The Stardust Breakthrough Performance Award (Female) is given as a part of the Stardust Awards

Stardust Awards

The Stardust Awards is an award ceremony for Hindi movies, which congratulate the superstars of the new generation who are making an impact on the future. It is sponsored by Stardust magazine.- Background :...

, which are held annually to recognise upcoming talent in Bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

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This award is given to the actress who has made her impact felt that particular year, by her performance thus resulting in a successful breakthrough in her career.

The first award in this category was given in 2005.

The winners of this award are:

Year	Actress	Film
2005	Peeya Rai Chowdhary Peeya Rai Chowdhary Peeya Rai Chowdhary is an Indian actress married to model Shayan Munshi, but currently separated from him. She played Lakhi in Gurinder Chadha's Bride and Prejudice, Rita in the movie The Bong Connection and played "Kiran" in the TV show Hip Hip Hooray....	Bride & Prejudice
2006	Katrina Kaif Katrina Kaif Katrina Kaif is a British Indian actress and former model who appears in Indian films, mainly in the Hindi-language film industry. She has also appeared in Telugu and Malayalam films. She was voted the sexiest Asian woman in the world by Eastern Eye in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011...	Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? The soundtrack consists of 7 original tracks and 4 remixes. It was extremely popular and was one of the best selling soundtrack albums of the year.-Tracklist:...
2007	Gul Panag Gul Panag Gul Panag is an Indian actress, model, and former beauty queen who competed in the Miss Universe pageant. Her notable films include Dor, Dhoop, Manorama Six Feet Under, Hello, and Straight....	Dor Dor Tel Dor , is an archeological site located on Israel's Mediterranean coast, about 30 km south of Haifa. Lying on a small headland at the north side of a protected inlet, it is identified with D-jr of Egyptian sources, Biblical Dor, and with Dor/Dora of Greek and Roman sources...
2008	Kangana Ranaut	Life In A... Metro Life in a... Metro Life in a... Metro is a 2007 Hindi film directed by Anurag Basu, set in Mumbai, and starring Dharmendra, Nafisa Ali, Shilpa Shetty, Shiney Ahuja, Kay Kay Menon, Kangana Ranaut, Sharman Joshi, Konkona Sen Sharma and Irrfan Khan in pivotal roles. The music is composed by Pritam with lyrics by Sayeed...
2009	Manjari Phadnis Manjari Phadnis Manjari Fadnis is an Indian film actress, who has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Bengali and Tamil language films. She is best known for her performance in the 2008 Hindi film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na.-Career:...	Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na is a 2008 Bollywood film, written and directed by Abbas Tyrewala. The film stars Imran Khan and Genelia D'Souza in pivotal roles...
2010	Shahana Goswami Shahana Goswami Shahana Goswami is an Indian actress who works in Bollywood films.-Career:Shahana had a single-minded focus on professional acting since childhood. She moved to Mumbai to complete her graduation and to explore the possibility of taking up acting as a career. In Mumbai, her first steps in acting...	Firaaq Firaaq Firaaq is a 2008 Hindi political thriller film set one month after the 2002 violence in Gujarat, India, and looks at the aftermath in terms of the effects on the lives of everyday people. It claims to be based on "a thousand true stories". Firaaq means both separation and quest in Urdu...
2011	Amrita Puri Amrita Puri Amrita Puri is an Indian actress and model who has appeared on stage and in a Bollywood film.-Personal life:She is the daughter of Aditya Puri, Managing Director of HDFC Bank...	Aisha Aisha Aisha bint Abu Bakr also transcribed as was Muhammad's favorite wife...