ITA Award for Best Actress in a Drama - Popular

ITA Award for Best Actress in a Drama - Popular
ITA Award for Best Actress in a Drama - Popular
	The 2024 recipient: Pranali Rathod
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress on Television (Popular)
Sponsored by	Indian Television Academy
First awarded	2001
Last awarded	2024
Recent Winner	Pranali Rathod
Highlights
Total awarded	24
First Winner	Smriti Irani; for Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (2001)
Last Winner	Pranali Rathod for Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (2024)
Website	http://indiantelevisionacademy.com

ITA Award for Best Actress in a Drama - Popular is an award given by the Indian Television Academy as a part of its annual event to the female actor who receives the highest votes.

First awarded in 2001, the award was originally named Desh Ki Dhadkan but was later renamed.

Superlatives

As of 2019, Smriti Irani has won the award 5 times out of the 6 nominations she received from 2001 to 2006. Hina Khan, Surbhi Chandna, and Pranali Rathod have won 2 awards out of the 3 nominations they received. Sakshi Tanwar and Shweta Tiwari have 8 and 7 nominations, but have not won a single award. In 2004, Smriti Irani and Mona Singh, while in 2008 Parul Chauhan and Sara Khan shared the award.

Winners and nominees

2000s

Year	Actor	Role	Show
2001	Smriti Irani	Tulsi Virani	Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
	Sakshi Tanwar	Parvati Aggrawal	Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii
	Neena Gupta	Priya Kapoor	Saans
	Pallavi Joshi	Leela Sharma	Justujoo
	Sandhya Mridul	Kaajal	Koshish - Ek Aasha
2002	Smriti Irani	Tulsi Virani	Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
	Sakshi Tanwar	Parvati Aggrawal	Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii
	Shweta Tiwari	Prerna Sharma	Kasautii Zindagii Kay
	Gurdeep Kohli	Dr. Juhi Singh	Sanjivani - a medical boon
	Nausheen Ali Sardar	Kkusum	Kkusum
2003	Smriti Irani	Tulsi Virani	Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
	Sakshi Tanwar	Parvati Aggrawal	Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii
	Farida Jalal	Sushma Mehra	Shararat
	Shweta Tiwari	Prerna Sharma	Kasautii Zindagii Kay
	Aamna Shariff	Kashish	Kahiin To Hoga
2004	Smriti Irani	Tulsi Virani	Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
	Mona Singh	Jasmeet Walia	Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin
	Sakshi Tanwar	Parvati Aggrawal	Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii
	Geeta Nair	Geeta	Haqeeqat
	Shweta Tiwari	Prerna Sharma	Kasautii Zindagii Kay
	Niki Aneja Walia	Dr. Simran Mathur	Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani
2005	Smriti Irani	Tulsi Virani	Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
	Sakshi Tanwar	Parvati Aggrawal	Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii
	Niki Aneja Walia	Dr. Simran Mathur	Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani
	Shweta Tiwari	Prerna Sharma	Kasautii Zindagii Kay
	Mona Singh	Jassi	Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin
2006	Rajshree Thakur	Saloni Singh	Saat Phere: Saloni Ka Safar
	Shweta Tiwari	Prerna Sharma	Kasautii Zindagii Kay
	Ratna Pathak	Maya Sarabhai	Sarabhai vs Sarabhai
	Supriya Pathak	Hansa Parekh	Instant Khichdi
	Divya Dutta	Shanno	Shanno Ki Shaadi
2007	Divyanka Tripathi	Vidya Singh	Banoo Main Teri Dulhann
	Shweta Tiwari	Prerna Sharma	Kasautii Zindagii Kay
	Prachi Desai	Bani Walia	Kasamh Se
	Sarita Joshi	Godavari Thakkar	Baa Bahu Aur Baby
	Smriti Irani	Vasudha	Virrudh
	Mugdha Chaphekar	Sanyogita	Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan
2008	Parul Chauhan	Ragini Rajvansh	Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai
	Sara Khan	Sadhna Rajvansh	Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai
	Divyanka Tripathi	Vidya Singh	Banoo Main Teri Dulhann
	Sarita Joshi	Godavari Thakkar	Baa Bahoo Aur Baby
	Additi Gupta	Heer Juneja	Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil
	Avika Gor	Anandi	Balika Vadhu
2009	Hina Khan	Akshara Singhania	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
	Ankita Lokhande	Archana Karanjkar	Pavitra Rishta
	Sara Khan	Sadhna Rajvanshi	Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai
	Ratan Rajput	Laali	Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo
	Aasiya Kazi	Santo Mahyavanshi	Bandini

2010s

Year	Actress	Character	Show
2010	Rashami Desai	Tapasya Thakur	Uttaran
	Ankita Lokhande	Archana Karanjkar	Pavitra Rishta
	Hina Khan	Akshara Singhania	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
	Pooja Gor	Pratigya	Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya
	Ragini Khanna	Suhana Kashyap	Sasural Genda Phool
2011	Giaa Manek	Gopi Modi	Saath Nibhaana Saathiya
	Ankita Lokhande	Archana Karanjkar	Pavitra Rishta
	Sakshi Tanwar	Priya Kapoor	Bade Achhe Lagte Hain
	Pratyusha Banerjee	Anandi	Balika Vadhu
	Pooja Gor	Pratigya	Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya
2012	Nia Sharma	Maanvi Chaudhary	Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai
	Shweta Tiwari	Sweety Kaur Ahluwalia	Parvarrish – Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi
	Sakshi Tanwar	Priya Kapoor	Bade Achhe Lagte Hain
	Rati Pandey	Indira	Hitler Didi
	Drashti Dhami	Madhubala	Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon
2013	Devoleena Bhattacharjee	Gopi Modi	Saath Nibhaana Saathiya
	Paridhi Sharma	Jodhabai	Jodha Akbar
	Deepika Singh	Sandhya Rathi	Diya Aur Baati Hum
	Ankita Lokhande	Archana Deshmukh	Pavitra Rishta
	Sakshi Tanwar	Priya Kapoor	Bade Achhe Lagte Hain
2014	Deepika Singh	Sandhya Rathi	Diya Aur Baati Hum
	Sriti Jha	Pragya Arora	Kumkum Bhagya
	Divyanka Tripathi	Ishita Iyer	Ye Hai Mohabbatein
	Sanaya Irani	Parvati	Rangrasiya
	Preetika Rao	Aaliya	Beintehaa
	Drashti Dhami	Madhubala	Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon
	Pooja Sharma	Draupadi	Mahabharat
2015	Hina Khan	Akshara Singhania	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
	Sriti Jha	Pragya Mehra	Kumkum Bhagya
	Divyanka Tripathi	Ishita Iyer	Ye Hai Mohabbatein
	Kratika Sengar	Tanu Bedi	Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki
	Pallavi Kulkarni	Ragini Khanna	Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyaar
2016	Mouni Roy	Shivanya Singh	Naagin 1
	Sriti Jha	Pragya Mehra	Kumkum Bhagya
	Divyanka Tripathi	Ishita Iyer	Ye Hai Mohabbatein
	Kratika Sengar	Tanu Bedi	Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki
	Rubina Dilaik	Soumya	Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki
2017	Helly Shah	Devanshi Chaudhary	Devanshi
	Sriti Jha	Pragya Mehra	Kumkum Bhagya
	Mouni Roy	Shivangi Singh	Naagin 2
	Surbhi Chandna	Anika Trivedi	Ishqbaaaz
	Aditi Rathore	Avni Ayesha	Naamkarann
2018	Surbhi Chandna	Anika Trivedi	Ishqbaaz
	Jennifer Winget	Zoya Siddiqui Hooda	Bepannah
	Drashti Dhami	Nandini Thakur	Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka
	Rubina Dilaik	Soumya Singh	Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki
	Aditi Rathore	Avni Ayesha	Naamkarann
2019	Shivangi Joshi	Naira Goenka	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
	Shraddha Arya	Preeta Arora	Kundali Bhagya
	Ashi Singh	Naina Agarwal	Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai
	Erica Fernandes	Prerna Sharma	Kasautii Zindagii Kay

2020s

Year	Actress	Character	Show
2020	Surbhi Chandna	Bani Sharma	Naagin 5
	Shraddha Arya	Preeta Arora	Kundali Bhagya
	Rupali Ganguly	Anupamaa	Anupamaa
	Helly Shah	Riddhima Raisinghania	Ishq Mein Marjawan 2
2021	Rupali Ganguly	Anupamaa	Anupamaa
	Shivangi Khedkar	Pallavi Rao	Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali
	Ashi Singh	Meet Hooda	Meet: Badlegi Duniya Ki Reet
	Helly Shah	Riddhima Raisinghania	Ishq Mein Marjawan 2
	Mallika Singh	Radha	RadhaKrishn
2022	Pranali Rathod	Akshara Goenka Birla	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
	Tejasswi Prakash	Pratha Gujral	Naagin 6
	Gulki Joshi	Haseena Malik	Maddam Sir
	Niyati Fatnani	Ginni Grewal	Channa Mereya
	Mallika Singh	Radha	RadhaKrishn
2023	Tejasswi Prakash	Pratha Gujral	Naagin 6
	Shivangi Joshi	Aradhana Sahni	Barsatein – Mausam Pyaar Ka
	Aditi Sharma	Katha Singh	Katha Ankahee
	Pranali Rathod	Akshara Goenka Birla	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
	Ashi Singh	Meet Hooda	Meet: Badlegi Duniya Ki Reet
2024	Pranali Rathod	Akshara Goenka Birla	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
	Rupali Ganguly	Anupamaa	Anupamaa
	Sumbul Toqueer	Kavya Bansal	Kavya – Ek Jazbaa, Ek Junoon
	Aditi Rathore	Tanvi Sharma	Aangan – Aapno Kaa
	Samridhii Shukla	Abhira Sharma Poddar	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
	Ashi Singh	Meet Hooda	Meet: Badlegi Duniya Ki Reet