Vidya Balan
Vidya Balan (born January 1, 1978) 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.
Acting
Movie
Om Shanti Om
as Self
2007
Movie
Kahaani
as Vidya Bagchi
2012
Movie
Lage Raho Munna Bhai
as Jhanvi
2006
Movie
Bhool Bhulaiyaa
as Avni S. Chaturvedi
2007
Movie
Guru
as Meenakshi "Meenu" Saxena
2007
Movie
Heyy Babyy
as Esha Sahni
2007
Movie
Te3n
as Sarita Sharma
2016
Movie
Paa
as Vidya Arte
2009
Movie
The Dirty Picture
as Reshma / Silk
2011
Movie
No One Killed Jessica
as Sabrina Lal
2011
Movie
Mission Mangal
as Tara Shinde
2019
Movie
Ishqiya
as Krishna Verma
2010
Movie
Kismat Konnection
as Priya
2008
Movie
Thank You
as Divya
2011
Movie
Bombay Talkies
as Self, special appearance in "Apna Bombay Talkies" (uncredited)
2013
Movie
Kahaani 2
as Vidya Sinha / Durga Rani Singh
2016
Movie
Parineeta
as Lalita
2005
Movie
Salaam-e-Ishq
as Tehzeeb Raina
2007
Movie
Hamari Adhuri Kahani
as Vasudha Prasad
2015
Movie
Tumhari Sulu
as Sulochana "Sulu" Dubey
2017
Movie
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3
as Mallika / Manjulika
2024
TV
The Kapil Sharma Show
as Herself
2016
Movie
Shakuntala Devi
as Shakuntala Devi
2020
Movie
Shaadi Ke Side Effects
as Trisha Roy
2014
