Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Negative Role

Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Negative Role
The 2023 recipient: Mahek Chahal and Kishori Shahane
Awarded forBest Performance by a female actor in a Negative Role on Television
CountryIndia India
Presented byIndianTelevision.com
First awarded2002 (for performances in TV shows in 2001)
Currently held by
WebsiteIndian Telly Awards

Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Negative Role is an award given by Indiantelevision.com as part of its annual Indian Telly Awards for TV serials, to recognize a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a negative role, that is in the role of an antagonist.

The award was first awarded in 2002. Since 2005, the award has been separated in two categories, Jury Award and Popular Award. Winner of Jury award is chosen by the jury of critics assigned to the function while Popular Award is given on the basis of public voting.

Urvashi Dholakia, Meghna Malik and Hina Khan are the only actresses who have won both Popular and Jury awards.