The Nigar Award for Best Actress, also known as Nigar Public Film Award for Best Actress is an award constituted for the cinema of Pakistan to recognise contribution of a lead actress in Lollywood.

Established in 1958 by Ilyas Rashidi, it is presented annually by Nigar magazine as part of its annual ceremony of Nigar Awards.

The award ceremony takes place independently and is not associated with government or for-profit entities such as production house or television channel.

First presented in 1957, the first Best Actress award was given to Sabiha Khanum for Saat Lakh (1957).

The last award was given to Saba Qamar in 2017 for Lahore Se Aagey.