Popular Awards
1998, Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer – Female, Aur Pyar Ho Gaya
1998, Screen Discovery of the Year
1998, Filmfare Best Actress Award South, Jeans
2000, Star Screen Award Best Actress, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
2000, Filmfare Best Actress Award, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
2000, Stardust Millennium Best Actress Award, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
2000, Zee Lux Face of the Year
2000, Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
2000, IIFA Best Actress Award , Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
2000, Zee Gold Best Actress Award in Sensational Role, Taal
2000, Zee Gold Best Critics Actress Award, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
2000, Zee Gold Best Actress Award, Taal
2003, Zee Cine Award True Indian Beauty
2003, Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female, Devdas
2003, Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 shared with Shahrukh Khan for Devdas
2003, Star Screen Award Best Actress, Devdas
2003, Filmfare Best Actress Award, Devdas
2003, Sansui Best Actress Award, Devdas
2003, IIFA Best Actress Award, Devdas
2003, Bollywood Awards Best Actress, Devdas
2005, Zee Cine Critics Best Actress Award, Raincoat
2005, IIFA’s Global Indian Media Personality
2006, Indiatimes Number?5 In Sexiest Bollywood Stars Poll
National Honours
2002, Rajiv Gandhi Award for Excellence in Field of Entertainment
Other Awards
2000, Rupa Filmgoers Millennium Best Actress Award, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
2000, Priyadarshini International Best Actress Award, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
2001, BWSK Fantasy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Mohabbatein
2002, RACE Best Actress Award, Devdas
2002, RACE (V Shantaram) Best Female Artist Award, Devdas
2004, GR8! Women Award for Contribution to Cinema
2004, Global Foreign Artiste Debutantes to Mainstream Media Award
2004, F Awards-For Excellence in Indian Fashion-Female Celebrity Model of the Year
2005, MTV Immies Best Performance in a Song-Kajra Re
2006, Zee Astitva Awards-Outstanding Contribution to Cinema
International Honours, Achievements and Awards
1994, Miss Catwalk
1994, Miss Photogenic
1994, Miss Perfect Ten
1994, Miss Popular
1994, Femina Miss India World-1st Runner-up
1994, Most photogenic Face
1994, Miss World 1994
2000, Most Beautiful International Titleholder of All Times Gold Medal Winner
2000, Most Beautiful Miss World of All Times-Received the highest score of 9.911
2003, Cover of Time Magazine
2003, Official Cannes Jury Member
2004, Ran to Olympic Torch
2004, Hello Magazine’s Yearly Most Beautiful Poll, Winner
2004, Wax London’s prestigious Madame Tussauds Wax museum
2005, Appeared on CBS 60 mins, Oprah Winfrey, Good Morning America and The David Letterman Show