Dipannita Sharma

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Dipannita Sharma
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Sharma from The Manish Malhotra - Lilavati Hospital's 'Save and Empower the Girl Child' show
Born (1979-11-02) 2 November 1979 (age 44)
Alma materIndraprastha College for Women
OccupationSupermodel and actress
Years active2002–present
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1]
Spouse(s)Dilsher Singh Atwal (2008–present)

Dipannita Sharma (born 2 November 1979) is an Indian actress and model.[2]

Career[edit]

Sharma came into the limelight after making it to the final five of the Miss India 1998 contest. She also won 'Miss Photogenic' title in the same contest. She has walked the ramp for all major designers in the country and for international design houses such as Valentino & Fendi in India. She was the worldwide face of the press campaign for Breguet watches and jewellery for 5 years. She has endorsed and been the face of several skin care brands in India such as Garnier, Nivea and Dettol soap. She has also hosted television shows, been a judge on a fashion based show on MTV - MTV making the cut and acted in the lead role on a show called Life Nahi Hai Laddoo before making her film debut with the 2002 Bollywood film 16 December.[3]

Personal life[edit]

Dipannita was born in the Oil India Limited colony town of Duliajan in Assam. Her father was a doctor in the O.I.L. Hospital. She studied in the Holy Child School Guwahati till her ninth standard, and pursued the rest of her school academics from St. Mary's school, Naharkatia. She later graduated in History from Indraprastha College for Women, Delhi.[4][5]

Dippanita is married to Delhi entrepreneur Dilsher Singh Atwal, a third generation businessman, and who is into his family business of mining,[6] and lives in Mumbai, India. Her younger sister is a television actress Arunima Sharma who is best known for her role as Rano in the soap opera Kasamh Se.[7]

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Role Other notes
2002 16 December Sheeba Nominated - Zee Cine Awards and Star Screen Awards for best debut female
Dil Vil Pyar Vyar Payal Singh
2004 Asambhav Kinjal
2005 My Brother... Nikhil Leena Gomes
Koi Aap Sa Preeti
99.9 FM Sonali
2011 Ladies vs Ricky Bahl Raina Parulekar Nominated — (Zee Cine Awards 2012 best supporting actor female category)
2012 Jodi Breakers Maggie
2014 Pizza
2015 Take It Easy Rama
2017 Coffee with D Neha
2017 Xhoixobote Dhemalite First Assamese film
2019 War Dr. Mallika Singhal
2020 Pepper Chicken Rj Vaidehi
2021 Raat Baaki Hai Vani Chopra ZEE5 film

Television shows[edit]

Serial Channel
Har dil jo love karega Zoom
Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week STAR World
Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 1 Colors TV
MTV making the cut MTV India
Piya Kay Ghar Jana Hai Ary Digital
"Untag (Web Series on Voot)" Anahita Kohli
Bewafaa sii Wafaa ALTBalaji (won IWM Digital Awards 'Best Supporting Role Female in a Webseries')

Music videos[edit]

Title Year Performer(s) Album
Hai Re Hai Mera Ghungta (Remix) 2004 Music- Lesle Lewis, Video Directed by Indrajit Nattoji Colonial Cousins

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Dipannita Sharma". Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  3. "Dipannita Sharma 'almost fractured' shoulder while filming 'Pizza'". Daily News and Analysis. 4 July 2014. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  4. "Personal Agenda: Dipannita Sharma". Hindustan Times. 24 February 2012. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014.
  5. "Catching Up With Dazzling Dipannita Sharma". Archived from the original on 29 May 2014.
  6. Soumyadipta Banerjee (11 February 2011). "There's no three-year itch: Dipannita Sharma". DNA. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  7. "Did you know that Arunima Sharma is the sister of a famous actress?". www.tellychakkar.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2014.

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