Jaya Bachchan - Kal Ho Naa Ho as Jennifer Kapur
Kareena Kapoor - We Are Family as Shreya Arora
Rani Mukerji - Yuva as Sashi L. Singh
Filmfare Awards were not held in 1988
Filmfare Awards were not held in 1987
Konkona Sen Sharma - Omkara as Indu
2001 Jaya Bachchan - Fiza as Nishatbi Ikramullah
Kalki Koechlin - Dev.D as Lené/Chanda (Chandramukhi)
Ayesha Kapoor - Black as Michelle McNally
Konkona Sen Sharma - Life in a... Metro as Shruti Ghosh
Kareena Kapoor - Refugee
Sushmita Sen - Biwi No.1 as Rupal
Until the 8th Academy Awards ceremony (1935), nominations for the Best Actor award were intended to include all actors, whether the performance was in a leading or supporting role. At the 9th Academy Awards ceremony (1936), however, the Best Supporting Actor category was specifically introduced as a distinct award following complaints that the single Best Actor category necessarily favored leading performers with the most screen time