Anupriya Goenka

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Anupria Goenka
Anupriya Goenka at the screening of Criminal Justice.jpg
Goenka in 2019
Born (1987-05-29) 29 May 1987 (age 37)
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2013–present

Anupria Goenka (born 29 May 1987) is an Indian actress and model who appears in Hindi and Telugu films. [1] She first shot to fame in 2013 as the face of UPA government's Bharat Nirman . [2] Goenka made her on-screen debut with the 2013 Telugu film Potugadu , [3] having previously starred in the 2013 short film Worth the Kiss. She made her Bollywood debut with Bobby Jasoos .

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She subsequently starred in the comedy-drama Bobby Jasoos (2014), the drama Paathshala (2014), the action comedy Dishoom (2016) and the crime-drama Daddy (2017). Goenka went on to star in the action-thrillers Tiger Zinda Hai (2017) and War (2019), and the epic period drama Padmaavat (2018).

She made her web debut with Stories by Rabindranath Tagore and went onto appear in successful series like Sacred Games , Abhay , Criminal Justice , Asur: Welcome to Your Dark Side , Aashram and Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors .

Early life

Anupriya Goenka was born in a Marwadi Family on 29 May 1987 [4] in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh [5] to Ravindra Kumar Goenka, a garment entrepreneur and Pushpa Goenka, a homemaker. [6]

Goenka provided financial support to her family before she completed school. She said, "I was the enterprising one and started helping my father in the garment export business. Acting was always a hobby till I realized I couldn't do justice to both theatre and my corporate career," she said. [7]

Career

Goenka moved to Mumbai in 2009. [8] Goenka was intrigued with theater and tried to juggle between a career in acting and the corporate sector. [5] She started doing commercials and first became known in 2013 as the face of UPA government's Bharat Nirman ad campaign and for playing a lesbian character in India's first ever lesbian ad for the brand Myntra in 2015. [9] Goenka has appeared in various television commercials for brands including Coke, Garnier, Stayfree, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Pepperfry, and Vodafone. [10] She also worked as an Anchor / Show Host in a Home Shopping Channel called ShopCJ for more than one year. She portrayed the role of nurse Poorna in the 2017 action-thriller Tiger Zinda Hai . [11] She garnered critical acclaim for the portrayal of the role of Queen Nagmati in the 2018 epic film Padmaavat opposite Shahid Kapoor. [12]

Media

Goenka was ranked in The Times Most Desirable Women at No. 8 in 2020. [13]

Filmography

Film performances
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Potugadu MaryTelugu language film
2014 Bobby Jasoos Afreen
Paathasala SandhyaTelugu language film
2016 Dishoom Alishka Iyer
2017 Vekh Baraatan Challiyan SarojSpecial appearance, Punjabi film
Daddy Hilda
Tiger Zinda Hai Poorna
2018 Sir Ankita
Padmaavat Nagmati
2019 War Aditi
2022 Mere Desh Ki Dharti Jhumki
2024 Berlin
Series
YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Stories by Rabindranath Tagore MrignoyoneeStory "Kankaal"
2018–2019 Sacred Games Megha Singh Netflix Original series
2019 The Final Call Parineeta "Pari" Zee5 Original series [14] [15]
Abhay Supriya (cameo appearance)Zee5 Original series [ better source needed ]
Criminal Justice Nikhat Hussain Hotstar Specials series
PanchaliBhoomi [16]
Fuh se FantasyMr. MehraVoot Original Series Ep. Not Vanilla
2020 Asur: Welcome to Your Dark Side Naina Voot Select Original series [17]
Aashram Dr. Natasha [18] MX Original series [19]
Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors Nikhat Hussain Hotstar Specials series
2021 Crime Next Door Sujata [20]
2023 Asur 2: The Rise of the Dark Side Naina JioCinema
2023 Sultan of Delhi Shankari Devi Disney+Hotstar

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