha Basu – Ajnabee as Sonia/Neeta (tied with) Gracy Singh – Lagaan as Gauri
2003
Esha Deol – Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe as Esha Singh
2004
Amrita Rao – Ishq Vishk
2005
Ayesha Takia Azmi – Taarzan: The Wonder Car as Priya
2006
Vidya Balan – Parineeta as Lalita
2007
Kangana Ranaut – Gangster as Simran
2008
Deepika Padukone – Om Shanti Om as Shantipriya/Sandhya (Sandy)
2009
Asin – Ghajini as Kalpana Shetty

2010s

2010
Jacqueline Fernandez – Aladin as Jasmine (tied with) Mahi Gill – Dev.D as Parminder (Paro)
2011
Sonakshi Sinha – Dabangg as Rajjo
2012
Parineeti Chopra – Ladies vs Ricky Bahl as Dimple Chaddha
2013
Yami Gautam – Vicky Donor as Ashima Roy Arora
2014
Vaani Kapoor – Shuddh Desi Romance as Tara
2015
Kriti Sanon – Heropanti as Dimpy
2016
Bhumi Pednekar – Dum Laga Ke Haisha as Sandhya Verma^[2]
2017
Disha Patani – M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story as Priyanka Jha
2018
Not awarded
2019
Sara Ali Khan – Kedarnath as Mandakani "Mukku" Mishra

2020s

2020
Ananya Panday – Student of the Year 2 as Shreya Randhawa^[3]
2022
Sharvari Wagh – Bunty Aur Babli 2 as Sonia "Babli" Rawat^[4]
2023
Khushalii Kumar - Dhokha: Round D Corner as Saanchi Sinha^[5]
2024
Alizeh Agnihotri - Farrey as Niyati Singh

References

^ IIFA AWARDS 2001 2-3. Mumbai, India: YouTube. 9 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
^ "IIFA Awards 2016: The Complete List of Winners". News18. 26 June 2016. Archived from the original on 27 June 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
^ "IIFA Awards 2020 - Popular Award Winners". IIFA Awards. 25 November 2021. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
^ "IIFA Awards 2022:a list of all the winners". IIFA. Archived from the original on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
^ "IIFA Awards 2023 Winners". Archived from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2024.