Filmfare Awards
Winner
* 1998 - Filmfare Best Actress Award South for Jeans
* 1999 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam,
* 2002 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Devdas
Nominated
* 1999 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Taal
* 2000 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai
* 2000 - Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Mohabbatein
* 2004 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Raincoat
* 2006 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Dhoom 2
* 2007 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Guru
International Indian Film Academy Awards
Winner
* 2000 - IIFA Best Actress Award for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
* 2003 - IIFA Best Actress Award for Devdas
* 2005 - IIFA Global Indian Media Personality Award
* 2007 - IIFA Glamorous Star Award
* 2007 - IIFA Most Searched Personality on MSN India
Nominated
* 2000 - IIFA Best Actress Award for Taal
* 2005 - IIFA Best Actress Award for Raincoat
* 2008 - IIFA Best Actress Award for Guru
Star Screen Awards
Winner
* 1997 - Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female for Aur Pyar Ho Gaya
* 1999 - Star Screen Award Best Actress for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
* 2002 - Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 along with Shahrukh Khan for Devdas
* 2002 - Star Screen Award Best Actress for Devdas
Nominated
* 1998 - Star Screen Award Best Actress for Taal
* 2000 - Star Screen Award Best Actress for Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai
* 2000 - Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress for Mohabbatein
* 2004 - Star Screen Award Best Actress for Raincoat
* 2006 - Star Screen Award Best Actress for Dhoom 2
* 2006 - Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 along with Hrithik Roshan for Dhoom 2
* 2007 - Star Screen Award Best Actress for Guru
Zee Cine Awards
Winner
* 2000 - Lux Face of the Year
* 2000 - Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
* 2003 - Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female for Devdas
* 2003 - Zee Cine True Indian Beauty Award
* 2005 - Zee Cine Critics' Best Actor Award- Female for Raincoat
Nominated
* 2000 - Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female for Taal
* 2007 - Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female for Umrao Jaan
Other awards
Winner
* 2000 - Rupa Filmgoers Millennium Best Actress Award for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
* 2000 - Priyadarshini International Best Actress Award for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
* 2001 - BWSX Fantasy Award for Best Supporting Actress Mohabbatein
* 2003 - True Indian Actress Award
* 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
* 2005 - Voted The Most Desired Dream Date
* 2007 - Stardust Star of the Year Award - Female for Dhoom 2
* 2007 - MTV Lycra Style Awards: Most Stylish Female for Dhoom 2
* 2007 - MTV Lycra Style Awards: Most Stylish Couple along with Hrithik Roshan for Dhoom 2
* 2008 - Reebok Zoom Glam Awards: Glam Couple Award along with Abhishek Bachchan
* 2008 - Central European Bollywood Awards: Best Actress Award for Guru
Femina Miss India
* 1994 - Miss Catwalk
* 1994 - Miss Miraculous
* 1994 - Miss Photogenic
* 1994 - Miss Perfect Ten
* 1994 - Miss Popular
* 1994 - Miss India World (Winner of the title)
National honours and recognitions
* Rajiv Gandhi Award for Excellence in Field of Entertainment in 2002
* India Times named her No.1 on the list of the "100 Most Beautiful Indian Women in the Past Century".
* Most photographed woman in India.
* GR8! Women Award for Contribution to Cinema in 2004
* She was voted No. 2 in the India's "Most Desirable Women List" in 2006. .
* She was ranked number one in its list of "Top 10 Actresses of 2006" by BollySpice.com a web-based Indian film magazine.
* She was ranked No. 10 in the list of the "Best Bollywood Actresses Ever".
International honours and recognitions
* Miss World 1994
* Most Beautiful International Titleholder of All Times Gold Medal Winner in 2000
* Most Beautiful Miss World of All Times-Received the highest score of 9.911 in 2000
* She was ranked 7th in the list of the "Most admired Indians" by The Week, a British Magazine conducted a survey in 2000 where. She was the only actress in that top list.
* First person to make her mark on the Dubai Studio City Wall of Fame during the IIFA Awards in Dubai.
* She was voted 3rd in the list of "Sexiest Asian Women" by Eastern Eye, a UK based magazine.
* She placed number seven on "The World’s 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies On Earth".
* Time Magazine put her picture on its cover page in 2003. Before Aishwarya, only Parveen Babi’s picture was placed in 1976.
* She is the only Bollywood star to appear in Rolling Stone (Issue 932, October 2, 2003), Rolling Stone one of the most popular and iconic magazines of USA.
* She became the first Indian actor to be a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2003.
* Wax London's prestigious Madame Tussauds Wax museum
* She was voted as the "World’s Most Attractive Woman" in 2003 by Hello Magazine readers. one of the most popular British Magazines. She got the place beating Nicole Kidman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Gwyneth Paltrow.
* She was in the list Time Magazine’s "100 Most Influential People in the World" in 2004.
* She was ranked No. 30 in TIME magazine's issue of "100 Most Influential People of the Year". This is her second time making the list, her first being in 2004.
* She was featured in the 2004 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.
* Mattel, the largest toy producing company released Barbie dolls adorned with costumes of Aishwarya Rai in 2005. The dolls were a super hit. They were sold in minutes after release.
* In the 2005 IIFA awards ceremony that took place in Amsterdam a new breed of tulip was named after her.
* British Govt’s Next Step World Diversity Champion Award in 2005
* Global Diversity Award by the European Union in 2005.
* She was voted number 12 on VH1's 50 Sexiest Actresses of the Last 20 Years in 2005.
* She is the only Bollywood personality appeared on CBS 60 mins, Oprah Winfrey , Good Morning America [45] and The David Letterman Show
* People Magazine, one of the most popular American weekly magazines included her in their list of "100 Most Beautiful People in the World" in 2006.
* She was voted No. 5 in the list of "Sexiest Stars of 2006". She was the only woman in the Top 5.
* She is the first Indian actress to be signed on with the American Library Association. In addition, a poster with her picture on it has been made for schools and libraries all over USA.
* E! Entertainment television, an American cable television voted her the "7th sexiest Celebrity in the World".
* VH1, an American cable television channel voted her 12 out 50 "Sexiest Actresses of the Last 20 Years".
* She was voted "Ninth Most Beautiful Woman in the World" for second year in a row in a survey conducted by Harpers & Queen in their list of the world’s 100 most beautiful women.
* Wax New York's prestigious Madame Tussauds Wax museum at Time Square in 2007.
Winner
* 1998 - Filmfare Best Actress Award South for Jeans
* 1999 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam,
* 2002 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Devdas
Nominated
* 1999 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Taal
* 2000 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai
* 2000 - Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Mohabbatein
* 2004 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Raincoat
* 2006 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Dhoom 2
* 2007 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Guru
International Indian Film Academy Awards
Winner
* 2000 - IIFA Best Actress Award for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
* 2003 - IIFA Best Actress Award for Devdas
* 2005 - IIFA Global Indian Media Personality Award
* 2007 - IIFA Glamorous Star Award
* 2007 - IIFA Most Searched Personality on MSN India
Nominated
* 2000 - IIFA Best Actress Award for Taal
* 2005 - IIFA Best Actress Award for Raincoat
* 2008 - IIFA Best Actress Award for Guru
Star Screen Awards
Winner
* 1997 - Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female for Aur Pyar Ho Gaya
* 1999 - Star Screen Award Best Actress for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
* 2002 - Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 along with Shahrukh Khan for Devdas
* 2002 - Star Screen Award Best Actress for Devdas
Nominated
* 1998 - Star Screen Award Best Actress for Taal
* 2000 - Star Screen Award Best Actress for Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai
* 2000 - Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress for Mohabbatein
* 2004 - Star Screen Award Best Actress for Raincoat
* 2006 - Star Screen Award Best Actress for Dhoom 2
* 2006 - Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 along with Hrithik Roshan for Dhoom 2
* 2007 - Star Screen Award Best Actress for Guru
Zee Cine Awards
Winner
* 2000 - Lux Face of the Year
* 2000 - Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
* 2003 - Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female for Devdas
* 2003 - Zee Cine True Indian Beauty Award
* 2005 - Zee Cine Critics' Best Actor Award- Female for Raincoat
Nominated
* 2000 - Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female for Taal
* 2007 - Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female for Umrao Jaan
Other awards
Winner
* 2000 - Rupa Filmgoers Millennium Best Actress Award for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
* 2000 - Priyadarshini International Best Actress Award for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
* 2001 - BWSX Fantasy Award for Best Supporting Actress Mohabbatein
* 2003 - True Indian Actress Award
* 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
* 2005 - Voted The Most Desired Dream Date
* 2007 - Stardust Star of the Year Award - Female for Dhoom 2
* 2007 - MTV Lycra Style Awards: Most Stylish Female for Dhoom 2
* 2007 - MTV Lycra Style Awards: Most Stylish Couple along with Hrithik Roshan for Dhoom 2
* 2008 - Reebok Zoom Glam Awards: Glam Couple Award along with Abhishek Bachchan
* 2008 - Central European Bollywood Awards: Best Actress Award for Guru
Femina Miss India
* 1994 - Miss Catwalk
* 1994 - Miss Miraculous
* 1994 - Miss Photogenic
* 1994 - Miss Perfect Ten
* 1994 - Miss Popular
* 1994 - Miss India World (Winner of the title)
National honours and recognitions
* Rajiv Gandhi Award for Excellence in Field of Entertainment in 2002
* India Times named her No.1 on the list of the "100 Most Beautiful Indian Women in the Past Century".
* Most photographed woman in India.
* GR8! Women Award for Contribution to Cinema in 2004
* She was voted No. 2 in the India's "Most Desirable Women List" in 2006. .
* She was ranked number one in its list of "Top 10 Actresses of 2006" by BollySpice.com a web-based Indian film magazine.
* She was ranked No. 10 in the list of the "Best Bollywood Actresses Ever".
International honours and recognitions
* Miss World 1994
* Most Beautiful International Titleholder of All Times Gold Medal Winner in 2000
* Most Beautiful Miss World of All Times-Received the highest score of 9.911 in 2000
* She was ranked 7th in the list of the "Most admired Indians" by The Week, a British Magazine conducted a survey in 2000 where. She was the only actress in that top list.
* First person to make her mark on the Dubai Studio City Wall of Fame during the IIFA Awards in Dubai.
* She was voted 3rd in the list of "Sexiest Asian Women" by Eastern Eye, a UK based magazine.
* She placed number seven on "The World’s 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies On Earth".
* Time Magazine put her picture on its cover page in 2003. Before Aishwarya, only Parveen Babi’s picture was placed in 1976.
* She is the only Bollywood star to appear in Rolling Stone (Issue 932, October 2, 2003), Rolling Stone one of the most popular and iconic magazines of USA.
* She became the first Indian actor to be a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2003.
* Wax London's prestigious Madame Tussauds Wax museum
* She was voted as the "World’s Most Attractive Woman" in 2003 by Hello Magazine readers. one of the most popular British Magazines. She got the place beating Nicole Kidman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Gwyneth Paltrow.
* She was in the list Time Magazine’s "100 Most Influential People in the World" in 2004.
* She was ranked No. 30 in TIME magazine's issue of "100 Most Influential People of the Year". This is her second time making the list, her first being in 2004.
* She was featured in the 2004 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.
* Mattel, the largest toy producing company released Barbie dolls adorned with costumes of Aishwarya Rai in 2005. The dolls were a super hit. They were sold in minutes after release.
* In the 2005 IIFA awards ceremony that took place in Amsterdam a new breed of tulip was named after her.
* British Govt’s Next Step World Diversity Champion Award in 2005
* Global Diversity Award by the European Union in 2005.
* She was voted number 12 on VH1's 50 Sexiest Actresses of the Last 20 Years in 2005.
* She is the only Bollywood personality appeared on CBS 60 mins, Oprah Winfrey , Good Morning America [45] and The David Letterman Show
* People Magazine, one of the most popular American weekly magazines included her in their list of "100 Most Beautiful People in the World" in 2006.
* She was voted No. 5 in the list of "Sexiest Stars of 2006". She was the only woman in the Top 5.
* She is the first Indian actress to be signed on with the American Library Association. In addition, a poster with her picture on it has been made for schools and libraries all over USA.
* E! Entertainment television, an American cable television voted her the "7th sexiest Celebrity in the World".
* VH1, an American cable television channel voted her 12 out 50 "Sexiest Actresses of the Last 20 Years".
* She was voted "Ninth Most Beautiful Woman in the World" for second year in a row in a survey conducted by Harpers & Queen in their list of the world’s 100 most beautiful women.
* Wax New York's prestigious Madame Tussauds Wax museum at Time Square in 2007.