Tamil actress Priyamani won the 54th National Best Actress Award.
Shabana Azmi has received the National Film Award for Best Actress five times: 1975 - National Film Award for Best Actress, Ankur 1983 - National Film Award for Best Actress, Arth 1984 - National Film Award for Best Actress, Khandhar 1985 - National Film Award for Best Actress, Paar 1999 - National Film Award for Best Actress, Godmother
Sharmila Tagore received the National Award for Best Actress in 1976.
First National Award for Best Actress was given to Nargis Dutt in 1968.
Tabu won the Best Actress National Award in 1997 for 'Maachis'.
Raveena Tandon received the National Award in 2001 for the film 'Daman'.
Kirron Kher won the Best Actress Award in 2000.
Dimple Kapadia won the National Award for Best Actress in 1993 for the movie 'Rudaali'.
She won the National Award in 1993, not in 1992. This award was given for her performance in RUDAALI.
In 1972 Waheeda Rehman won the National Award for Best Actress for the film Reshma Aur Shera.
Rehana Sultan bagged the National Award for Best Actress in 1971 for her performance in the Hindi movie 'Dastak'.
Shabana Azmi won the National Award for Best Actress 5 times for Arth, Ankur, Khandahar, Paar and Godmother.
Nargis won the first National Award for Best Actress in 1968 for Raat Aur Din.