List of Indian female actors

A certain number of actors of this list are also well-known because of their roles in television films and series, and are therefore included in both, this list and the list of television actors.

See also:  Actors ,  List of male movie actors ,  List of male television actors  and  List of female television actors .

Note: In current English usage, though not in German or French, for example, the word actress has been labelled as diminishing or pejorative. Where the concept is required, the new locution female actor should now be used.

A

• Shabana Azmi

B

• Jaya Bacchan (Jaya Bhaduri before marriage)
• Mandira Bedi
• Pooja Bedi
• Pooja Bhatt

C

D

• Nandita Das
• Esha Deol
• Madhuri Dixit

E

F

G

• Gauri

H

I

• Smriti Irani (aka Smriti Malhotra)

J

• J Jayalalithaa

K

• Dimple Kapadia (now Dimple Khanna)
• Karishma Kapoor
• Kareena Kapoor
• Rinke Khanna
• Twinkle Khanna

M

• Madhubala
• Hema Malini
• Urmila Matondkar
• Kajol Mukherjee (Often referred to only as Kajol)
• Rani Mukherjee

N

O

P

• Amisha Patel
• Smita Patil

R

S

• Sreedevi

T

U

V

• Vaijayantimala Bali (often referred to only as Vaijayantimala)

W

Y

Z

• Preity Zinta