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'''Tillotama Shome''' is an Indian actress. She was nominated for [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] at the [[63rd Filmfare Awards]] for her role in ''[[A Death in the Gunj]]''. In 2021, she won the [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress|Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics)]] for portraying a praiseworthy role ''Ratna'' in ''[[Sir (2018 film)|Sir]]'' at the [[66th Filmfare Awards]].

Born in [[Kolkata]], Shome grew up all over India since her father was with the [[Indian Air Force]]. She went to Delhi's [[Lady Shri Ram College]] and became a part of [[Arvind Gaur]]'s Asmita theatre group.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timescrest.com/culture/alice-in-thunderland-8107 |title=Alice in thunderland &#124; Culture |publisher=Times Crest |date=9 June 2012 |access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref> She moved to New York in the Autumn of 2004 for a master's program in educational theatre at [[New York University]], where she remained until visiting [[Mumbai]] on holiday in February 2008. Thereafter, she took up residence in Mumbai and, after completing some outstanding projects in New York, she returned to India in May 2008.<ref>[http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/54/20080518200805180224322676df49f89/Masala-is-in-Mumbai.html Masala is in Mumbai] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726005833/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/54/20080518200805180224322676df49f89/Masala-is-in-Mumbai.html |date=26 July 2012 }}, [[Mumbai Mirror]], 18 May 2008</ref> In New York, she also taught theatre to murder convicts at a high security US prison.<ref name="dnaindia1">{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/1488005/report-i-just-want-to-act-tillotama-shome |title=I just want to act: Tillotama Shome – Entertainment – DNA |work=Daily News and Analysis |access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://grazia.co.in/people2/not-just-the-'monsoon-wedding'-girl |title=Not Just the 'Monsoon Wedding' Girl – Grazia India |publisher=Grazia.co.in |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=26 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523104032/http://grazia.co.in/people2/not-just-the-'monsoon-wedding'-girl |archive-date=23 May 2016}}</ref> Shome is married to Kunal Ross, the nephew of [[Jaya Bachchan]], thus making her the niece-in-law of Jaya and [[Amitabh Bachchan]].

She played Alice in [[Mira Nair]]'s feature film ''[[Monsoon Wedding]]'', and played Deepa in ''[[Shadows of Time]]'' (''[[Schatten der Zeit]]''), directed by [[Florian Gallenberger]]. She played a nun in the Australian film ''[[The Waiting City]]'' by [[Claire McCarthy]].<ref name="dnaindia1"/> Italo Spinelli's ''Gangor'', based on [[Mahashweta Devi]]'s novel, had her play a social worker.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/alice-of-monsoon-wedding-is-back/718765/0 |title=Alice of Monsoon Wedding is back |work=The Indian Express |date=2 December 2010 |access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref> She also worked in [[Qaushiq Mukherjee]]'s ''[[Tasher Desh]]''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Priyanka Dasgupta |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-25/news-interviews/30440564_1_bengali-movies-bengali-films-tillotama-shome |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628032608/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-25/news-interviews/30440564_1_bengali-movies-bengali-films-tillotama-shome |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 June 2013 |title=I did sword fighting in Tasher Desh: Tillotama Shome |date=25 November 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref> She played Mrs. Ahmadi in the Hindi political thriller film ''[[Shanghai (2012 film)|Shanghai]]'' directed by [[Dibakar Banerjee]]. About her performance in ''Shanghai'' Rediff wrote "Shome created one of this year's most heartbreaking performances in a Hindi film".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-yearend-special-the-most-memorable-movie-moments/20130102.htm#9 |title=Ten Most Memorable Movie Moments of 2012 |publisher=Rediff.com |date=2 January 2013 |access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref>

Her performance as a girl who is raised as a boy in ''[[Qissa (film)|Qissa]]''  won her the best actress title in the New Horizons Competition of the seventh [[Abu Dhabi Film Festival]] (ADFF). She shared the title with Norwegian actress Julia Wildschutt.<ref>[http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?section=newsmakers&xfile=/data/newsmakers/2013/November/newsmakers_November1.xml] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102135649/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?section=newsmakers&xfile=%2Fdata%2Fnewsmakers%2F2013%2FNovember%2Fnewsmakers_November1.xml|date=2 November 2013}}</ref>

| 2001 || ''[[Monsoon Wedding]]'' || Alice || [[English language|English]]||

| 2003 || ''Butterfly'' || Miraal || [[English language|English]]|| Short Film

| 2004 || ''[[Shadows of Time]]'' || Deepa || [[Bengali language|Bengali]]||

|rowspan=2| 2006 || ''Long After'' || Jaya || [[English language|English]]|| Short Film

| ''Little Box of Sweets'' || Lara || [[English language|English]]||

|rowspan=4| 2009 || ''Zamir and Preeti: A Love Story'' || Preeti || [[English language|English]]|| Short Film

| ''Clap Clap'' || Leena || [[English language|English]]|| Short Film

| ''Boond'' || Jeevni || [[Hindi]]|| Short Film

| ''[[The Waiting City]]'' || Sister Tessila || [[English language|English]]||

|rowspan=2| 2010 || ''Futurestates'' || Syama || [[English language|English]]|| (TV series) Episode: Pia

| ''[[Gangor (film)|Gangor]]'' || Medha || [[English language|English]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]]||

| 2011 || ''[[Turning 30]]'' || Malini Roy || [[Hindi]]||

|rowspan=2| 2012 || ''[[Shanghai (2012 film)|Shanghai]]'' || Aruna Ahmedi || [[Hindi]]||

| ''[[Tasher Desh]]'' || Queen || [[Bengali language|Bengali]]||

|rowspan=3| 2013 || ''Sahasi Chori'' || Radha || [[Nepali language|Nepali]]|| Short Film

| ''[[Aatma (2013 film)|Aatma]]'' ||  || [[Hindi]]||

| ''[[Qissa (film)|Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost]]'' || Kanwar || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]||

| rowspan="3" | 2014 || ''[[Sold (2014 film)|Sold]]'' || Bimla || [[English language|English]]||

| ''[[Children of War (2014 film)|Children of War]]''<ref name="cow">{{cite web |title=Actress Tillotama Shome to feature next in Children of War |url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/02/actress-tillotama-shome-to-feature-next-in-children-of-war/ |agency=Indo-Asian News Service |publisher=news.biharprabha.com |access-date=15 February 2014}}</ref>  || Bhitika || [[Hindi]]||

|''[[:de:Monsoon Baby|Monsoon Baby]]''

|[[German language|German]]

|rowspan=2| 2015 || ''[[The Letters (2014 film)|The Letters]]'' || Kavitha Singh || [[English language|English]]||

| ''Nayantara's Necklace'' || Alka || [[Hindi]]|| Short Film

| rowspan="2" | 2016 || ''Love Shots''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74GdWIwIWp4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/74GdWIwIWp4 |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live |title=Love Shots - Full Film #5: Fired feat. Salim Merchant & Tillotama Shome |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> || Nidhi || [[Hindi]]|| Short Film

| ''[[Budhia Singh – Born to Run]]'' || Sukanti || [[Hindi]]||

| rowspan="5" | 2017 || ''[[Union Leader (film)|Union Leader]]'' || Geeta || [[Hindi]]||

| ''[[Hindi Medium (film)|Hindi Medium]]'' || Education Consultant || [[Hindi]]||

|[[English language|English]], [[Hindi]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]]

| ''[[The Song of Scorpions]]'' || Lady of The Night || [[Hindi]]||

| ''[[Kadvi Hawa]]'' || Mukund's wife|| [[Hindi]]||

|[[Hindi]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]]

| rowspan=2 | 2019

|''Raahgir - The Wayfarers''

|[[Hindi]]

|[[Hindi]]

|[[Hindi]]

|''[[Mentalhood]]'' || Preeti|| [[Hindi]]|| Web series released on [[ALTBalaji]] and ZEE5

| ''[[Angrezi Medium]]'' || Education Consultant || [[Hindi]]||

* Tillotama Shome won '''Best Actor Award'''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chakraborty |first=Juhi |date=11 June 2021 |title=Tillotama Shome on her film Raahgir winning at UK film fest: The timing is surreal |work=Hindustan Times |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/tillotama-shome-on-her-film-raahgir-winning-at-uk-film-fest-the-timing-is-surreal-101623411926573.html |access-date=16 June 2021}}</ref> at [[London Asian Film Festival|UK Asian Film Festival]] for her film [[Raahgir – The Wayfarers|Raahgir - The Wayfarers]] which was released in 2019.