Person Details

Birthday: 1978-01-01 19:42:00

Aliases: विद्या बालन , 비드야 발란

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Movie Involvements: 25

TV Involvements: 2


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

MasterChef India
Average
5

MasterChef India

(2010) Guest Star
Kaun Banega Crorepati
Average
7

Kaun Banega Crorepati

(2000) Self
Te3n
Average
7

Te3n

(2016) Sarita Sharma
Guru
Average
7

Guru

(2007) Meenakshi "Meenu" Saxena
Kahaani
Average
7

Kahaani

(2012) Vidya Bagchi
Paa
Average
6

Paa

(2009) Vidya Arte
Mission Mangal
Average
7

Mission Mangal

(2019) Tara Shinde
Sherni
Average
7

Sherni

(2021) Vidya Vincent

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 N/A
2023 Mira Rao
2022 Maya Menon
2021 Vidya Vincent
2020 Shakuntala Devi
N/A
2019 Tara Shinde
Cameo
Basavatarakam
Basavatarakam
2018 Narrator (English)
2017 Sulochana "Sulu" Dubey
Begum Jaan
2016 Vidya Sinha / Durga Rani Singh
Self
Geeta Bali
Sarita Sharma
Herself
2015 Vasudha Prasad
2014 Herself
Bobby
Trisha Roy
Herself
2013 Draupadi (voice)
Neetu Athray
Self
Herself (uncredited)
2012 Special Appearance in Song "Mala Jau De"
Vidya Bagchi
2011 Reshma / Silk
Cameo as Mrs Kamath
Cameo
Makkom / Bhumi
Sabrina Lal
2010 Guest Star
Krishna Verma
2009 Vidya Arte
2008 Priya
Sneha Chauhan / Sneha A. Khan
2007 Self
Avni Siddharth Chaturvedi/Manjulika
Esha Sahni
Tehzeeb Raina
Meenakshi "Meenu" Saxena
Rajeshwari / 'Rajjo'
2006 Jhanvi
2005 Lolita (Gurcharan's daughter)
2004 Self
2003 N/A
2000 Self
1992 Herself
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2020 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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