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{{short description|Indian actress}} | {{short description|Indian actress and filmmaker (born 1979)}} | ||
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| name = Konkona Sen Sharma | | name = Konkona Sen Sharma | ||
| image = Konkona Sen Sharma, 21st Jio MAMI Film Festival 2019 (3 | | image = Konkona Sen Sharma, 21st Jio MAMI Film Festival 2019 (3).jpg | ||
| caption = Sharma in 2019 | | caption = Sen Sharma in 2019 | ||
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|12|3}} | | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|12|3}} | ||
| birth_place = [[ | | birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India | ||
| alma_mater = [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] | | alma_mater = [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] | ||
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress| | | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|filmmaker}} | ||
| yearsactive = 2000–present | | yearsactive = 2000–present | ||
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Ranvir Shorey]]|2010|2020 | reason=divorced}} | | spouse = {{marriage|[[Ranvir Shorey]]|2010|2020 | reason=divorced}} | ||
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'''Konkona Sen Sharma''' (born 3 December 1979) is an Indian | '''Konkona Sen Sharma''' ({{IPA|bn|kɔŋkɔna ʃen ʃɔrma|lang|audio=LL-Q9610 (ben)-Titodutta-কঙ্কনা সেন শর্মা.wav}}; born 3 December 1979) is an Indian actor and filmmaker who works primarily in [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]] and [[Hindi cinema|Hindi]] films. She has received several awards, including two [[National Film Awards (India)|National Film Awards]] and three [[Filmfare Awards]]. The child of filmmaker and actress [[Aparna Sen]], she is primarily known for her work in independent films, in addition to working in mainstream films.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Konkona Sen Sharma's mother Aparna Sen never allowed them to watch Ramayan and Mahabharat on TV: 'She insisted that…' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/konkona-sen-sharma-mom-aparna-sen-never-allowed-watch-mainstream-hindi-bengali-films-8889010/ |work=The Indian Express |date=12 August 2023 |access-date=23 June 2025}}</ref> | ||
Making her debut as a child artist in the film ''Indira'' (1983), Sharma | Making her debut as a child artist in the film ''Indira'' (1983),<ref>{{Cite news |title=Did you know that Konkona Sen Sharma made her acting debut as a child artist? |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/did-you-know-that-konkona-sen-sharma-made-her-acting-debut-as-a-child-artist/articleshow/79545232.cms#:~:text=Yes,%20you%20read%20it%20right,she%20portrayed%20a%20negative%20character |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257 |date=3 December 2020 |access-date=23 June 2025}}</ref> Sen Sharma had her first leading role as an adult in the Bengali thriller ''[[Ek Je Aachhe Kanya]]'' (2000).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shekhar |first1=Mimansa |date=2 December 2020 |title=First of Many: Konkona revisits Ek Je Aachhe Kanya |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/konkona-sen-sharma-first-of-many-7073980/ |work=The Indian Express |access-date=23 June 2025}}</ref> She gained notice with the English-language film ''[[Mr. and Mrs. Iyer]]'' (2002), directed by her mother, which won her the [[National Film Award for Best Actress]],.<ref>{{Cite news |title="I went back to sleep because...": Konkona recalls the day she won National Award for 'Mr and Mrs Iyer' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/i-went-back-to-sleep-because-konkona-recalls-the-day-she-won-national-award-for-mr-and-mrs-iyer/articleshow/106831211.cms |work=The Times of India |agency=ANI |issn=0971-8257 |access-date=23 June 2025 |date=14 January 2024}}</ref> She forayed into Hindi cinema with the drama ''[[Page 3 (film)|Page 3]]'' (2005)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Konkona Sen Sharma Films and Shows – Apple TV |url=https://tv.apple.com/in/person/konkona-sen-sharma/umc.cpc.5d49ws9s25nicenkdmp2c9fjs |website=Apple TV |access-date=23 June 2025}}</ref> and won two consecutive [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress]] for her performances in the dramas ''[[Omkara (2006 film)|Omkara]]'' (2006) and ''[[Life in a... Metro]]'' (2007), with the former also winning her the [[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress]].<ref>{{cite web |title=NDTV |work=54th National Awards |url=http://www.ndtvmovies.com/newstory.asp?section=Movies&id=ENTEN20080052570 |access-date=10 June 2008 |archive-date=12 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612152134/http://www.ndtvmovies.com/newstory.asp?section=Movies&id=ENTEN20080052570 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=rediff.com |work=Top Bollywood Actresses |url=http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/25sd1.htm |access-date=25 August 2006 |archive-date=1 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901085426/http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/25sd1.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref> Her other notable films during this period include ''[[15 Park Avenue]]'' (2005), ''[[Dosar]]'' (2006), ''[[Laaga Chunari Mein Daag]]'' (2007), ''[[Luck By Chance]]'' (2009), ''[[Wake Up Sid]]'' (2009) and ''[[Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?]]'' (2010). | ||
Sen Sharma achieved further success with starring roles in ''[[Ek Thi Daayan]]'' (2013), ''[[Goynar Baksho]]'' (2014), ''[[Talvar (film)|Talvar]]'' (2015) and ''[[Lipstick Under My Burkha]]'' (2017). She made her directorial debut with the drama ''[[A Death in the Gunj]]'' (2017), which won her the [[Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-2018/winners |title=Filmfare Award 2018 Winners – List of Filmfare Award Winners |website=filmfare.com |language=en |access-date=21 January 2018 |archive-date=21 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121125745/https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-2018/winners |url-status=dead}}</ref> She also received praise for starring in the anthology film ''[[Ajeeb Daastaans]]'' (2021) and for directing a segment in ''[[Lust Stories 2]]'' (2023). | |||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Sharma was born on 3 December 1979.<ref name="DOB">{{cite web |title=Konkona Sen Sharma turns 34! |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/slide-show-1-konkona-sen-sharma-turns-34/20131203.htm |work=Rediff.com |access-date=10 February 2014 |date=3 December 2013}}</ref> Her father [[Mukul Sharma (writer)|Mukul Sharma]] was a science writer and journalist and her mother [[Aparna Sen]] an actress and film director. She has an elder sister, Kamalini Chatterjee.<ref>{{cite news |first=Vivek |last=Bhatia |title=Mother's day out |newspaper=filmfare.com |url=http://www.filmfare.com/interviews/mothers-day-out-389.html |date=3 May 2012 |access-date=2 October 2015}}</ref> Sen Sharma's maternal grandfather, [[Chidananda Dasgupta]], was a film critic, scholar, professor, writer and one of the co-founders of the [[Calcutta Film Society]]. Her grandmother Supriya Dasgupta was a cousin of legendary modern Bengali poet [[Jibanananda Das]]. | Konkona Sen Sharma was born on 3 December 1979.<ref name="DOB">{{cite web |title=Konkona Sen Sharma turns 34! |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/slide-show-1-konkona-sen-sharma-turns-34/20131203.htm |work=Rediff.com |access-date=10 February 2014 |date=3 December 2013 |archive-date=21 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221153126/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/slide-show-1-konkona-sen-sharma-turns-34/20131203.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Her father [[Mukul Sharma (writer)|Mukul Sharma]] was a science writer and journalist and her mother [[Aparna Sen]] is an actress and film director. She has an elder sister, Kamalini Chatterjee.<ref>{{cite news |first=Vivek |last=Bhatia |title=Mother's day out |newspaper=filmfare.com |url=http://www.filmfare.com/interviews/mothers-day-out-389.html |date=3 May 2012 |access-date=2 October 2015 |archive-date=3 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003152136/http://www.filmfare.com/interviews/mothers-day-out-389.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Sen Sharma's maternal grandfather, [[Chidananda Dasgupta]], was a film critic, scholar, professor, writer and one of the co-founders of the [[Calcutta Film Society]]. Her grandmother Supriya Dasgupta was a cousin of legendary modern Bengali poet [[Jibanananda Das]]. | ||
Sen Sharma | Sen Sharma appeared as a child artist in the [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film ''Indira'' (1983), and later as a teenager in ''[[Amodini]]'' (1994). | ||
She graduated from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] with a Bachelor's degree in English in 2001. She was a student of Modern High School for Girls.<ref>{{cite web |title=bollywoodgate.com |work=Konkona's education |url=http://www.bollywoodgate.com/indian-actresses/konkona-sen-sharma.html |access-date=27 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930043353/http://www.bollywoodgate.com/indian-actresses/konkona-sen-sharma.html |archive-date=30 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
=== 2001–2004: Early work and breakthrough === | |||
In 2001, she made her adult debut in the Bengali film ''[[Ek Je Aachhe Kanya]]'', in which she played a negative character. This was followed by a role in [[Rituparno Ghosh]]'s acclaimed film ''[[Titli (2002 film)|Titli]]'' (2002), opposite [[Mithun Chakraborty]] and her mother Aparna Sen. These films earned her critical acclaim and helped her gain notice in [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali cinema]]. | |||
[[File:The President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presenting the Best Film Actress Award for the year 2002 to Konkona Sen Sharma for her role in "Mr. And Mrs. Iyer" at the 50th National Film Award function in New Delhi on December 29, 2003.jpg|thumb|right|Sen Sharma receiving the [[National Film Award for Best Actress|National Award]] for ''[[Mr. and Mrs. Iyer]]'' (2002) from president [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam|Dr. Abdul Kalam]] in 2003.]] | |||
Sen Sharma achieved her breakthrough in [[Cinema of India|Indian cinema]] with the English-language drama ''[[Mr. and Mrs. Iyer]]'', directed by Aparna Sen opposite [[Rahul Bose]]. The film told the story of two strangers during a fateful bus journey amidst the carnages of a communal strife in India. It performed moderately well at the box-office, but earned widespread critical acclaim from domestic and international critics upon release. Sen Sharma's performance as a [[Tamil people|Tamil]] housewife and her mastery of the accent received universal acclaim and earned her the [[National Film Award for Best Actress]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Standing ovation for Dev Anand |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031230/main7.htm |access-date=21 December 2010 |newspaper=The Tribune |date=30 December 2003 |archive-date=2 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102045644/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031230/main7.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Praising her performance in the film, ''[[Filmfare]]'' wrote, "What's special about her performance as Meenakshi Iyer is not the effort she put into it as much as the apparent lack of it. [...] Be it her squabbling with the urbane photographer Jehangir Chaudhary or her gently reprimanding him about how her name is pronounced ('It's Mee-naa-kshi not Minakshi') or even when she is screaming at her infant, you believe it's Meenakshi you’ve met. And therein lies the key to her iconic performance."<ref name="Filmfare">{{cite news |url=http://www.filmfare.com/details.php?id=990 |title=Filmfare – 80 Iconic Performances 9/10 |date=5 June 2010 |work=[[Filmfare]] |access-date=8 July 2010 |archive-date=11 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711002536/http://www.filmfare.com/details.php?id=990 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Her performance was later included in the 2010 issue of the "Top 80 Iconic Performances" by ''Filmfare''.<ref>{{cite web |title=filmfare.com |work=80 Iconic Performance 9/10 |url=http://www.filmfare.com/details.php?id=990 |access-date=9 June 2010 |archive-date=11 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711002536/http://www.filmfare.com/details.php?id=990 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
In 2004, she worked in an independent [[English language]] film titled ''Chai Pani Etc...'', made by independent maker Manu Rewal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://manurewal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Nov-2004-Censors-clear-film-Hindu.pdf |title=Nov 2004 Censors clear film}}</ref> The film drew huge response at the [[35th International Film Festival of India]]<ref>{{Cite web | title=Archived copy | url=http://manurewal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Goa-Huge-dec-2004.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212180121/http://manurewal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Goa-Huge-dec-2004.pdf | archive-date=12 December 2024}}</ref> but had a delayed theatrical release a year later and became a box office disaster.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chai Pani Etc... boxofficeindia.com|work=[[Box Office India]]|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=1730}}</ref> | |||
=== 2005–2010: Success and acclaim === | |||
In 2005, Sen Sharma starred in [[Madhur Bhandarkar]]'s drama [[Page 3 (film)|''Page 3'']], which saw her portray the role of a smart journalist who steps into the world of [[Page 3 culture]] media and journalism in the city of Mumbai. Upon release, the film received high critical acclaim, and emerged as a moderate commercial success at the box-office.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Page 3 – Movie – Box Office India |url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=417 |access-date=7 December 2023 |website=boxofficeindia.com}}</ref> ''Page 3'' helped Sen Sharma gain notice in [[Hindi cinema]] and earned her the [[Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut]]. The same year, she also starred alongside [[Waheeda Rehman]], [[Shabana Azmi]] and Bose in her mother's directorial ''[[15 Park Avenue]]'', which saw her play a mentally-ill woman, which also earned her critical praise, despite the film's commercial failure.<ref>{{Cite web |title=15 Park Avenue – Movie – Box Office India |url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=1614 |access-date=7 December 2023 |website=boxofficeindia.com}}</ref> | |||
Sen Sharma was next offered the lead role in [[Mira Nair]]'s [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] drama ''[[The Namesake (film)|The Namesake]]'' (2007), but owing to clashing dates with other films, she could not commit to the project.<ref>{{cite web |author=Kulkarni, Ronjita |work=[[Rediff.com]] |title=Namesake is very uncannily my story! |date=7 February 2005 |url=http://in.rediff.com/movies/2005/feb/07mira.htm |access-date=22 December 2007 |archive-date=24 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224213506/http://in.rediff.com/movies/2005/feb/07mira.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Following a critically-acclaimed performance as a mentally-ill woman in the drama ''[[15 Park Avenue]]'' (2006), she portrayed a middle-aged village woman who unknowingly becomes a pawn in her husband's scheme in [[Vishal Bhardwaj]]'s crime drama [[Omkara (2006 film)|''Omkara'']] (2006). Starring an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Ajay Devgn]], [[Kareena Kapoor Khan|Kareena Kapoor]], [[Saif Ali Khan]], [[Vivek Oberoi]] and [[Bipasha Basu]] alongside Sen Sharma, the film opened to widespread critical acclaim, with high praise for her performance. However, due to its dark here and strong language which kept away family audiences, it emerged as a moderate commercial success at the box-office.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Omkara – Movie – Box Office India |url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=306 |access-date=8 December 2023 |website=boxofficeindia.com}}</ref> Her performance in the film earned her the [[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress|National Film Award]] and the [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Filmfare Award]] for Best Supporting Actress. Her next release was the suspense thriller ''[[Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante]]'' (2006), which was a critical and commercial disaster. The same year, she made her directorial debut with an 18-minute [[Bengali language|Bengali]] short film titled ''Naamkoron (Naming Ceremony)'' for the Kala Ghoda Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web |title=udc.edu |work=Film Index |url=http://www.udc.edu/dcmd/list.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317154703/http://www.udc.edu/dcmd/list.htm |archive-date=17 March 2009}}</ref> Following this, she starred alongside [[Prosenjit Chatterjee]] in the [[Bengali language|Bengali]] drama ''[[Dosar]]'', directed by [[Rituporno Ghosh]]. The film premiered at several international film festivals and emerged as a [[sleeper hit]] at the box-office. Her performance in the film won her the Best Actress award at the [[New York Indian Film Festival]].<ref name="ndtvmovies">{{cite news |title=Konkona wins best actress award in NYC |url=http://www.ndtvmovies.com/newstory.asp?section=Movies&id=ENTEN20070032562 |work=NDTV |access-date=12 November 2007 |archive-date=14 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114123848/http://www.ndtvmovies.com/newstory.asp?section=Movies&id=ENTEN20070032562 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
[[File:Konkona Sen Sharma.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Sen Sharma at an event in 2007.|upright]] | |||
She began 2007 by portraying a street prostitute in the [[Film noir|noir film]] ''[[Traffic Signal (film)|Traffic Signal]]'' which marked her second collaboration with Bhandarkar.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/masands-verdict-traffic-signal/32637-8-1.html |title=Masand's Verdict: Traffic Signal |date=2 February 2007 |work=IBN Live |access-date=28 March 2021 |archive-date=5 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205052916/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/masands-verdict-traffic-signal/32637-8-1.html}}</ref> Her performance, like the film, earned positive reviews; however, it emerged as a commercial failure at the box-office.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Traffic Signa |url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=1431 |website=Box Office India |access-date=9 December 2023}}</ref> She next starred alongside an ensemble cast including [[Shilpa Shetty]], [[Kay Kay Menon]], [[Irrfan Khan]] and [[Kangana Ranaut]] in [[Anurag Basu]]'s urban drama ''[[Life in a... Metro]]''. The film depicted the lives of nine different individuals in [[Mumbai]], and dealt with heres such as [[extramarital affairs]], sanctity of marriage, [[commitment phobia]] and love. It opened to widespread critical acclaim, with Sen Sharma's performance as a young and insecure woman receiving high praise. Despite expectations, the film emerged as a [[Sleeper hit|surprise commercial success]] at the box-office, grossing over ₹250 million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Life In A Metro |url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=348 |website=Box Office India |access-date=9 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=indiafm.com |url=http://www.indiafm.com/movies/boxoffice/12912/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922104254/http://www.indiafm.com/movies/boxoffice/12912/index.html |archive-date=22 September 2007 |access-date=27 August 2007 |work=Life in a Metro status}}</ref> ''Life in a... Metro'' earned her a second consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. | |||
In | In the latter half of 2007, Sen Sharma starred in two films under the [[Yash Raj Films]] banner – the women-centric drama ''[[Laaga Chunari Mein Daag]]'' and the musical drama ''[[Aaja Nachle]]''. She noted her excitement toward these two projects as these were the first films in which she had to [[lip sync]] for songs. [[Pradeep Sarkar]]'s ''Laaga Chunari Mein Daag'' saw her star alongside an ensemble cast of [[Jaya Bachchan]], [[Rani Mukerji]], [[Anupam Kher]], [[Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1977)|Kunal Kapoor]] and [[Abhishek Bachchan]]. The film tackled heres of duty, sacrifice and morality. She portrayed the role of a young girl who moves to [[Mumbai]] only to find her older sister moonlighting as an escort unbeknownst to her family, and helps her sister redeem herself. It opened to mixed reviews from critics upon release, however Sen Sharma's performance received praise, thus earning a third nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. [[Anil Mehta]]'s ''Aaja Nachle'', which marked the comeback of [[Madhuri Dixit]], saw Sen Sharma in the supporting role of a tomboy. The film received mixed-to-negative reviews, but praise was directed to her performance, with [[Rajeev Masand]] from ''[[CNN-IBN]]'' noting her performance in the film as being "...nothing short of fantastic. Her greatest strength is that she isn't afraid of making a fool of herself and she doesn't worry about being laughed at. As a result, her performance in ''Aaja Nachle'' is fearless and uninhibited."<ref name="AN CNN-IBN Review">{{cite web |title=Movie Review:AAJA NACHLE |url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/masands-verdict-madhuri-spectacular-in-aaja-nachle/53368-8.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201204337/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/masands-verdict-madhuri-spectacular-in-aaja-nachle/53368-8.html |archive-date=1 December 2007 |access-date=30 November 2007 |work=Madhuri spectacular in Aaja Nachle}}</ref> ''Laaga Chunari Mein Daag'' emerged as a below-average grosser, while ''Aaja Nachle'' emerged as a commercial failure at the box-office.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Laaga Chunari Mein Daag – Movie – Box Office India |url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=344 |access-date=10 December 2023 |website=boxofficeindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aaja Nachle – Movie – Box Office India |url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=231 |access-date=10 December 2023 |website=boxofficeindia.com}}</ref> | ||
In 2008, she starred in the critically and commercially unsuccessful romantic comedy ''[[Dil Kabaddi]]''. She next appeared in a short film (''How Can It Be?'') directed by [[Mira Nair]] for a film project called ''[[8 (2008 film)|8]]'', which was screened at several film festivals in 2008 before having a theatrical release.<ref name="Konkona in Mira Nair's 8">{{cite web |title=Konkona's next a controversial film? |work=NewKarala.com |url=http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-47538.html |access-date=17 November 2008 |archive-date=14 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614093311/http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-47538.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
In 2009, her first film appearance was in the low-budget English-language film ''[[The President Is Coming]]'', directed by [[Kunaal Roy Kapur]]. The film explores a day in the life of six contestants who will stop at nothing as the US President is coming to town, with Sen Sharma playing one of the six contestants who will represent New India in front of the President. It received positive reviews from critics upon release, with particular praise for Sen Sharma's performance. [[Nikhat Kazmi]] from ''[[The Times of India]]'' wrote, "Performance-wise, it's the uptight and complex-ridden Sen Sharma who walks away with laurels and laughs even as the film takes a healthy snigger at the desi self."<ref name="The President Is Coming: Review">{{cite news |title=The President Is Coming: Review |work=Time of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/english/movie-reviews/the-president-is-coming/movie-review/3953342.cms |access-date=8 January 2009 |first1=Nikhat |last1=Kazmi |date=8 January 2009 |archive-date=22 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022231133/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/english/The-President-Is-Coming/movie-review/3953342.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
Sen Sharma | Sen Sharma next starred in [[Zoya Akhtar]]'s directorial debut, the drama ''[[Luck by Chance]]'', leading an ensemble cast alongside [[Farhan Akhtar]].<ref name="Konkona in LBC">{{cite news |title=Hard Luck, Tabu! |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Hard-luck-Tabu/articleshow/2620439.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106070137/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-12-14/news-interviews/27993331_1_zoya-akhtar-tabu-konkana-sen-sharma |url-status=live |archive-date=6 November 2012 |access-date=14 December 2007 |first1=Parag |last1=Maniar |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=14 December 2007}}</ref> The film saw her portray a starlet trying to make it big in the Hindi film industry. It opened to widespread critical acclaim upon release, with high praise directed towards Sen Sharma's performance; however, the film emerged as an underwhelming success at the box-office.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/reviews.asp?lang=hindi&id=374&moviename=Luck+By+Chance |title=Movie Review: Luck By Chance |author=Anupama Chopra |date=30 January 2009 |access-date=30 January 2009 |publisher=[[NDTV|NDTV Movies]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131084104/http://movies.ndtv.com/reviews.asp?lang=hindi&id=374&moviename=Luck+By+Chance |archive-date=31 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://movies.indiatimes.com/moviereview/4046162.cms |title=Movie Review: Luck By Chance |author=Gaurav Malani |date=29 January 2009 |access-date=30 January 2009 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131141238/http://movies.indiatimes.com/moviereview/4046162.cms |archive-date=31 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Luck By Chance – Movie – Box Office India |url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=786 |access-date=10 December 2023 |website=boxofficeindia.com}}</ref> She followed the film up with [[Ayan Mukerji]]'s directorial debut, the [[Coming of age|coming-of-age]] [[Comedy drama|comedy-drama]] ''[[Wake Up Sid]]'' opposite [[Ranbir Kapoor]]. The film told the story of a careless rich college brat who is taught the value of owning up to responsibility by an aspiring writer from [[Kolkata]], the latter portrayed by Sen Sharma. It received widespread critical acclaim upon release, with high praise directed towards her performance.<ref>{{cite news |author=Avijit Ghosh |date=2 October 2009 |title=Movie Review: Wake Up Sid |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/wake-up-sid/movie-review/5081263.cms |url-status=live |access-date=2 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817030906/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/hindi/Wake-Up-Sid/movie-review/5081263.cms |archive-date=17 August 2012}}</ref> [[Taran Adarsh]] of ''[[Bollywood Hungama]]'' wrote, "Sen Sharma is natural to the core and the best part is, she's so effortless. Here's another winning performance from this incredible performer!"<ref>{{cite news |author=Taran Adarsh |date=2 October 2009 |title=Movie Review: Wake Up Sid |work=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/13966/index.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914092939/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/13966/index.html |archive-date=14 September 2009}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote, "Ms. Sen Sharma has made a specialty of characters like Aisha: independent urban women, whose dreams involve careers as well as love. Her Aisha is a nuanced creation — ambitious, sympathetic, believable — and Mr. Mukerji, making his directing debut, is right to let her run away with the film."<ref>{{cite news |author=Saltz, Rachel |date=3 October 2009 |title=Career Woman Helps a Man-Child Grow Up |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/movies/03wake.html |url-status=live |access-date=3 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160228082046/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/movies/03wake.html |archive-date=28 February 2016}}</ref> The film emerged as a commercial success at the box-office, grossing ₹471 million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wake Up Sid – Movie – Box Office India |url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=157 |access-date=10 December 2023 |website=boxofficeindia.com}}</ref> | ||
In June 2009, Sen Sharma starred onstage first time at Atul Kumar's ''The Blue Mug'' alongside [[Rajat Kapoor]], [[Vinay Pathak]], [[Ranvir Shorey]] and [[Sheeba Chadha]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Memory Central |author=Piyasree Dasgupta |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/memorycentral/598014/0 |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=31 March 2010 |access-date=15 July 2013 |archive-date=12 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012041102/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/memorycentral/598014/0 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=abuzzintown |url=http://www.buzzintown.com/bangalore/event_the-blue-mug-play--id_109582.html |access-date=26 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309114541/http://www.buzzintown.com/bangalore/event_the-blue-mug-play--id_109582.html |archive-date=9 March 2012}}</ref> In 2010, the play was toured around the nation and abroad.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}} In 2010, Sen Sharma starred as a working woman in Ashwani Dheer's comedy ''[[Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge]]'' alongside [[Ajay Devgan]] and [[Paresh Rawal]].<ref name="Konkona, Ajay in a comedy">{{cite news |title=3 is company! |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/3-is-company/articleshow/5235355.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106070145/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-17/news-interviews/28063544_1_amita-wide-frame-films-atithi-tum-kab-jaoge |url-status=live |archive-date=6 November 2012 |access-date=17 November 2009 |first1=Meena |last1=Iyer |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=17 November 2009}}</ref> and as a lawyer in Neeraj Pathak's ''[[Right Yaa Wrong]]''. The former emerged as a critical and commercial success, while the latter emerged as a disaster critically and commercially.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? |url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=94 |website=Box Office India |access-date=10 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Right Yaa Wrong |url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=116 |website=Box Office India |access-date=10 December 2023}}</ref> The same year, she finished shooting for [[Rituparno Ghosh]]'s unreleased comedy ''[[Sunglass (film)|Sunglass]]'' and [[Vinay Shukla]]'s comedy-drama ''[[Mirch]]'', a critical and commercial failure. | |||
=== 2011–2016: Continued work === | |||
[[File:Konkona at Taj lands end.jpg|thumb|150px|Sen Sharma at [[Karan Johar]]'s birthday party in 2012.]] | |||
Sen Sharma began 2011 with a special appearance in [[Vishal Bhardwaj]]'s [[black comedy]] ''[[7 Khoon Maaf]]'' alongside [[Priyanka Chopra]] and [[Vivaan Shah]]. She then played the leading role in Aparna Sen's drama ''[[Iti Mrinalini]]'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Konkona in her mother's next film |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Soha-is-a-busy-girl/articleshow/3926050.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811033309/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-01-03/news-interviews/28032606_1_saif-and-kareena-saif-kareena-soha-ali-khan |url-status=live |archive-date=11 August 2011 |access-date=3 January 2009 |first1=Piyali |last1=Dasgupta |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=3 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kolkata calling for Konkona |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Kolkata-calling-for-Konkona/articleshow/5031099.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811033317/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-20/news-interviews/28088106_1_konkona-sen-sharma-70s-80s-kolkata-iti-mrinalini |url-status=live |archive-date=11 August 2011 |access-date=20 September 2009 |first1=Ruman |last1=Ganguly |first2=Zinia |last2=Sen |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=20 September 2009}}</ref> reportedly a semi-autobiographical film directed by the acclaimed Indian director Aparna Sen, also her mother. She next appeared in Amitabh Verma's ''[[Jackpot (2009 film)|Jackpot]]'' opposite [[Ranvir Shorey]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2010/03/12/13862/index.html |title=Konkona Sen Sharma, Ranvir Shorey in suspense-thriller |access-date=12 March 2010 |date=12 March 2010 |work=bollywoodhungama.com |archive-date=14 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314225403/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2010/03/12/13862/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> in [[Suman Mukhopadhyay|Suman Mukherjee]]'s adaptation of ''[[Shesher Kobita]]''<ref>{{cite news |last=Mukherjee |first=Roshini |title=Rahul Bose & Konkona Sen in Shesher Kabita |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/news-interviews/Rahul-Bose-Konkona-Sen-in-Shesher-Kabita/articleshow/11458903.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509234021/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-12/news-interviews/30619532_1_konkona-sen-sharma-rahul-bose-love-story |url-status=live |archive-date=9 May 2013 |access-date=19 January 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=12 January 2012}}</ref> and [[Goutam Ghose]]'s ''[[Shunyo Awnko]]''. | |||
In | In 2013, she appeared alongside [[Emraan Hashmi]], [[Kalki Koechlin]] and [[Huma Qureshi]] in [[Balaji Telefilms]]' supernatural thriller ''[[Ek Thi Daayan]]'', directed by newcomer Kannan Iyer and produced by Vishal Bhardwaj and [[Ekta Kapoor]].<ref>{{cite news |date=20 April 2012 |title=Konkona, Kalki opposite Emraan in 'Daayan' |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Kalki--Konkona-opposite-Emraan-in---Daayan--/939328/ |access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref> The film itself is inspired by the short story written by her father Mukul Sharma.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1436495/Emraan-to-play-a-magician-in-Ek-Thi-Daayan |title=Emraan to play a magician in 'Ek Thi Daayan' |date=9 May 2012 |work=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |access-date=9 May 2012 |archive-date=11 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511231419/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1436495/Emraan-to-play-a-magician-in-Ek-Thi-Daayan |url-status=dead }}</ref> It opened to positive reviews from critics upon release, with Sen Sharma's performance receiving high praise in particular, earning her a fourth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. The film emerged as a moderate commercial success at the box-office.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ek Thi Daayan |url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=388 |website=Box Office India |access-date=11 December 2023}}</ref> She also starred in Aparna Sen's horror comedy ''[[Goynar Baksho]]'' which earned her critical acclaim and won her the [[Filmfare Award Bangla for Best Actress]].<ref>{{cite news |date=2 August 2012 |title=Aparna Sen to film 'Goynar Baksho' |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Aparna-Sen-to-film-Goynar-Baksho/articleshow/15324905.cms |url-status=live |access-date=16 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509194316/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-02/news-interviews/33000466_1_filmmaker-aparna-sen-production-house-konkona-sen-sharma |archive-date=9 May 2013}}</ref> | ||
In | In 2015, Sen Sharma starred in the Bengali film ''[[Kadambari (2015 film)|Kadambari]]'' as [[Kadambari Devi]], Tagore's sister-in-law and also portrayed Lakshmi Das, the wife of Gour Hari Das, an Odisha freedom fighter who spent 32 years attempting to convince the government of his patriotism in the biographical film ''[[Gour Hari Dastaan]]''. The same year, she played a character based on Nupur Talwar in [[Meghna Gulzar]]'s thriller drama ''[[Talvar (film)|Talvar]]'', based on the [[2008 Noida double murder case]]. The film premiered at the [[2015 Toronto International Film Festival]] to widespread critical acclaim with high praise directed towards her performance; moreover, the film also emerged as a [[sleeper hit]] at the box-office.<ref>{{cite news |first=Meena |last=Iyer |title=Konkona Sensharma: My mother is shy around my son |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Konkona-Sensharma-My-mother-is-shy-around-my-son/articleshow/49044901.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923055906/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Konkona-Sensharma-My-mother-is-shy-around-my-son/articleshow/49044901.cms |url-status=live |archive-date=23 September 2015 |date=22 September 2015 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=1 January 2016}}</ref> In the same year she played Nayantara in a short film, ''Nayantara's Necklace''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sonal |first1=Gera |title='Nayantara's Necklace', starring Konkona, Tilotama, makes you wonder about life: Watch short film |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/nayantaras-necklace-starring-konkona-tilotama-makes-you-wonder-about-life-watch-short-film/ |access-date=2 April 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=16 October 2015 |language=en |archive-date=2 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402113356/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/nayantaras-necklace-starring-konkona-tilotama-makes-you-wonder-about-life-watch-short-film/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
In | In 2016, Sharma portrayed a cop in [[AR Murugadoss]]' action thriller ''[[Akira (2016 Hindi film)|Akira]]'', alongside [[Sonakshi Sinha]], which received mixed reviews from critics, and emerged as a commercial failure at the box-office.<ref>{{cite news |last1=IANS |title='Luckily', no stunts for Konkona Sen Sharma in 'Akira' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/luckily-no-stunts-for-konkona-sen-sharma-in-akira/ |access-date=2 April 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=5 October 2015 |language=en |archive-date=2 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402113053/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/luckily-no-stunts-for-konkona-sen-sharma-in-akira/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
=== 2017–present: Debut as a ''director'' and streaming projects === | |||
In 2017, she ventured into film direction with the English-language drama ''[[A Death in the Gunj]]'', which starred an ensemble cast including [[Vikrant Massey]] and [[Kalki Koechlin]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhattacharya |first1=Ananya |title=A Death In The Gunj movie review: A stunning debut from Konkona Sensharma |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/reviews/story/a-death-in-the-gunj-movie-review-konkona-sensharma-980645-2017-06-02 |access-date=2 April 2022 |work=India Today |date=2 June 2017 |language=en |archive-date=2 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402112843/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/reviews/story/a-death-in-the-gunj-movie-review-konkona-sensharma-980645-2017-06-02 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film premiered at the [[2016 Toronto International Film Festival]] and received widespread critical acclaim upon theatrical release. It won her the [[Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director]] and a nomination for the [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film|Filmfare Award for Best Film (Critics)]]. Additionally, she also won the Best Director award at the [[New York Indian Film Festival]] and the [[Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image#Film Festival|MAMI Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news |date=13 May 2017 |title=Konkona Sen Sharma's directorial debut A Death In The Gunj finally gets a release date in India |language=en |work=Firstpost |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/konkona-sen-sharmas-directorial-debut-a-death-in-the-gunj-finally-gets-a-release-date-in-india-3441972.html |url-status=live |access-date=2 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402112844/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/konkona-sen-sharmas-directorial-debut-a-death-in-the-gunj-finally-gets-a-release-date-in-india-3441972.html |archive-date=2 April 2022}}</ref> The same year, she also starred in the ensemble black comedy-drama ''[[Lipstick Under My Burkha]]'' directed by [[Alankrita Shrivastava]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vetticad |first1=Anna MM |title=Lipstick Under My Burkha movie review: It's clear why censors were unnerved by this brave, fun film |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/lipstick-under-my-burkha-movie-review-its-clear-why-censors-were-unnerved-by-this-brave-fun-film-3832881.html |access-date=2 April 2022 |work=Firstpost |date=20 July 2017 |language=en |archive-date=2 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402112843/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/lipstick-under-my-burkha-movie-review-its-clear-why-censors-were-unnerved-by-this-brave-fun-film-3832881.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Revolving around the secret lives of four women who are in search of her freedom, the film received critical acclaim upon release, and won her the Best Actress award at the New York Indian Film Festival and the [[Indian Film Festival of Melbourne]]. However, despite critical acclaim, both ''A Death in the Gunj'' and ''Lipstick Under My Burkha'' emerged as below-average commercial successes at the box-office.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Death In The Gunj |url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3540 |website=Box Office India |access-date=11 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lipstick Under My Burkha |url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=6215 |website=Box Office India |access-date=11 December 2023}}</ref> | |||
In | In 2020, she starred in the comedy-drama ''[[Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare]]'' alongside [[Bhumi Pednekar]] as a middle-class woman struggling with societal expectations. It released on [[Netflix]] to mixed reviews, but earned her (and Pednekar) a nomination for the [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress|Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics)]]. Her next project, titled ''Scholarship'', alongside Kalki Koechlin is in pre-production.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Nisha |title=Arjun Rampal Wraps The Rapist With A Thank-You Note. Konkona Sen Sharma Drops This Comment |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/arjun-rampal-wraps-the-rapist-with-a-thank-you-note-konkona-sen-sharma-drops-this-comment-2396500 |access-date=2 April 2022 |publisher=NDTV |date=22 March 2021 |archive-date=2 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402112843/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/arjun-rampal-wraps-the-rapist-with-a-thank-you-note-konkona-sen-sharma-drops-this-comment-2396500 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
In | In 2021, her first film appearance was as a woman who loses her father in [[Seema Pahwa]]'s directorial debut, the ensemble family comedy-drama ''[[Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi]]''. The film opened to critical acclaim, and earned her a fifth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. However, the film emerged as a commercial failure at the box-office. She followed it up with her portrayal of a lower-caste androgynous woman who develops feelings for her colleague in [[Neeraj Ghaywan]]'s ''Geeli Pucchi'', a segment of the Netflix [[anthology film]] ''[[Ajeeb Daastaans]]''. Her performance earned her high critical acclaim and won her the [[Filmfare OTT Awards|Filmfare OTT Award]] for Best Actress in a Web Original Film, and the Best Actress in a Leading Role award at the [[Asian Academy Creative Awards]] Grand Finals. She next appeared as the Social Services Director of a [[general hospital]] in the [[Amazon Prime]] medical drama web series ''[[Mumbai Diaries 26/11]]''. Directed by [[Nikkhil Advani]], the series was set in the emergency room of a government hospital, focusing on the challenges faced by medical staff and first responders during the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 November 2020 |title=Mumbai Diaries 26/11 teaser: The story of first responders |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/mumbai-diaries-26-11-teaser-story-of-the-first-responders-7068581/ |access-date=20 January 2021 |work=The Indian Express |language=en |archive-date=27 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027175426/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/mumbai-diaries-26-11-teaser-story-of-the-first-responders-7068581/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=28 August 2021 |title=Konkona Sen Sharma: Roles may leave a mark that I'm not yet aware of |url=https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/web-series/article/konkona-sen-sharma-roles-may-leave-a-mark-that-im-not-yet-aware-of-23189775 |access-date=12 September 2021 |website=mid-day.com |language=en |archive-date=12 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912134913/https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/web-series/article/konkona-sen-sharma-roles-may-leave-a-mark-that-im-not-yet-aware-of-23189775 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=9 September 2021 |title=Konkona Sen Sharma: Mumbai Diaries 26/11 is Our Homage to Frontline Workers |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/konkona-sen-sharma-ive-come-across-interesting-roles-written-for-women-late-in-my-career-4178156.html |access-date=12 September 2021 |website=News18 |language=en |archive-date=12 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912134912/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/konkona-sen-sharma-ive-come-across-interesting-roles-written-for-women-late-in-my-career-4178156.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The series, and Sen Sharma's performance, received critical acclaim upon release. | ||
[[File:Konkona Sen Sharma at the Filmfare OTT Awards 2023.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Sen Sharma at the [[2023 Filmfare OTT Awards]] ceremony.]] | |||
In 2023, her first film appearance was as a hardened cop in the action thriller ''[[Kuttey]]'', which received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics upon release, and emerged as a commercial disaster at the box-office.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kuttey |url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=6215 |website= Box Office India |access-date=11 December 2023}}</ref> she next collaborated as a director with [[R. Balki]], [[Amit Ravindernath Sharma]] and [[Sujoy Ghosh]] for the Netflix anthology film ''[[Lust Stories 2]]''. Her segment titled "The Mirror", which starred [[Tillotama Shome]] and [[Amruta Subhash]], tackled heres of female desire and voyeurism. It received positive reviews upon release, with high praise for Sen Sharma's segment, winning her the Filmfare OTT Award for Best Web Original Film (Critics). | |||
she later reprised her role of Dr. Chitra Das in the second season of the ''[[Mumbai Diaries 26/11|Mumbai Diaries]]'' that focussed on [[2005 Mumbai floods]]. She was given more screen time this season, and her performance stood out as she depicted a vulnerable woman grappling with her inner demons, especially in moments with her ex-husband, played by [[Parambrata Chattopadhyay]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sanap |first=Mayur |date=6 October 2023 |title=Mumbai Diaries 2 review: Too dramatic, yet gripping |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/mumbai-diaries-2-review-too-dramatic/20231006.htm |work=Rediff |access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref> Season 2 review of ''[[The Hindu]]'' described her performance as "by turns steely and tremulous in an affecting role," highlighting how she navigated the challenging emotional terrain of a healthcare worker during a crisis.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mitra |first=Shilajit |date=5 October 2023 |title=Mumbai Diaries Season 2: Series review — Nikkhil Advani's medical drama is still gripping despite gaps |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/mumbai-diaries-season-2-series-review-nikkhil-advanis-medical-drama-is-still-gripping-despite-gaps/article67388194.ece |work=The Hindu |access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref> | |||
In | In January 2024, Sen Sharma appeared in the black comedy [[crime thriller]] series ''[[Killer Soup]]'', on Netflix. She played the lead role alongside [[Manoj Bajpayee]] and received good reviews for her performance.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mitra |first=Shilajit |date=25 August 2023 |title=Killer Soup series review: Manoj Bajpayee and Konkona Sen Sharma are good fun in safe caper |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/killer-soup-series-review-manoj-bajpayee-and-konkona-sensharma-are-good-fun-in-safe-caper/article67733392.ece |work=The Hindu |access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref> | ||
In | In 2025, Sen Sharma starred in [[Anurag Basu]]'s ''[[Metro... In Dino]]'' alongside an ensemble cast of Anupam Kher, [[Neena Gupta]], [[Pankaj Tripathi]], [[Aditya Roy Kapur]], [[Sara Ali Khan]], [[Ali Fazal]] and [[Fatima Sana Shaikh]]. The film is a [[spiritual successor]] of ''Life in a... Metro'' (2007), with her being the only actor from the original to also star in the second part, albeit in a different role. She will star alongside [[Ronit Roy]] in Preetam Mukherjee's mystery film ''Bioscope''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarkar |first=Arpita |date=18 May 2022 |title=Bioscope: Konkona Sen Sharma And Ronit Roy To Pair First Time In A Bengali Film! |url=https://womansera.com/bioscope-konkona-sen-sharma-and-ronit-roy-to-pair-first-time-in-a-bengali-film/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518064107/https://womansera.com/bioscope-konkona-sen-sharma-and-ronit-roy-to-pair-first-time-in-a-bengali-film/ |archive-date=18 May 2022 |access-date=8 June 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
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== | Sen Sharma is considered as one of the most popular actresses of 2000's in [[Hindi cinema]]. In 2022, she was placed in ''[[Outlook India]]''{{'}}s "75 Best Bollywood Actresses" list.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Sharma |first=Sudhirendar |date=16 August 2022 |title=75 Bollywood Actresses Who Ruled The Silver Screen With Grace, Beauty And Talent |magazine=Outlook India |access-date=16 August 2022 |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/art-entertainment/75-bollywood-actresses-who-ruled-the-silver-screen-with-grace-beauty-and-talent-news-216694 |archive-date=16 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816142138/https://www.outlookindia.com/art-entertainment/75-bollywood-actresses-who-ruled-the-silver-screen-with-grace-beauty-and-talent-news-216694 |url-status=live}}</ref> In ''[[Rediff.com]]''{{'}}s "Best Bollywood Actresses", Sen Sharma was placed 4th in 2002, 11th in 2006, 2nd in 2020 and 1st in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://in.rediff.com/movies/2002/dec/27sld4.htm |title=Best Actresses 2002 |website=Rediff.com |access-date=22 January 2010 |archive-date=10 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910063450/https://in.rediff.com/movies/2002/dec/27sld4.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://specials.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/25sd1.htm |title=Powerlist: Top Bollywood Actresses |work=Rediff.com |access-date=26 August 2014 |archive-date=19 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219063445/https://specials.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/25sd1.htm |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/special/-2020s-10-best-actresses-yearend/20201231.htm |title=2020's 10 BEST ACTRESSES |website=Rediff.com |access-date=22 January 2021 |archive-date=12 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912063450/https://m.rediff.com/amp/movies/special/-2020s-10-best-actresses-yearend/20201231.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://m.rediff.com/movies/report/the-best-actresses-of-2021/20211231.htm |title=The Best Actresses of 2021 |website=Rediff.com |access-date=28 January 2022 |archive-date=14 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914063450/https://m.rediff.com/movies/report/the-best-actresses-of-2021/20211231.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
Sen Sharma started dating actor and co-star [[Ranvir Shorey]] in 2007. The couple got married on 3 September 2010 in a private ceremony.<ref>{{cite news |title | [[File:Konkona-and-Ranvir.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Konkona Sharma with her ex-husband [[Ranvir Shorey]] in 2008.]] | ||
Sen Sharma started dating actor and co-star [[Ranvir Shorey]] in 2007. The couple got married on 3 September 2010 in a private ceremony.<ref>{{cite news |title=A quiet wedding for Konkona |work=The Telegraph (India) |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100904/jsp/calcutta/story_12892681.jsp |access-date=4 September 2010 |location=Calcutta, India |date=4 September 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904015046/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100904/jsp/calcutta/story_12892681.jsp |archivedate=4 September 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[The Times of India]]'' reported that Sen Sharma gave birth to her first child, Haroon Shorey, on 15 March 2011 at a [[South Mumbai]] hospital.<ref>{{cite news |title=Konkona-Ranvir blessed with baby boy |work=The Times of India |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-16/news-interviews/28694112_1_baby-boy-konkona-ranvir-ranvir-shorey |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807040744/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-16/news-interviews/28694112_1_baby-boy-konkona-ranvir-ranvir-shorey |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 August 2011 |access-date=16 March 2011 |date=16 March 2011}}</ref> | |||
In March 2022, Sen Sharma | Sen Sharma and Shorey announced her separation in September 2015. They still remain cordial and share the custody of her son.<ref name="auto">{{cite news |first=Sonup |last=Sahadevan |title=I hold myself responsible for my separation from Konkona, says Ranvir Shorey |date=26 December 2015 |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/i-hold-myself-responsible-for-my-separation-from-konkona-ranvir-shorey/#sthash.EYKQnZJ6.dpuf |access-date=1 February 2016 |archive-date=3 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203114059/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/i-hold-myself-responsible-for-my-separation-from-konkona-ranvir-shorey/#sthash.EYKQnZJ6.dpuf |url-status=live }}</ref> The couple finally got divorced on 13 August 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lalwan |first1=Vickey |title=Ranvir Shorey and Konkona Sen Sharma get divorced: It's official – Times of India ► |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/ranvir-shorey-and-konkona-sen-sharma-get-divorced-its-official/articleshow/77525686.cms |access-date=28 August 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=13 August 2020 |language=en |archive-date=30 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930171119/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/ranvir-shorey-and-konkona-sen-sharma-get-divorced-its-official/articleshow/77525686.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
In March 2022, Sen Sharma identified as [[Non-binary gender|gender-neutral]], stating: "I don't view myself as a woman. I see myself as being completely neutral. Gender is a taught concept that I don't relate to."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Keshri |first=Shweta |date=25 March 2022 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/konkona-sensharma-says-i-ve-always-felt-a-bit-androgynous-identifies-herself-as-gender-neutral-1929332-2022-03-25 |title=Konkona Sensharma says I've always felt a bit androgynous, identifies herself as gender neutral |magazine=India Today |access-date=12 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/never-related-to-being-labelled-a-woman-konkona-sensharma-opens-up-about-the-concept-of-gender-7835644/ |title='I've always felt a bit androgynous': Konkona Sensharma on why she doesn't conform to societal gender norms |work=The Indian Express |date=25 March 2022 |access-date=12 March 2025}}</ref> She has described herself as an [[atheist]].<ref>{{cite magazine | last=Bamzai | first=Kaveree | title=Konkona Sen Sharma: Act of Fluidity | website=Open Magazine | date=23 April 2021 | url=https://openthemagazine.com/cinema/konkona-sen-sharma-act-of-fluidity | access-date=31 December 2025|quote=I am a woman, I am an Indian, I am a Bengali, I am an atheist.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Ghosal | first=Sharmistha | title=Special: Konkona Sensharma makes a mark with a credible performance in the upcoming film, The Rapist| website=Indulgexpress | date=5 May 2022 | url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/entertainment/celebs/2022/May/05/special-konkona-sensharmamakes-a-mark-with-a-credible-performance-in-the-upcoming-film-the-rapist-40664.html | access-date=31 December 2025}}</ref> | |||
In 2025, media speculated about Sen Sharma's relationship with actor [[Amol Parashar]], though she did not comment publicly on the rumours.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amol Parashar reacts to dating rumours with Konkona Sen Sharma |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/amol-parashar-reacts-to-dating-rumours-with-konkona-sensharma-recalls-vicky-kaushals-similar-phase-with-katrina-kaif-before-marriage/articleshow/121735832.cms |website=The Times of India |date=July 2025 |access-date=4 August 2025}}</ref> | |||
==Filmography== | ==Filmography== | ||
=== Films === | === Films === | ||
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| style="background:#ffc;" |{{dagger|alt=Film yet to release}} | | style="background:#ffc;" |{{dagger|alt=Film yet to release}} | ||
|Denotes films that have not yet been released | |Denotes films that have not yet been released | ||
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=== As actor === | |||
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! Year | ! Year | ||
! Film | |||
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! Language | |||
! class="unsortable"| Notes | |||
! class="unsortable"| {{refh}} | |||
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|1983 | |1983 | ||
|''Indira'' | |''Indira'' | ||
| Child artist | | Child artist age 4 | ||
|[[Bengali language|Bengali]] | | rowspan="4" |[[Bengali language|Bengali]] | ||
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| 1994 | | 1994 | ||
|''Amodini'' | |''[[Amodini]]'' | ||
| Teenage | | Teenage Step mother | ||
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|''[[Ek Je Aachhe Kanya]]'' | |''[[Ek Je Aachhe Kanya]]'' | ||
| Ria | | Ria | ||
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|''[[Titli (2002 film)|Titli]]'' | |''[[Titli (2002 film)|Titli]]'' | ||
| Titli | | Titli | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|''[[Mr. and Mrs. Iyer]]'' | |''[[Mr. and Mrs. Iyer]]'' | ||
| Meenakshi Iyer | | Meenakshi Iyer | ||
|[[English language|English]] | | rowspan="3" |[[English language|English]] | ||
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|''Chai Pani Etc.'' | |''Chai Pani Etc.'' | ||
| Shanti/Radha Joshi | | Shanti/Radha Joshi | ||
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|''[[Amu (film)|Amu]]'' | |''[[Amu (film)|Amu]]'' | ||
| Kaju "Amu" | | Kaju "Amu" | ||
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| Madhvi Sharma | | Madhvi Sharma | ||
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| Mithi | | Mithi | ||
| English | | English | ||
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| Kaberi Chatterjee | | Kaberi Chatterjee | ||
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|''[[Mixed Doubles (2006 film)|Mixed Doubles]]'' | |''[[Mixed Doubles (2006 film)|Mixed Doubles]]'' | ||
| Malti | | Malti | ||
| Hindi | | rowspan="11" | Hindi | ||
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|''[[Yun Hota To Kya Hota]]'' | |''[[Yun Hota To Kya Hota]]'' | ||
| Tilottima Punj | | Tilottima Punj | ||
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|''[[Omkara (2006 film)|Omkara]]'' | |''[[Omkara (2006 film)|Omkara]]'' | ||
|[[Emilia (Othello)|Indu]] | |[[Emilia (Othello)|Indu]] | ||
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|''[[Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante]]'' | |''[[Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante]]'' | ||
| Sanjana | | Sanjana | ||
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|''[[Traffic Signal (film)|Traffic Signal]]'' | |''[[Traffic Signal (film)|Traffic Signal]]'' | ||
| Noori | | Noori | ||
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|''Meridian'' | |''Meridian'' | ||
| Pramilla | | Pramilla | ||
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|''[[Life in a... Metro]]'' | |''[[Life in a... Metro]]'' | ||
| Shruti Ghosh | | Shruti Ghosh | ||
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|''[[Laaga Chunari Mein Daag]]'' | |''[[Laaga Chunari Mein Daag]]'' | ||
| Chutki | | Shubhavari 'Shubhi/Chutki' Sahay | ||
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|''[[Aaja Nachle]]'' | |''[[Aaja Nachle]]'' | ||
| Anokhi Anokhelal | | Anokhi Anokhelal | ||
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|''[[Fashion (2008 film)|Fashion]]'' | |''[[Fashion (2008 film)|Fashion]]'' | ||
| Herself | | Herself | ||
| Special appearance | | Special appearance | ||
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|''[[Dil Kabaddi]]'' | |''[[Dil Kabaddi]]'' | ||
| Simi | | Simi | ||
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|<ref name="Konkona in Bubblegum">{{cite web |title=Irrfan-Rahul swap roles |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1151066 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115012404/http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1151066 |archive-date=15 January 2009 |access-date=15 February 2008 |work=DNA India}}</ref> | |||
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|''[[8 (2008 film)|8]]'' | |''[[8 (2008 film)|8]]'' | ||
| Zeinab | | Zeinab | ||
| English | | rowspan="2" | English | ||
| Segment "How | | Segment "How Can It Be?" | ||
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| rowspan="3"| 2009 | | rowspan="3"| 2009 | ||
|''[[The President Is Coming]]'' | |''[[The President Is Coming]]'' | ||
| Maya Roy | | Maya Roy | ||
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|''[[Luck by Chance]]'' | |''[[Luck by Chance]]'' | ||
| Sona Mishra | | Sona Mishra | ||
| Hindi | | rowspan="6" | Hindi | ||
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|<ref name="Konkona in LBC" /> | |||
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|''[[Wake Up Sid]]'' | |''[[Wake Up Sid]]'' | ||
| Aisha Banerjee | | Aisha Banerjee | ||
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|''[[Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge]]'' | |''[[Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge]]'' | ||
| Munmun | | Munmun | ||
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|''[[Right Yaa Wrong]]'' | |''[[Right Yaa Wrong]]'' | ||
| Radhika Patnaik | | Radhika Patnaik | ||
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|<ref name="Konkona in R o W">{{cite web |title=Sunny, Irrfan, Konkona in 'Right or Wrong |url=http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/09/07/10066/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070909164311/http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/09/07/10066/index.html |archive-date=9 September 2007 |access-date=7 September 2007 |work=IndiaFM}}</ref> | |||
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|''[[Mirch]]'' | |''[[Mirch]]'' | ||
| Lavni/Anita | | Lavni/Anita | ||
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|<ref name="Konkona in Mirch">{{cite news |last1=Thakur |first1=Shweta |date=24 November 2008 |title=It's action time in desert state |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Its-action-time-in-desert-state/articleshow/3747219.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104090803/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-11-24/news-interviews/27916684_1_ila-arun-film-shooting |archive-date=4 November 2012 |access-date=24 November 2008 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="2"| 2011 | | rowspan="2"| 2011 | ||
|''[[7 Khoon Maaf]]'' | |''[[7 Khoon Maaf]]'' | ||
| Nandini | | Nandini | ||
| Cameo appearance | | Cameo appearance | ||
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|''[[Iti Mrinalini]]'' | |''[[Iti Mrinalini]]'' | ||
| Mrinalini | | Mrinalini 'Mili' Mitra | ||
| Bengali | | rowspan="3" | Bengali | ||
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|<ref name="Aparna Sen announces Iti Mrinalini">{{cite web |title=Aparna Sen and Konkona in Iti Mrinalini |url=http://www.screenindia.com/news/aparna-sen-announces-iti-mrinalini/503496/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925161819/http://www.screenindia.com/news/aparna-sen-announces-iti-mrinalini/503496 |archive-date=25 September 2009 |access-date=21 August 2009 |work=ScreenIndia}}</ref> | |||
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| rowspan=" | | rowspan="7" |2013 | ||
|''[[Shunyo Awnko]]'' | |''[[Shunyo Awnko]]'' | ||
| Raka Biswas | | Raka Biswas | ||
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|''[[Goynar Baksho]]'' | |''[[Goynar Baksho]]'' | ||
| Shomlata | | Shomlata | ||
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|''[[Ek Thi Daayan]]'' | |''[[Ek Thi Daayan]]'' | ||
| Diana | | Diana | ||
| Hindi | | rowspan="2" | Hindi | ||
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|''Blind Night'' | |''Blind Night'' | ||
| Ninu | | Ninu | ||
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| rowspan="2" |''[[Sunglass (film)|Sunglass]]'' | |||
| rowspan="2" | Chitra | |||
| Hindi | | Hindi | ||
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| Labannya | | Labannya | ||
| Bengali | | Bengali | ||
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| rowspan="6"| 2015 | | rowspan="6" | 2015 | ||
|''[[Shajarur Kanta (2015 film)|Shajarur Kanta]]'' | |''[[Shajarur Kanta (2015 film)|Shajarur Kanta]]'' | ||
| Deepa Bhatto | | Deepa Bhatto | ||
| Bengali | | rowspan="2" | Bengali | ||
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|''[[Kadambari (2015 film)|Kadambari]]'' | |''[[Kadambari (2015 film)|Kadambari]]'' | ||
|[[Kadambari Devi]] | |[[Kadambari Devi]] | ||
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|''[[Gour Hari Dastaan]]'' | |''[[Gour Hari Dastaan]]'' | ||
| Lakshmi Das | | Lakshmi Das | ||
| Hindi | | rowspan="6" | Hindi | ||
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|''[[Talvar (film)|Talvar]]'' | |''[[Talvar (film)|Talvar]]'' | ||
| Nutan Tandon | | Nutan Tandon | ||
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|''Saari Raat'' | |''Saari Raat'' | ||
| The wife | | The wife | ||
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|''Nayantara's Necklace'' | |''Nayantara's Necklace'' | ||
| Nayantara | | Nayantara | ||
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|''[[Akira (2016 Hindi film)|Akira]]'' | |''[[Akira (2016 Hindi film)|Akira]]'' | ||
| SP Rabiya | | SP Rabiya | ||
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| 2017 | | 2017 | ||
|''[[Lipstick Under My Burkha]]'' | |''[[Lipstick Under My Burkha]]'' | ||
| Shireen Aslam | | Shireen Aslam | ||
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|2018 | | rowspan="2" |2018 | ||
|''Bird of Dusk'' | | rowspan="2" |''Bird of Dusk'' | ||
|Herself | | rowspan="2" |Herself | ||
|English | |English | ||
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|rowspan="2"| 2020 | | rowspan="1" | 2019 | ||
|''[[Cargo (2019 film)|Cargo]]'' | | ''A Monsoon Date'' | ||
|Young Woman | |||
| rowspan="10" |Hindi | |||
|Short film | |||
|<ref>{{cite news |title='A Monsoon Date': Moving homage to transgender community (Review) |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/a-monsoon-date-moving-homage-to-transgender-community-review-119060700417_1.html |work=Business Standard |agency=IANS |date=7 June 2019 |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2020 | |||
|''[[Cargo (2019 film)|Cargo]]'' | |||
|Mandakini | |Mandakini | ||
| Cameo appearance | | Cameo appearance | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare]]'' | |''[[Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare]]'' | ||
|Dolly | |Dolly | ||
| | | | ||
|<ref>{{Cite news |title=Konkona Sensharma, Bhumi Pednekar to play leads in Alankrita Shrivastava's next | | |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lohana |first=Avinash |date=12 October 2018 |title=Konkona Sensharma, Bhumi Pednekar to play leads in Alankrita Shrivastava's next |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/konkona-sensharma-bhumi-pednekar-to-play-leads-in-alankrita-shrivastavas-next/articleshow/66170448.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012045309/https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/konkona-sensharma-bhumi-pednekar-to-play-leads-in-alankrita-shrivastavas-next/articleshow/66170448.cms |archive-date=12 October 2018 |work=Mumbai Mirror |access-date=12 October 2018}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=" | | rowspan="3" | 2021 | ||
|''[[Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi]]'' | |''[[Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi]]'' | ||
| Seema | | Seema | ||
| | | | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Ajeeb Daastaans]]'' | | ''[[Ajeeb Daastaans]]'' | ||
| Bharti Mandal | | Bharti Mandal | ||
| | | | ||
| | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Rapist]]'' | |||
|Naina Malik | |||
| | |||
|<ref>{{cite web |last=Dasgupta |first=Priyanka |date=6 September 2021 |title=Aparna Sen's 'The Rapist' to compete for Busan's Kim Jiseok award |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/aparna-sens-the-rapist-to-compete-for-busans-kim-jiseok-award/articleshow/85966130.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703181405/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/aparna-sens-the-rapist-to-compete-for-busans-kim-jiseok-award/articleshow/85966130.cms |archive-date=3 July 2023 |work=The Times of India |access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
|2023 | |||
| ''[[Kuttey]]'' | |||
| Lakshmi Sharma | |||
| | |||
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=7 November 2022 |title=Arjun Kapoor, Tabu starrer 'Kuttey' set for release in January 2023 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/arjun-kapoor-tabu-starrer-kuttey-set-for-release-in-january-2023/article66106939.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121062810/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/arjun-kapoor-tabu-starrer-kuttey-set-for-release-in-january-2023/article66106939.ece |archive-date=21 November 2022 |work=The Hindu |issn=0971-751X |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |2024 | ||
| | |''[[Chashma (short film)|Chashma]]'' | ||
| | |Aarti | ||
| <ref>{{ | |Short film | ||
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chashma |url=https://gubbaraentertainment.com/chashma/ |access-date=2025-11-23 |website=Gubbara Entertainment |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 2025 | ||
| ''[[Metro... In Dino]]'' | |||
| Kajol | |||
| | | | ||
| | |<ref>{{Cite news |title=Anurag Basu announces Metro In Dino with Sara Ali Khan, Aditya Roy Kapur and Pritam's music |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/anurag-basu-announces-metro-in-dino-with-sara-ali-khan-aditya-roy-kapur-and-pritams-music-11768421.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220140859/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/anurag-basu-announces-metro-in-dino-with-sara-ali-khan-aditya-roy-kapur-and-pritams-music-11768421.html |archive-date=20 December 2022 |work=Firstpost |date=7 December 2022 |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref> | ||
|- | |||
| 2026 | |||
| ''[[Accused (2026 film)|Accused]]'' | |||
| Dr. Geetika | |||
|[[Netflix film]] | |||
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/pratibha-ranta-wraps-next-project-anubhuti-kashyap-konkona-sen-sharma/|title=Pratibha Ranta and Konkona Sen Sharma wraps up next project with Anubhuti Kashyap |website=Bollywood Hungama|date=18 December 2024|access-date=18 December 2024}}</ref> | |||
|} | |} | ||
=== As filmmaker === | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | {| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
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| {{yes}} || {{yes}} | | {{yes}} || {{yes}} | ||
|Bengali | |Bengali | ||
| Short | | Short film | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2017 | | 2017 | ||
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|English<br />Hindi<br />Bengali | |English<br />Hindi<br />Bengali | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |||
| 2023 | |||
| ''[[Lust Stories 2]]'' | |||
| {{yes}} || {{yes}} | |||
| Hindi | |||
| Anthology film <br />Segment : The Mirror | |||
|- | |||
| 2026 | |||
| Welcome To Khoya Mahal | |||
| {{yes}} || {{yes}} | |||
| Hindi | |||
|- | |||
|} | |} | ||
==Television== | ===Television === | ||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | {| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Language | ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Language !! Notes | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1989 | | 1989 | ||
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| Daughter | | Daughter | ||
| Bengali | | Bengali | ||
| Child artist | |||
| Child | |||
|- | |- | ||
|2005 | |2005 | ||
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|College girl | |College girl | ||
|Hindi | |Hindi | ||
|TV movie | |||
|TV | |||
|- | |- | ||
|2009 | |2009 | ||
| | |[[54th Filmfare Awards]] | ||
| | |Co-host | ||
|English | |English | ||
| | |<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/specials/filmfare/Filmfare-Jodha-bags-5-Priyanka-Hrithik-shine/articleshow/4205152.cms |title=Filmfare: 'Jodha...' bags 5, Priyanka, Hrithik shine |work=The Times of India |access-date=26 January 2018 |archive-date=3 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903124728/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/specials/filmfare/Filmfare-Jodha-bags-5-Priyanka-Hrithik-shine/articleshow/4205152.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2013 | |2013 | ||
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|Herself | |Herself | ||
|Hindi | |Hindi | ||
| | |Mini-series | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2018 | |2018 | ||
| Line 455: | Line 507: | ||
|Herself | |Herself | ||
|Hindi | |Hindi | ||
|[[ | | Episode: "Aaj Ki Party" | ||
| | |- | ||
|2020–2023 | |||
|''[[Mumbai Diaries 26/11|Mumbai Diaries]]'' | |||
| Chitra Das | |||
| Hindi | |||
|<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |2024 | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Killer Soup]]'' | ||
| | |Swati Shetty | ||
|Hindi | |Hindi | ||
|[[ | |<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 September 2022 |title=Soup teaser: Manoj Bajpayee, Konkona Sen Sharma are cooking something shady in this diabolical dark comedy. Watch |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/web-series/soup-teaser-manoj-bajpayee-konkona-sen-sharma-are-cooking-something-shady-101664003267443.html |access-date=20 December 2022 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=20 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220140901/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/web-series/soup-teaser-manoj-bajpayee-konkona-sen-sharma-are-cooking-something-shady-101664003267443.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
| | |- | ||
|2025 | |||
|''[[Search: The Naina Murder Case]]'' | |||
|ACP Sanyukta Das | |||
|Hindi | |||
|JioHotstar, Applause Entertainment<ref>{{cite news |title=Search: The Naina Murder Case trailer: Konkona Sensharma investigates a brutal murder in Rohan Sippy's show. Watch |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/search-the-naina-murder-case-trailer-konkona-sensharma-investigates-a-brutal-murder-in-rohan-sippys-show-10270515/ |work=The Indian Express |date=25 September 2025 |access-date=25 September 2025}}</ref> | |||
|} | |} | ||
=== | === Podcast and audiobook === | ||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | {| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Year !! Title | ! Year !! Title | ||
!Author!! Role !! Language | !Author!! Role !! Language !! Notes | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="3" | 2019 | | rowspan="3" | 2019 | ||
| Twin Beds | | ''Twin Beds'' | ||
| [[Anita Nair]] | | [[Anita Nair]] | ||
|Nisha (wife) | |Nisha (wife) | ||
| rowspan=" | | rowspan="7" | English | ||
| with [[Satyadeep Mishra]] | | with [[Satyadeep Mishra]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|The Rumour | |''The Rumour'' | ||
|[[Anushka Ravishankar]] | |[[Anushka Ravishankar]] | ||
| rowspan="5" |Narrator | | rowspan="5" |Narrator | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|The Last Bargain | |''The Last Bargain'' | ||
|Samita Aiyer | |Samita Aiyer | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="2" |2020 | | rowspan="2" |2020 | ||
|A Swiss Mountain Adventure | |''A Swiss Mountain Adventure'' | ||
| | | | ||
| rowspan="2" |Mindhouse App | | rowspan="2" |Mindhouse App | ||
|- | |- | ||
|The Timeless Love of Lily Moon | |''The Timeless Love of Lily Moon'' | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2021 | |2021 | ||
|[[Kadambari Devi]]'s Suicide Note | |''[[Kadambari Devi]]'s Suicide Note'' | ||
|Ranjan Bandopadhyay | |Ranjan Bandopadhyay | ||
|Translated from Bengali by Jhimli Mookherjee<ref>{{Cite book |title=Kadambari Devi's Suicide Note |url=https://www.storytel.com/in/en/books/2319748-Kadambari-Devi-s-Suicide-Note |access-date=28 April 2021 |website=storytel.com |date=19 April 2021 |language=EN |archive-date=28 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428095959/https://www.storytel.com/in/en/books/2319748-Kadambari-Devi-s-Suicide-Note |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
|Translated from Bengali by Jhimli Mookherjee<ref>{{Cite book |title=Kadambari Devi's Suicide Note |url=https://www.storytel.com/in/en/books/2319748-Kadambari-Devi-s-Suicide-Note |access-date=28 April 2021 |website= | |- | ||
|2022 | |||
|''Barefoot Boys'' | |||
| | |||
|Podcaster | |||
|Podcast<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barefoot Boys on Apple Podcasts |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/barefoot-boys/id1655172479 |access-date=20 December 2022 |website=Apple Podcasts |date=21 November 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=20 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220140859/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/barefoot-boys/id1655172479 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
|} | |} | ||
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!Track | !Track | ||
!Album | !Album | ||
!Record | !Record label | ||
!Language | !Language | ||
!Notes | !Notes | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2013 | |2013 | ||
|Bangla Rap | |"Bangla Rap" | ||
|[[Goynar Baksho]] | |''[[Goynar Baksho]]'' | ||
|[[Shree Venkatesh Films|SVF]] | |[[Shree Venkatesh Films|SVF]] | ||
| rowspan="3" |Bengali | | rowspan="3" |Bengali | ||
| Line 523: | Line 587: | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="2" |2015 | | rowspan="2" |2015 | ||
|The Broken Heart (Bhogno Hridoy) | |"The Broken Heart (Bhogno Hridoy)" | ||
| rowspan="2" |[[Kadambari (2015 film)|Kadambari]] | | rowspan="2" |''[[Kadambari (2015 film)|Kadambari]]'' | ||
| rowspan="2" |[[Times Music]] | | rowspan="2" |[[Times Music]] | ||
|with [[Saskia Rao-de Haas|Saskia Rao De Haas]], Sandipan Ganguly & [[Parambrata Chatterjee|Parambrata Chattopadhyay]] | |with [[Saskia Rao-de Haas|Saskia Rao De Haas]], Sandipan Ganguly & [[Parambrata Chatterjee|Parambrata Chattopadhyay]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Kadambori's Letter | |"Kadambori's Letter" | ||
| | | | ||
|} | |} | ||
==Awards and nominations== | ==Awards and nominations== | ||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | {| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
|+ | |+ | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="2" |2003 | | rowspan="2" |2003 | ||
| rowspan="2" |''[[Mr and Mrs Iyer]]'' | | rowspan="2" |''[[Mr. and Mrs. Iyer]]'' | ||
|[[National Film Awards]] | |[[National Film Awards]] | ||
|[[National Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] | |[[National Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] | ||
|{{Won}} | |{{Won}} | ||
| | |<ref>{{cite news|date=27 July 2003 |access-date=17 January 2008 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/97660.cms |title=Bengal magic at National Film Awards |last=Jha |first=Subhash K |work=The Times of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613145505/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/97660.cms |archive-date=13 June 2008 }}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Anandalok Awards]] | |[[Anandalok Awards]] | ||
| Line 567: | Line 630: | ||
|[[Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut|Best Female Debut]] <small>(jointly with [[Vidya Balan]])</small> | |[[Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut|Best Female Debut]] <small>(jointly with [[Vidya Balan]])</small> | ||
|{{Won}} | |{{Won}} | ||
| | |<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiafm.com/features/2006/01/27/981/index.html |title=Zee Cine Awards 2006 nominations |website=Bollywood Hungama |publisher=IndiaFM News Bureau |date=27 January 2006 |access-date=1 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061117120517/http://www.indiafm.com/features/2006/01/27/981/index.html |archive-date=17 November 2006 }}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[International Indian Film Academy Awards]] | |[[International Indian Film Academy Awards]] | ||
|Best Actress | |[[IIFA Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] | ||
|{{Nom}} | |{{Nom}} | ||
| | |<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060618/world.htm |title='Black' bags major IIFA awards |work=The Tribune |agency=Press Trust of India |location=Dubai, United Arab Emirates |date=18 June 2006 |access-date=1 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911224255/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060618/world.htm |archive-date=11 September 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Producers Guild Film Awards]] | |[[Producers Guild Film Awards]] | ||
|Best Supporting Actress | |[[Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Supporting Actress]] | ||
|{{Nom}} | |{{Nom}} | ||
| | |<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 January 2006 |title=Bhansali's 'Black' bags 10 Apsara Awards |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |agency=Press Trust of India |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/bhansali-s-black-bags-10-apsara-awards/story-E1Xw5M9ot1IJL6jK79AYzO.html |access-date=1 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819021430/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/bhansali-s-black-bags-10-apsara-awards/story-E1Xw5M9ot1IJL6jK79AYzO.html |archive-date=19 August 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Screen Awards]] | |[[Screen Awards]] | ||
|Best Actress | |[[Screen Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] | ||
|{{Nom}} | |{{Nom}} | ||
| | |<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 January 2006 |title=Black sweeps Screen Awards |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/jan/12screen.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060114063842/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/jan/12screen.htm |archive-date=14 January 2006 |access-date=1 July 2022 |website=Rediff.com}}</ref> | ||
|- | |||
| rowspan="8" |2007 | |||
| rowspan="6" |''[[Omkara (2006 film)|Omkara]]'' | |||
| [[Bollywood Movie Awards]] | |||
| [[Bollywood Movie Award – Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | |||
| {{nom}} | |||
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Winners of Bollywood Movie Awards: 2003 & 2005 |url=http://www.bollywoodawards.com/winba9.php |access-date=18 August 2020 |work=BollywoodAwards.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102124901/http://www.bollywoodawards.com/winba9.php |archive-date=2 November 2013 }}</ref> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |National Film Awards | ||
|[[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | |[[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | ||
|{{Won}} | |{{Won}} | ||
| | |<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/48_54sthNfaArchives.pdf|title=54th National Film Awards 2006|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=18 August 2020}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Filmfare Awards]] | |[[Filmfare Awards]] | ||
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | |[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | ||
|{{Won}} | |{{Won}} | ||
| | |<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-awards/filmfare-awards-winners/bollywood/2007/101|title=52nd Filmfare Awards 2007 Winners|website=The Times of India|access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Zee Cine | |Zee Cine Awards | ||
|Best Supporting Actress | |[[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Female|Best Supporting Actress]] | ||
|{{Won}} | |{{Won}} | ||
| | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Winners of the Zee Cine Awards 2007 |author=IndiaFM News Bureau |date=1 April 2007 |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2007/04/01/2465/index.html |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524075741/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2007/04/01/2465/index.html |access-date=24 August 2020 |archive-date=24 May 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |International Indian Film Academy Awards | ||
|Best Supporting Actress | |[[IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | ||
|{{Nom}} | |{{Nom}} | ||
| | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iifa.com/web07/showcase/2007-winnerslist.htm |title=Latest winners and nominees |access-date=18 August 2020 |date=February 2007 |publisher=International Indian Film Academy |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207221602/http://www.iifa.com/web07/showcase/2007-winnerslist.htm |archive-date= 7 February 2012 }}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Screen | |Screen Awards | ||
|Best Supporting Actress | |[[Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | ||
|{{Nom}} | |{{Nom}} | ||
| | |<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/rang-de-omkara-sweep-screen-nominations/19252/|title=Rang De, Omkara sweep Screen nominations|website=The Indian Express|date=24 December 2006|access-date=17 August 2020}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[15 | |''[[15 Park Avenue]]'' | ||
| | |Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards | ||
|Most Outstanding Performance of the Year | |Most Outstanding Performance of the Year | ||
|{{Won}} | |{{Won}} | ||
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| rowspan="6" |2008 | | rowspan="6" |2008 | ||
| rowspan="5" |''[[Life in a... Metro]]'' | | rowspan="5" |''[[Life in a... Metro]]'' | ||
| | |International Indian Film Academy Awards | ||
|Best Supporting Actress | |Best Supporting Actress | ||
|{{Won}} | |{{Won}} | ||
| | |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/iifa-2008-and-the-award-goes-to-290781.html|title=IIFA 2008: And the award goes to...|website=CNN-News18|date=9 June 2008|access-date=10 June 2022}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |Producers Guild Film Awards | ||
|Best Supporting Actress | |Best Supporting Actress | ||
|{{Won}} | |{{Won}} | ||
| | |<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2008/04/01/3724/index.html |title=Winners of 3rd Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards |last=Bollywood Hungama News Network |date=1 April 2008 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814215007/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2008/04/01/3724/index.html |archive-date=14 August 2011 |url-status=dead |access-date=10 June 2022}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |Screen Awards | ||
|Best Supporting Actress | |Best Supporting Actress | ||
|{{Nom}} | |{{Nom}} | ||
| | |<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2008/01/11/3466/index.html|title=Winners of 14th Annual Star Screen Awards|date=11 January 2008|work=Bollywood Hungama|access-date=10 June 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023075703/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2008/01/11/3466/index.html|archivedate=23 October 2011|agency=Bollywood Hungama News Network}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |Zee Cine Awards | ||
|Best Supporting Actress | |Best Supporting Actress | ||
|{{Nom}} | |{{Nom}} | ||
| | |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://zeenews.india.com/home/zee-cine-awards-2008-winners-announced_438321.html |title=Zee Cine Awards 2008 winners |website=Zee News |date=23 April 2008 |access-date=10 June 2022}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="2" | | | rowspan="2" |Filmfare Awards | ||
| rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |Best Supporting Actress | ||
|{{Won}} | |{{Won}} | ||
| | |rowspan="2" |<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2008/02/23/3610/index.html|title=Winners of 53rd Annual Filmfare Awards|date=23 February 2008|work=Bollywood Hungama|access-date=10 June 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122012020/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2008/02/23/3610/index.html|archivedate=22 November 2011|agency=Bollywood Hungama News Network}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Laaga Chunari Mein Daag]]'' | |''[[Laaga Chunari Mein Daag]]'' | ||
|{{Nom}} | |{{Nom}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2010 | |2010 | ||
|''[[Wake Up Sid]]'' | |''[[Wake Up Sid]]'' | ||
|[[Producers Guild Film | |Producers Guild Film Awards | ||
|Best Actress | |[[Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress]] | ||
|{{Nom}} | |{{Nom}} | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[List of Indian film actresses]] | * [[List of Indian film actresses]] | ||
* [[List of Bengali actresses]] | * [[List of Bengali actresses (disambiguation)|List of Bengali actresses]] | ||
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Konkona Sen Sharma (bn; born 3 December 1979) is an Indian actor and filmmaker who works primarily in Bengali and Hindi films. She has received several awards, including two National Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards. The child of filmmaker and actress Aparna Sen, she is primarily known for her work in independent films, in addition to working in mainstream films.[1]
Making her debut as a child artist in the film Indira (1983),[2] Sen Sharma had her first leading role as an adult in the Bengali thriller Ek Je Aachhe Kanya (2000).[3] She gained notice with the English-language film Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002), directed by her mother, which won her the National Film Award for Best Actress,.[4] She forayed into Hindi cinema with the drama Page 3 (2005)[5] and won two consecutive Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in the dramas Omkara (2006) and Life in a... Metro (2007), with the former also winning her the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress.[6][7] Her other notable films during this period include 15 Park Avenue (2005), Dosar (2006), Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007), Luck By Chance (2009), Wake Up Sid (2009) and Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? (2010).
Sen Sharma achieved further success with starring roles in Ek Thi Daayan (2013), Goynar Baksho (2014), Talvar (2015) and Lipstick Under My Burkha (2017). She made her directorial debut with the drama A Death in the Gunj (2017), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director.[8] She also received praise for starring in the anthology film Ajeeb Daastaans (2021) and for directing a segment in Lust Stories 2 (2023).
Early life[edit | edit source]
Konkona Sen Sharma was born on 3 December 1979.[9] Her father Mukul Sharma was a science writer and journalist and her mother Aparna Sen is an actress and film director. She has an elder sister, Kamalini Chatterjee.[10] Sen Sharma's maternal grandfather, Chidananda Dasgupta, was a film critic, scholar, professor, writer and one of the co-founders of the Calcutta Film Society. Her grandmother Supriya Dasgupta was a cousin of legendary modern Bengali poet Jibanananda Das.
Sen Sharma appeared as a child artist in the Bengali film Indira (1983), and later as a teenager in Amodini (1994). She graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi with a Bachelor's degree in English in 2001. She was a student of Modern High School for Girls.[11]
Career[edit | edit source]
2001–2004: Early work and breakthrough[edit | edit source]
In 2001, she made her adult debut in the Bengali film Ek Je Aachhe Kanya, in which she played a negative character. This was followed by a role in Rituparno Ghosh's acclaimed film Titli (2002), opposite Mithun Chakraborty and her mother Aparna Sen. These films earned her critical acclaim and helped her gain notice in Bengali cinema.

Sen Sharma achieved her breakthrough in Indian cinema with the English-language drama Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, directed by Aparna Sen opposite Rahul Bose. The film told the story of two strangers during a fateful bus journey amidst the carnages of a communal strife in India. It performed moderately well at the box-office, but earned widespread critical acclaim from domestic and international critics upon release. Sen Sharma's performance as a Tamil housewife and her mastery of the accent received universal acclaim and earned her the National Film Award for Best Actress.[12] Praising her performance in the film, Filmfare wrote, "What's special about her performance as Meenakshi Iyer is not the effort she put into it as much as the apparent lack of it. [...] Be it her squabbling with the urbane photographer Jehangir Chaudhary or her gently reprimanding him about how her name is pronounced ('It's Mee-naa-kshi not Minakshi') or even when she is screaming at her infant, you believe it's Meenakshi you’ve met. And therein lies the key to her iconic performance."[13] Her performance was later included in the 2010 issue of the "Top 80 Iconic Performances" by Filmfare.[14]
In 2004, she worked in an independent English language film titled Chai Pani Etc..., made by independent maker Manu Rewal.[15] The film drew huge response at the 35th International Film Festival of India[16] but had a delayed theatrical release a year later and became a box office disaster.[17]
2005–2010: Success and acclaim[edit | edit source]
In 2005, Sen Sharma starred in Madhur Bhandarkar's drama Page 3, which saw her portray the role of a smart journalist who steps into the world of Page 3 culture media and journalism in the city of Mumbai. Upon release, the film received high critical acclaim, and emerged as a moderate commercial success at the box-office.[18] Page 3 helped Sen Sharma gain notice in Hindi cinema and earned her the Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut. The same year, she also starred alongside Waheeda Rehman, Shabana Azmi and Bose in her mother's directorial 15 Park Avenue, which saw her play a mentally-ill woman, which also earned her critical praise, despite the film's commercial failure.[19]
Sen Sharma was next offered the lead role in Mira Nair's Hollywood drama The Namesake (2007), but owing to clashing dates with other films, she could not commit to the project.[20] Following a critically-acclaimed performance as a mentally-ill woman in the drama 15 Park Avenue (2006), she portrayed a middle-aged village woman who unknowingly becomes a pawn in her husband's scheme in Vishal Bhardwaj's crime drama Omkara (2006). Starring an ensemble cast of Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Vivek Oberoi and Bipasha Basu alongside Sen Sharma, the film opened to widespread critical acclaim, with high praise for her performance. However, due to its dark here and strong language which kept away family audiences, it emerged as a moderate commercial success at the box-office.[21] Her performance in the film earned her the National Film Award and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her next release was the suspense thriller Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante (2006), which was a critical and commercial disaster. The same year, she made her directorial debut with an 18-minute Bengali short film titled Naamkoron (Naming Ceremony) for the Kala Ghoda Film Festival.[22] Following this, she starred alongside Prosenjit Chatterjee in the Bengali drama Dosar, directed by Rituporno Ghosh. The film premiered at several international film festivals and emerged as a sleeper hit at the box-office. Her performance in the film won her the Best Actress award at the New York Indian Film Festival.[23]

She began 2007 by portraying a street prostitute in the noir film Traffic Signal which marked her second collaboration with Bhandarkar.[24] Her performance, like the film, earned positive reviews; however, it emerged as a commercial failure at the box-office.[25] She next starred alongside an ensemble cast including Shilpa Shetty, Kay Kay Menon, Irrfan Khan and Kangana Ranaut in Anurag Basu's urban drama Life in a... Metro. The film depicted the lives of nine different individuals in Mumbai, and dealt with heres such as extramarital affairs, sanctity of marriage, commitment phobia and love. It opened to widespread critical acclaim, with Sen Sharma's performance as a young and insecure woman receiving high praise. Despite expectations, the film emerged as a surprise commercial success at the box-office, grossing over ₹250 million worldwide.[26][27] Life in a... Metro earned her a second consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.
In the latter half of 2007, Sen Sharma starred in two films under the Yash Raj Films banner – the women-centric drama Laaga Chunari Mein Daag and the musical drama Aaja Nachle. She noted her excitement toward these two projects as these were the first films in which she had to lip sync for songs. Pradeep Sarkar's Laaga Chunari Mein Daag saw her star alongside an ensemble cast of Jaya Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Anupam Kher, Kunal Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan. The film tackled heres of duty, sacrifice and morality. She portrayed the role of a young girl who moves to Mumbai only to find her older sister moonlighting as an escort unbeknownst to her family, and helps her sister redeem herself. It opened to mixed reviews from critics upon release, however Sen Sharma's performance received praise, thus earning a third nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. Anil Mehta's Aaja Nachle, which marked the comeback of Madhuri Dixit, saw Sen Sharma in the supporting role of a tomboy. The film received mixed-to-negative reviews, but praise was directed to her performance, with Rajeev Masand from CNN-IBN noting her performance in the film as being "...nothing short of fantastic. Her greatest strength is that she isn't afraid of making a fool of herself and she doesn't worry about being laughed at. As a result, her performance in Aaja Nachle is fearless and uninhibited."[28] Laaga Chunari Mein Daag emerged as a below-average grosser, while Aaja Nachle emerged as a commercial failure at the box-office.[29][30]
In 2008, she starred in the critically and commercially unsuccessful romantic comedy Dil Kabaddi. She next appeared in a short film (How Can It Be?) directed by Mira Nair for a film project called 8, which was screened at several film festivals in 2008 before having a theatrical release.[31]
In 2009, her first film appearance was in the low-budget English-language film The President Is Coming, directed by Kunaal Roy Kapur. The film explores a day in the life of six contestants who will stop at nothing as the US President is coming to town, with Sen Sharma playing one of the six contestants who will represent New India in front of the President. It received positive reviews from critics upon release, with particular praise for Sen Sharma's performance. Nikhat Kazmi from The Times of India wrote, "Performance-wise, it's the uptight and complex-ridden Sen Sharma who walks away with laurels and laughs even as the film takes a healthy snigger at the desi self."[32]
Sen Sharma next starred in Zoya Akhtar's directorial debut, the drama Luck by Chance, leading an ensemble cast alongside Farhan Akhtar.[33] The film saw her portray a starlet trying to make it big in the Hindi film industry. It opened to widespread critical acclaim upon release, with high praise directed towards Sen Sharma's performance; however, the film emerged as an underwhelming success at the box-office.[34][35][36] She followed the film up with Ayan Mukerji's directorial debut, the coming-of-age comedy-drama Wake Up Sid opposite Ranbir Kapoor. The film told the story of a careless rich college brat who is taught the value of owning up to responsibility by an aspiring writer from Kolkata, the latter portrayed by Sen Sharma. It received widespread critical acclaim upon release, with high praise directed towards her performance.[37] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama wrote, "Sen Sharma is natural to the core and the best part is, she's so effortless. Here's another winning performance from this incredible performer!"[38] The New York Times wrote, "Ms. Sen Sharma has made a specialty of characters like Aisha: independent urban women, whose dreams involve careers as well as love. Her Aisha is a nuanced creation — ambitious, sympathetic, believable — and Mr. Mukerji, making his directing debut, is right to let her run away with the film."[39] The film emerged as a commercial success at the box-office, grossing ₹471 million worldwide.[40]
In June 2009, Sen Sharma starred onstage first time at Atul Kumar's The Blue Mug alongside Rajat Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey and Sheeba Chadha.[41][42] In 2010, the play was toured around the nation and abroad.[citation needed] In 2010, Sen Sharma starred as a working woman in Ashwani Dheer's comedy Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge alongside Ajay Devgan and Paresh Rawal.[43] and as a lawyer in Neeraj Pathak's Right Yaa Wrong. The former emerged as a critical and commercial success, while the latter emerged as a disaster critically and commercially.[44][45] The same year, she finished shooting for Rituparno Ghosh's unreleased comedy Sunglass and Vinay Shukla's comedy-drama Mirch, a critical and commercial failure.
2011–2016: Continued work[edit | edit source]

Sen Sharma began 2011 with a special appearance in Vishal Bhardwaj's black comedy 7 Khoon Maaf alongside Priyanka Chopra and Vivaan Shah. She then played the leading role in Aparna Sen's drama Iti Mrinalini,[46][47] reportedly a semi-autobiographical film directed by the acclaimed Indian director Aparna Sen, also her mother. She next appeared in Amitabh Verma's Jackpot opposite Ranvir Shorey,[48] in Suman Mukherjee's adaptation of Shesher Kobita[49] and Goutam Ghose's Shunyo Awnko.
In 2013, she appeared alongside Emraan Hashmi, Kalki Koechlin and Huma Qureshi in Balaji Telefilms' supernatural thriller Ek Thi Daayan, directed by newcomer Kannan Iyer and produced by Vishal Bhardwaj and Ekta Kapoor.[50] The film itself is inspired by the short story written by her father Mukul Sharma.[51] It opened to positive reviews from critics upon release, with Sen Sharma's performance receiving high praise in particular, earning her a fourth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. The film emerged as a moderate commercial success at the box-office.[52] She also starred in Aparna Sen's horror comedy Goynar Baksho which earned her critical acclaim and won her the Filmfare Award Bangla for Best Actress.[53]
In 2015, Sen Sharma starred in the Bengali film Kadambari as Kadambari Devi, Tagore's sister-in-law and also portrayed Lakshmi Das, the wife of Gour Hari Das, an Odisha freedom fighter who spent 32 years attempting to convince the government of his patriotism in the biographical film Gour Hari Dastaan. The same year, she played a character based on Nupur Talwar in Meghna Gulzar's thriller drama Talvar, based on the 2008 Noida double murder case. The film premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival to widespread critical acclaim with high praise directed towards her performance; moreover, the film also emerged as a sleeper hit at the box-office.[54] In the same year she played Nayantara in a short film, Nayantara's Necklace.[55]
In 2016, Sharma portrayed a cop in AR Murugadoss' action thriller Akira, alongside Sonakshi Sinha, which received mixed reviews from critics, and emerged as a commercial failure at the box-office.[56]
2017–present: Debut as a director and streaming projects[edit | edit source]
In 2017, she ventured into film direction with the English-language drama A Death in the Gunj, which starred an ensemble cast including Vikrant Massey and Kalki Koechlin.[57] The film premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival and received widespread critical acclaim upon theatrical release. It won her the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director and a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Film (Critics). Additionally, she also won the Best Director award at the New York Indian Film Festival and the MAMI Film Festival.[58] The same year, she also starred in the ensemble black comedy-drama Lipstick Under My Burkha directed by Alankrita Shrivastava.[59] Revolving around the secret lives of four women who are in search of her freedom, the film received critical acclaim upon release, and won her the Best Actress award at the New York Indian Film Festival and the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. However, despite critical acclaim, both A Death in the Gunj and Lipstick Under My Burkha emerged as below-average commercial successes at the box-office.[60][61]
In 2020, she starred in the comedy-drama Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare alongside Bhumi Pednekar as a middle-class woman struggling with societal expectations. It released on Netflix to mixed reviews, but earned her (and Pednekar) a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics). Her next project, titled Scholarship, alongside Kalki Koechlin is in pre-production.[62]
In 2021, her first film appearance was as a woman who loses her father in Seema Pahwa's directorial debut, the ensemble family comedy-drama Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi. The film opened to critical acclaim, and earned her a fifth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. However, the film emerged as a commercial failure at the box-office. She followed it up with her portrayal of a lower-caste androgynous woman who develops feelings for her colleague in Neeraj Ghaywan's Geeli Pucchi, a segment of the Netflix anthology film Ajeeb Daastaans. Her performance earned her high critical acclaim and won her the Filmfare OTT Award for Best Actress in a Web Original Film, and the Best Actress in a Leading Role award at the Asian Academy Creative Awards Grand Finals. She next appeared as the Social Services Director of a general hospital in the Amazon Prime medical drama web series Mumbai Diaries 26/11. Directed by Nikkhil Advani, the series was set in the emergency room of a government hospital, focusing on the challenges faced by medical staff and first responders during the 2008 Mumbai attacks.[63][64][65] The series, and Sen Sharma's performance, received critical acclaim upon release.

In 2023, her first film appearance was as a hardened cop in the action thriller Kuttey, which received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics upon release, and emerged as a commercial disaster at the box-office.[66] she next collaborated as a director with R. Balki, Amit Ravindernath Sharma and Sujoy Ghosh for the Netflix anthology film Lust Stories 2. Her segment titled "The Mirror", which starred Tillotama Shome and Amruta Subhash, tackled heres of female desire and voyeurism. It received positive reviews upon release, with high praise for Sen Sharma's segment, winning her the Filmfare OTT Award for Best Web Original Film (Critics).
she later reprised her role of Dr. Chitra Das in the second season of the Mumbai Diaries that focussed on 2005 Mumbai floods. She was given more screen time this season, and her performance stood out as she depicted a vulnerable woman grappling with her inner demons, especially in moments with her ex-husband, played by Parambrata Chattopadhyay.[67] Season 2 review of The Hindu described her performance as "by turns steely and tremulous in an affecting role," highlighting how she navigated the challenging emotional terrain of a healthcare worker during a crisis.[68]
In January 2024, Sen Sharma appeared in the black comedy crime thriller series Killer Soup, on Netflix. She played the lead role alongside Manoj Bajpayee and received good reviews for her performance.[69]
In 2025, Sen Sharma starred in Anurag Basu's Metro... In Dino alongside an ensemble cast of Anupam Kher, Neena Gupta, Pankaj Tripathi, Aditya Roy Kapur, Sara Ali Khan, Ali Fazal and Fatima Sana Shaikh. The film is a spiritual successor of Life in a... Metro (2007), with her being the only actor from the original to also star in the second part, albeit in a different role. She will star alongside Ronit Roy in Preetam Mukherjee's mystery film Bioscope.[70]
Media image[edit | edit source]
Sen Sharma is considered as one of the most popular actresses of 2000's in Hindi cinema. In 2022, she was placed in Outlook India's "75 Best Bollywood Actresses" list.[71] In Rediff.com's "Best Bollywood Actresses", Sen Sharma was placed 4th in 2002, 11th in 2006, 2nd in 2020 and 1st in 2021.[72][73][74][75]
Personal life[edit | edit source]

Sen Sharma started dating actor and co-star Ranvir Shorey in 2007. The couple got married on 3 September 2010 in a private ceremony.[76] The Times of India reported that Sen Sharma gave birth to her first child, Haroon Shorey, on 15 March 2011 at a South Mumbai hospital.[77]
Sen Sharma and Shorey announced her separation in September 2015. They still remain cordial and share the custody of her son.[78] The couple finally got divorced on 13 August 2020.[79]
In March 2022, Sen Sharma identified as gender-neutral, stating: "I don't view myself as a woman. I see myself as being completely neutral. Gender is a taught concept that I don't relate to."[80][81] She has described herself as an atheist.[82][83]
In 2025, media speculated about Sen Sharma's relationship with actor Amol Parashar, though she did not comment publicly on the rumours.[84]
Filmography[edit | edit source]
Films[edit | edit source]
| Denotes films that have not yet been released |
As actor[edit | edit source]
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Indira | Child artist age 4 | Bengali | ||
| 1994 | Amodini | Teenage Step mother | |||
| 2001 | Ek Je Aachhe Kanya | Ria | |||
| 2002 | Titli | Titli | |||
| Mr. and Mrs. Iyer | Meenakshi Iyer | English | |||
| 2004 | Chai Pani Etc. | Shanti/Radha Joshi | |||
| 2005 | Amu | Kaju "Amu" | |||
| Page 3 | Madhvi Sharma | Hindi | |||
| 15 Park Avenue | Mithi | English | |||
| 2006 | Dosar | Kaberi Chatterjee | Bengali | ||
| Mixed Doubles | Malti | Hindi | |||
| Yun Hota To Kya Hota | Tilottima Punj | ||||
| Omkara | Indu | ||||
| Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante | Sanjana | ||||
| 2007 | Traffic Signal | Noori | |||
| Meridian | Pramilla | ||||
| Life in a... Metro | Shruti Ghosh | ||||
| Laaga Chunari Mein Daag | Shubhavari 'Shubhi/Chutki' Sahay | ||||
| Aaja Nachle | Anokhi Anokhelal | ||||
| 2008 | Fashion | Herself | Special appearance | ||
| Dil Kabaddi | Simi | [85] | |||
| 8 | Zeinab | English | Segment "How Can It Be?" | ||
| 2009 | The President Is Coming | Maya Roy | |||
| Luck by Chance | Sona Mishra | Hindi | [33] | ||
| Wake Up Sid | Aisha Banerjee | ||||
| 2010 | Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge | Munmun | |||
| Right Yaa Wrong | Radhika Patnaik | [86] | |||
| Mirch | Lavni/Anita | [87] | |||
| 2011 | 7 Khoon Maaf | Nandini | Cameo appearance | ||
| Iti Mrinalini | Mrinalini 'Mili' Mitra | Bengali | [88] | ||
| 2013 | Shunyo Awnko | Raka Biswas | |||
| Goynar Baksho | Shomlata | ||||
| Ek Thi Daayan | Diana | Hindi | |||
| Blind Night | Ninu | ||||
| Sunglass | Chitra | Hindi | |||
| Bengali | |||||
| Shesher Kabita | Labannya | Bengali | |||
| 2015 | Shajarur Kanta | Deepa Bhatto | Bengali | ||
| Kadambari | Kadambari Devi | ||||
| Gour Hari Dastaan | Lakshmi Das | Hindi | |||
| Talvar | Nutan Tandon | ||||
| Saari Raat | The wife | ||||
| Nayantara's Necklace | Nayantara | ||||
| 2016 | Akira | SP Rabiya | |||
| 2017 | Lipstick Under My Burkha | Shireen Aslam | |||
| 2018 | Bird of Dusk | Herself | English | ||
| Bengali | |||||
| 2019 | A Monsoon Date | Young Woman | Hindi | Short film | [89] |
| 2020 | Cargo | Mandakini | Cameo appearance | ||
| Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare | Dolly | [90] | |||
| 2021 | Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi | Seema | |||
| Ajeeb Daastaans | Bharti Mandal | ||||
| The Rapist | Naina Malik | [91] | |||
| 2023 | Kuttey | Lakshmi Sharma | [92] | ||
| 2024 | Chashma | Aarti | Short film | [93] | |
| 2025 | Metro... In Dino | Kajol | [94] | ||
| 2026 | Accused | Dr. Geetika | Netflix film | [95] |
As filmmaker[edit | edit source]
| Year | Film | Director | Writer | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Naamkoron | Yes | Yes | Bengali | Short film |
| 2017 | A Death in the Gunj | Yes | Yes | English Hindi Bengali |
|
| 2023 | Lust Stories 2 | Yes | Yes | Hindi | Anthology film Segment : The Mirror |
| 2026 | Welcome To Khoya Mahal | Yes | Yes | Hindi |
Television[edit | edit source]
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Picnic | Daughter | Bengali | Child artist |
| 2005 | Karkat Rashi | College girl | Hindi | TV movie |
| 2009 | 54th Filmfare Awards | Co-host | English | [96] |
| 2013 | Ek Thhi Naayka | Herself | Hindi | Mini-series |
| 2018 | Side Hero | Herself | Hindi | Episode: "Aaj Ki Party" |
| 2020–2023 | Mumbai Diaries | Chitra Das | Hindi | [65][64] |
| 2024 | Killer Soup | Swati Shetty | Hindi | [97] |
| 2025 | Search: The Naina Murder Case | ACP Sanyukta Das | Hindi | JioHotstar, Applause Entertainment[98] |
Podcast and audiobook[edit | edit source]
| Year | Title | Author | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Twin Beds | Anita Nair | Nisha (wife) | English | with Satyadeep Mishra |
| The Rumour | Anushka Ravishankar | Narrator | |||
| The Last Bargain | Samita Aiyer | ||||
| 2020 | A Swiss Mountain Adventure | Mindhouse App | |||
| The Timeless Love of Lily Moon | |||||
| 2021 | Kadambari Devi's Suicide Note | Ranjan Bandopadhyay | Translated from Bengali by Jhimli Mookherjee[99] | ||
| 2022 | Barefoot Boys | Podcaster | Podcast[100] |
Discography[edit | edit source]
| Year | Track | Album | Record label | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | "Bangla Rap" | Goynar Baksho | SVF | Bengali | with Paran Bandopadhyay, Pijush Ganguly & Moushumi Chatterjee |
| 2015 | "The Broken Heart (Bhogno Hridoy)" | Kadambari | Times Music | with Saskia Rao De Haas, Sandipan Ganguly & Parambrata Chattopadhyay | |
| "Kadambori's Letter" |
Awards and nominations[edit | edit source]
| Year | Film | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Ek Je Aachhe Kanya | Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards | Best Actress | Won | |
| 2003 | Mr. and Mrs. Iyer | National Film Awards | Best Actress | Won | [101] |
| Anandalok Awards | Best Actress (Critics) | Won | |||
| 2006 | Page 3 | Zee Cine Awards | Best Female Debut (jointly with Vidya Balan) | Won | [102] |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | [103] | ||
| Producers Guild Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | [104] | ||
| Screen Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | [105] | ||
| 2007 | Omkara | Bollywood Movie Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | [106] |
| National Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won | [107] | ||
| Filmfare Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won | [108] | ||
| Zee Cine Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won | [109] | ||
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | [110] | ||
| Screen Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | [111] | ||
| 15 Park Avenue | Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards | Most Outstanding Performance of the Year | Won | ||
| Dosar | New York Indian Film Festival | Best Actress | Won | ||
| 2008 | Life in a... Metro | International Indian Film Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won | [112] |
| Producers Guild Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won | [113] | ||
| Screen Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | [114] | ||
| Zee Cine Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | [115] | ||
| Filmfare Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won | [116] | ||
| Laaga Chunari Mein Daag | Nominated | ||||
| 2010 | Wake Up Sid | Producers Guild Film Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Iti Mrinalini | New York Indian Film Festival | Best Actress | Won | |
| 2014 | Ek Thi Daayan | Filmfare Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| Screen Awards | Best Actor in a Negative Role (Female) | Nominated | |||
| Goynar Baksho | Filmfare Awards Bangla | Best Actress | Won | ||
| 2016 | Talvar | International Indian Film Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | [117] |
| Producers Guild Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | [118] | ||
| Zee Cine Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | [119] | ||
| BIG Star Entertainment Awards | Most Entertaining Actor in a Thriller Role – Female | Nominated | [120] | ||
| 2018 | N/A | GQ India Awards | Excellence in Direction and Acting | Won | |
| A Death in the Gunj | Filmfare Awards | Best Film (Critics) | Nominated | [8] | |
| Best Debut Director | Won | [121] | |||
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | Best Debut Director | Won | |||
| Gollapudi Srinivas Awards | Best Debut Director | Won | |||
| MAMI Film Festival | Mastercard Best Indian Filmmaker (Female) | Won | |||
| Indian Film Festival of Melbourne | Best Director | Nominated | |||
| New York Indian Film Festival | Best Director | Won | |||
| Lipstick Under My Burkha | Best Feature Film | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress | Won | ||||
| Indian Film Festival of Melbourne | Best Actress | Won | [122] | ||
| Screen Awards | Best Actress (Critics) | Won | [123] | ||
| Zee Cine Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | [124] | ||
| 2021 | Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare | Filmfare Awards | Best Actress (Critics) | Nominated | |
| Ajeeb Daastaans | Asian Academy Creative Awards | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Won | [125] | |
| Filmfare OTT Awards | Best Actress in a Web Original Film | Won | [126] | ||
| 2022 | Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi | Filmfare Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | [127] |
| 2023 | Lust Stories 2 | Filmfare OTT Awards | Best Web Original Film (Critics) | Won | [128] |
See also[edit | edit source]
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