Padda began her acting career with a brief role in Salaam Venky (2022), a drama about euthanasia in which she played the love interest of Vishal Jethwa's character. [6] Writing for The Hindu , Shilpa Nair acknowledged her appearance as "noteworthy". [7] In 2024, Padda had her first lead role in Nitya Mehra's Amazon Prime Video series Big Girls Don't Cry , a coming-of-age drama centred around a friend group who attend a boarding school. [8] [9] She played Roohi, a member of the group struggling to cope with the strained relationship between her parents. [10] Padda wrote, composed and sang an original track for the series, titled "Masoom". [11] Despite mixed reception towards the series overall, the performances of the ensemble were positively received by critics. [12]
In 2025, she first appeared alongside Dalai Mulchandani in Mehra's segment of the anthology series Yuva Sapno Ka Safar, which was digitally released on to Waves. [13] Following this, Padda had her breakthrough with Mohit Suri's romantic drama Saiyaara , in which she starred opposite debutant Ahaan Panday. [14] Produced by Yash Raj Films, she was ultimately cast as Vaani Batra, an aspiring lyricist diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's, who forms a relationship with an emerging singer (played by Panday). In a positive review of the film, The Hollywood Reporter 's Rahul Desai commended Padda for bringing "a kind of literary sheen to a woman that might have easily been reduced to a coming-of-age device in someone else's journey" and praised the chemistry between her and Panday. [15] Saiyaara set several box-office records upon its release, grossing over ₹5.7 billion (US$67 million) to emerge as the year's second highest-grossing Indian film. [16] Padda will reunite with Nitya Mehra for the courtroom drama Nyaya, starring Fatima Sana Shaikh. [17]
In September 2025, Padda was announced as a celebrity ambassador for Lakmé and Mia by Tanishq. [18] [19]
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