Konkona Sen Sharma is an Indian actress and director. She was born on 3rd December 1979, in New Delhi, India. She is known for films like Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, Page 3, Omkara, and Goynar Baksho. Konkona Sen Sharma broke into the industry with the Bengali film, Ek Je Achhe Kanya, in which she essayed a grey character. Apart, Konkona Sen also will be a part of the new upcoming Indian Tv series Killer Soup (2024).
Konkona Sen then acted with her mother Aparna Sen in Rituparno Ghosh’s critically recognized movie Titli. But fame came to her in the form of Aparna Sens Mr. and Mrs. Iyer in 2001. The film featured Konkona as a married Tamil Brahmin woman, Meenakshi Iyer, who meets a Muslim man on a fateful bus journey amidst the carnages of communal strife in India.
It was met with critical acclaim upon release, and Konkona won a National Film Award for Best Actress in 2010 her performance in the movie was declared as one of the “Top 80 Iconic Performances” of all time by Filmfare. In the year 2005, she made her Bollywood debut with Page 3. Directed by Madhur Bhandarkar, Konkona garnered appreciation for her portrayal of a journalist.
The film won three National Film Awards, including the Golden Lotus Award for Best Film. She next gave a hard-hitting performance in Aparna Sens 15 Park Avenue, which her also starred Shabana Azmi and Rahul Bose. In 2006, Konkona appeared with an ensemble cast in the film Omkara, an adaptation of Shakespeares’ Othello Directed by Vishal Bharadwaj, the movie also starred Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan, Vivek Oberoi, and Kareena Kapoor in the lead roles. For the movie, she received both the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award and the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress.
She then starred in a number of unsuccessful films like Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante, Meridian, Laaga Chunari Mein Daag, Aaja Nachle, and Dil Kabaddi. In 2009, she starred in Zoya Akhtar’s directorial debut, Luck By Chance, opposite Farhan Akhtar.
In spite of getting an average opening at the box office, the movie was a critical hit. In the same year, she starred opposite Ranbir Kapoor in a coming-of-age drama film Wake Up Sid Directed by the debutant Ayan Mukherjee, the movie received great reviews from audiences and critics alike.
In 2013, she appeared in the Aparna Sens horror comedy film Goynar Baksho, for which she received the Best Actress Award at the Filmfare Awards East. She then featured as Nupur Talwar in Meghana Gulzar`s film Talvar, based on the 2008 Noida double murder cast. The film premiered as Guilty at international film festivals and was received with worldwide appreciation.
In 2016, Konkona was seen in the Sonakshi Sinha-starrer Akira, where she was seen playing the role of a police officer. The following year, in 2017, Konkona made her directorial debut with the drama A Death in the Gunj, in which she also acted in.
The same year, she was seen in the women-centric drama Lipstick Under My Burkha, co-starring Ratna Pathak, Aahana Kumra, and Plabita Borthakur. Her 2020 release includes Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi. Her 2021 release includes Ajeeb Dastaans.
Konkona married Ranvir Shorey, an actor, on 3rd September 2010, after 3 years of courtship. She gave birth to her first child, Haroon, on 15 March 2011. Konkona Sen Sharma is a beautiful and talented actress as much as she is skilled in her acting and hot look. she is also marvelous to look at. Her height is 5ft 1 inch and her weight is 57 kg. Apart from that, she has beautiful eyes Dark Brown color and also her hair color is Black.
