Niki Aneja Walia

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Niki Aneja Walia
Niki 2019.jpg
Walia in 2019
Born (1972-09-26) 26 September 1972 (age 51)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality Indian
EducationSt. Teresa's Convent School, Santacruz
OccupationActress
Years active1994–present
Spouse
Sonny Walia
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(m. 2002)​
Children2
Parent
  • Narayan Aneja (father)
Relatives Parmeet Sethi (cousin)

Niki Aneja Walia (born 26 September 1972) is an Indian television and film actress who works in Hindi films and television serials. She is the cousin of actor Parmeet Sethi.

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Personal life

She married Sonny Walia in February 2002 and moved to the UK the same year. [1] [2] The couple has twins (a boy, Sean and a girl, Sabrina). She currently resides in England. [3]

Career

Niki has worked as a model, compere, VJ, host and actress on television and film (Bollywood). She has acted for nearly 30 years in over 31 television serials across genres. [4]

She is best known for her role as Dr. Simran Mathur in the Hindi TV series Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani on Zee TV. She played the role of Nikki in Zee TV serial "Baat ban jaye" [5]

She was also a judge for Femina Miss India 1994 which resulted in the win for Miss World for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Miss Universe for Sushmita Sen.

Niki was a runner-up at Miss World University in 1991, resulting in her being World Ambassador for Peace 1991–1992. She worked in Cloud 9 which was UK's first British Asian soap.

Filmography

Films

YearFilmRoleNotesRef.
1994 Mr. Azaad Inspector ShaluDebut film (as Shalu Aneja)
1998MohreAgent Roochi
1999Chocolate
2015 Shaandaar Geetu Arora [6]
2017 Lupt Shalini Tandon [7] [8]
2020 Guilty Sushma Singh Netflix film
2021 Virgin Bhanupriya Moon Zee5 film
Bawri Chhori Eros Now film
Tuesdays and Fridays Dr. Radhika Malhotra
2022 Tara Vs Bilal Gurmehar aka Daisy AuntyNetflix
2022 Double XL Zorawar's Mother Netflix
2023 Neeyat Zara, AK's therapist
TBALaila Majnu†TBA

Web series

YearTitleRolePlatform
2018-2021 Puncch Beat Maya ALTBalaji
2020Never Kiss Your Best FriendHarpreet Brar Zee5
2022Never Kiss Your Best Friend Season 2Harpreet Brar Zee5

Television

YearShowRoleNotesRef.
1995Baat Ban Jaye
1996 Sea Hawks Naval officer Dr. Natasha
1996Andaz
1996 Dastaan
1996Aakhir Kaun
1999Saher
2000Samandar
2000 Piya Binaa
2001Gharwaali UparwaaliPooja
2002-2006 Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani Dr. Simran Mathur / Dr. Simran Saxena
Piya Ka Ghar
2006Barrister RoyNiki [9] [10]
2009Zee & U.Herself / Presenter [11]
2009 Ghar Ek Sapnaa SimiSpecial Appearance [12]
2012Cloud 9Nisha
2017 Dil Sambhal Jaa Zara Laila Raichand [13] [14]

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References

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