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Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan

Birthday: 1978-01-01 | Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Vidya Balan is an Indian actress, who appears in Hindi films. After graduating with a degree in sociology, she started her career starring in music videos, television shows and commercials, before appearing in feature films. Balan made her movie debut in the Bengali film, Bhalo Theko in 2003. She later made her Hindi film debut with Parineeta (2005), which earned her a Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut as well as her first Best Actress nomination at the same ceremony. She subsequently essayed a variety of character roles, receiving her first commercial success with Rajkumar Hirani's Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006). She subsequently appeared in such films as Guru, Heyy Babyy (2008) and Bhool Bhulaiya (2008), the latter earning her another Filmfare nomination. In 2009 she appeared as a single mother of a child suffering from progeria in R. Balki's Paa, her performance in which ultimately won her a Best Actress award at Filmfare. 2010 saw the release of Ishqiya, starring Balan in a role for which she was praised and awarded, and she followed it with her first real-life character of Sabrina Lal in the biopic No One Killed Jessica.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Jalsa

as    Maya Menon

2021
Sherni

as    Vidya Vincent

2020
Shakuntala Devi

as    Shakuntala Devi

2020
Natkhat

as    Surekha

2019
N.T.R: Kathanayakudu

as    Basavatarakam

2019
Nerkonda Paarvai

as    Kalyani Bharath

2019
Mission Mangal

as    Tara Shinde

2017
Begum Jaan

as    Begum Jaan

2015
Hamari Adhuri Kahani

as    Vasudha Prasad

2014
Bobby Jasoos

as    Bobby

2014
Shaadi Ke Side Effects

as    Trisha Roy

2013
Mahabharat

as    Draupadi

2013
Ghanchakkar

as    Neetu Athray

2011
Thank You

as    Cameo

2011
Urumi

as    Makkom / Bhumi

2010
Ishqiya

as    Krishna Verma

2009
Paa

as    Vidya Arte

2008
Kismat Konnection

as    Priya

2008
Halla Bol

as    Sneha Chauhan / Sneha A. Khan

2007
Bhool Bhulaiyaa

as    Avni Siddharth Chaturvedi/Manjulika

2007
Heyy Babyy

as    Esha Sahni

2007
Guru

as    Meenakshi "Meenu" Saxena

2007
Eklavya: The Royal Guard

as    Rajeshwari / 'Rajjo'

2006
Lage Raho Munna Bhai

as    Jhanvi

2005
Parineeta

as    Lolita (Gurcharan's daughter)