Kubbra Sait

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Kubbra Sait
Kubbra Sait graces the Zee Cine Awards, 2019.jpg
Kubbra Sait graces the Zee Cine Awards, 2019
Born
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Occupations
Years active2010-present
Relatives Danish Sait (brother)
Tanveer Sait (uncle)
Azeez Sait (grandfather)
Website kubbrasait.com

Kubbra Sait is an Indian actress, television host and model. She has appeared in Hindi films such as Sultan (2016), Ready (2011), Gully Boy (2019) and Son of Sardaar 2 (2025) and in television shows such as RejctX (2019) as Anushka and The Verdict - State vs Nanavati (2019) as Mamie Ahuja on ZEE5; Farzi (2023) as Saira and Shehar Lakhot (2023) as Pallavi Raj on Amazon Prime Video; The Trial (2023) as Sana on Disney+ Hotstar; and in TVF Tripling as Sheetal on SonyLIV. [1] She gained widespread recognition for her performance as Kukoo on the first season of Netflix original show Sacred Games (2018) and as Phara Keaen in the Apple TV+ show Foundation . [2] [3] She also participated in the reality television show Rise and Fall .

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Early life and career

Kubbra Sait was born in Bangalore, India. Her parents are Zakariah Sait and Yasmin Sait. Her mother is from Mysore and father from Ooty. Her younger brother Danish Sait is a radio jockey and television host. Her uncle Tanveer Sait is a politician. Her grandfather Azeez Sait was a minister in Karnataka. In 2005, she moved to Dubai after her graduation from National Institute of Information & Management Sciences, Bangalore. She started hosting shows when she was about thirteen years old. Sait started her career as an accounts manager with Microsoft in Dubai before pursuing her career in the entertainment industry. She is a winner of the India's Best female Emcee Award in 2013. [4] She also won Miss Personality in Miss India Worldwide Beauty Pageant in 2009. Sait received critical acclaim for her role as a transgender woman named Kukoo in the Netflix show Sacred Games . [5] The Netflix original was nominated under the Best Drama category at the 47th International Emmy Awards. Sait represented Sacred Games at the Emmy Awards, held on 25 November 2019. [6] [7] In 2022, she wrote a book titled Open Book: Not Quite A Memoir.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2011 Ready Sunaina
2012 Jodi Breakers Vinita [8]
2015 I Love NY Vidya Saxena [9]
2016 Sultan Herself (commentator)
2019 Gully Boy Scarlett [10]
2020 Jawaani Jaaneman Rhea
Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare Shazia [11]
2022 RK/RKay Seema
2024 Khwaabon Ka Jhamela Shehnaaz
2025 Deva Dipti Singh [12]
Son of Sardaar 2 Mehwish [13]
2026Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai†TBAFilming [14]

Web series

YearTitleRolePlatformNotesRef.
2017Going Viral Pvt. Ltd.Natasha Amazon Prime Video 8 episodes [15] [16] [17]
2018 Fourplay Brinda ALTBalaji 6 episodes [18] [19]
Sacred Games Kukoo Netflix 7 episodes [20] [21]
2019 TVF Tripling Sheetal TVF
SonyLIV 		3 episodes [22] [23]
RejctX Anushka ZEE5 10 episodes [24]
The Verdict - State vs Nanavati Mamie Ahuja ALTBalaji
ZEE5 		[25] [26]
2020 Illegal Meher Salam Voot [27] [28]
Waqalat From HomeRajini Tacker Amazon Prime Video [29] [30]
2021 Foundation Phara Keaen Apple TV+ [31]
2022Murder in AgondaWaheeda Amazon Prime Video
2023 Farzi Saira
The Trial Sana Disney+ Hotstar [32]
Shehar Lakhot Pallavi Raj Amazon Prime Video
2025 Rise and Fall Contestant MX Player 11th place

References

  1. ↑ "Lucky break for Kubbra Sait in Zoya Akhtar's Gully Boy". Mumbai Mirror. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Priyanshu Painyuli was in talks to play Kubbra Sait's Kukoo in Sacred Games, reveals why he didn't make the cut". Hindustan Times. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  3. ↑ Tanushree Roy (29 June 2021). "Kubbra Sait grabs all the attention in Apple TV's Foundation trailer. Twitter explodes". India Today. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Netflix's Sacred Games: Who is Kubbra Sait?". The Indian Express. 8 July 2018. Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Kubbra Sait, who is stealing the limelight as Cuckoo in Saif Ali Khan-starrer Sacred Games - see photos". Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Kubbra Sait To Represent Sacred Games At Emmys, Is Convinced She'll Return Home With A Trophy". The Times of India. 20 November 2019. Archived from the original on 20 November 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  7. ↑ Mitchell, Molli (8 July 2018). "Sacred Games on Netflix: Who is Kubbra Sait? Who is the actress that plays Cuckoo?". Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "Kubra Sait gears up for Bollywood". The Times of India . 23 January 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Why is Kubra upset?". The Tribune . Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Lucky break for Kubra Sait in Zoya Akhtar's Gully Boy". Mumbai Mirror . Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "Kubbra Sait joins cast of Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare, starring Bhumi Pednekar, Konkona Sen Sharma". 26 October 2018. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  12. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Kubbra Sait to reunite with Shahid Kapoor for Deva". Bollywood Hungama. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  13. ↑ "Kubbra Sait completes dubbing for Son of Sardaar 2; shares update from the studio". Bollywood Hungama. 18 April 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  14. ↑ "Varun Dhawan and David Dhawan's next film titled Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai". Bollywood Hungama. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  15. ↑ "Kubbra joins Kunal Roy Kapur in 'Going Viral…'". The Statesman . 31 August 2017. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  16. ↑ "Anuvab Pal takes on the virality of things with going Viral Pvt. Ltd". The Telegraph . Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  17. ↑ "SULTAN actress joins Kunaal Roy Kapur in 'Going Viral pvt Ltd'". Glamsham. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  18. ↑ "Alt Balaji announces new series called Fourplay". The Times of India . August 2017. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  19. ↑ "Fourplay: Ekta Kapoor's new web series is a comic take on infidelity". The Indian Express . 15 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  20. ↑ "Netflix's Sacred Games: Who is Kubbra Sait?". The Indian Express . 8 July 2018. Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  21. ↑ "Anurag Kashyap made me shoot for the nude scene 7 times in Sacred Games, says Kubra Sait". Hindustan Times . 11 July 2018. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  22. ↑ "TVF Tripling season 2 review: Amol Parashar, Sumeet Vyas, Maanvi Gagroo's road trip goes downhill". Firstpost. 5 April 2019. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  23. ↑ "Tripling 2 review: It's a bumpy ride". The Indian Express. 5 April 2019. Archived from the original on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  24. ↑ "Kubbra Sait and Sumeet Vyas team up for musical web series Rejctx". India Today. Indo-Asian News Service. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  25. ↑ "The Verdict State vs Nanavati trailer out: After Rustom, another remake of 1959 sensational crime case". India Today. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  26. ↑ "The Verdict State Vs Nanavati trailer: This AltBalaji series dramatises one of India's most famous cases". The Indian Express. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  27. ↑ "Illegal star Kubbra Sait: I haven't turned down any role post Sacred Games". India Today. Press Trust of India. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  28. ↑ "Kubbra Sait on her new show Illegal and life in the times of corona". The Telegraph (India). Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  29. ↑ "Kubbra Sait on Wakaalat From Home: We worked for hours on Zoom". The Indian Express. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  30. ↑ "Kubbra Sait and Sumeet Vyas to star in new web series Wakaalat From Home". Hindustan Times. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  31. ↑ "The Emperor's Peace". IMDb.
  32. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Kubbra Sait set to reprise Archie Panjabi's role in Hindi adaptation of The Good Wife starring Kajol : Bollywood News". Bollywood Hungama. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
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