The Hum Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the

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(HTNEC). It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a

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while working within the

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. The 1st Hum Awards (for 2012) was held in 2013 with

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winning the award, who was honored for her role in ''

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''. The award has commonly been referred to as the hum for Best Actress Jury or Best Drama Actress Jury. Currently, nominees are determined by

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, within the actors and jury branch of HTNEC; winners are selected by a

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from the entire eligible voting members of the Hum. This awards is equivalent to the

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, which is given in the ceremony but winners are only selected by viewers voting's. Multiple nominations for an actress in same category but for different work is eligible. Since its inception the award has been given to three actresses, while Saba Qamar was nominated five times on three occasions more than any actress. As of the 7th Hum Awards, Yumna Zaidi is the most recent winner in this category for her role in ''

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Winners and nominees

In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees. Following the hum's practice, the dramas below are listed by year of their Pakistan qualifying run, which is usually (but not always) the drama's year of release. As of the first ceremony, total of Eight (actually seven, actress Saba Qamar nominated twice) Actresses were nominated for the award. For the following years, five to six actors will be nominated for the award. For the first ceremony, the eligibility period spanned full calendar years. For example, the 1st Hum Awards presented on April 28, 2013, to recognized actors of dramas that were released between January, 2012, and December, 2012, the period of eligibility is the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31. Date and the award ceremony shows that the 2010 is the period from 2010-2020 (10 years-decade), while the year above winners and nominees shows that the dramas year in which they were telecast, and the figure in bracket shows the ceremony number, for example; an award ceremony is held for the dramas of its previous year.

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Winners and nominees

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References

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