Nimrat Kaur

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Nimrat Kaur
Nimrat Kaur at the special screening of film Sam Bahadur (cropped).jpg
Kaur in 2023
Born (1982-03-13) March 13, 1982 (age 42)
Pilani, Rajasthan, India
Alma mater Shri Ram College of Commerce
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2002–present

Nimrat Kaur (born March 13, 1982) [1] [2] is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films and on American television. She began her career as a print model and went on to act in theater. After brief appearances in a few films, Kaur starred in Anurag Kashyap's production Peddlers , which was screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. She followed it with her breakthrough role in The Lunchbox , a critically acclaimed drama co-starring Irrfan Khan, which was screened at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

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In 2015, Kaur played the recurring role of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agent Tasneem Qureishi in the fourth season of the American television series Homeland . She then co-starred with Akshay Kumar in the war thriller Airlift . In 2016, Kaur began portraying Rebecca Yedlin in the second season of the American television series Wayward Pines . She returned for the eighth and final season of Homeland as a series regular in February 2020.

Early life and background

Kaur was born into a Sikh family in Pilani, Rajasthan. [1] [2] [3] Her father Major Bhupinder Singh, SC was an Indian Army officer, and she has a younger sister, Rubina, who is a psychologist based in Bangalore. [4] Her family lived in Patiala, and she studied at Yadavindra Public School, Patiala. In 1994, her father was abducted and killed by Kashmiri Terrorists. [2] Thereafter, her family moved to Delhi-suburb, Noida, where she grew up and attended Delhi Public School, Noida. Later, she studied at Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University and obtained a B.Com Hons in commerce. [1] [5]

After her studies, Kaur moved to Mumbai and worked as a print model. She began working as a theater actress appearing in plays such as Baghdad Wedding (2012), All About Women and Red Sparrow, working with directors like Sunil Shanbag and Manav Kaul. [6]

Career

Early work and debut (2012-2015)

Kaur was launched in a two-part music video for the songs "Tera Mera Pyar" by Kumar Sanu and "Yeh Kya Hua" by Shreya Ghoshal in 2004. The videos were directed by writer-editor Apurva Asrani. [1] [7] She also did TV advertisements. [8]

Kaur made her film debut with a small role in an English film, One Night with the King (2006), which was shot in Rajasthan. Her Hindi film debut came with Peddlers in 2012, produced by Anurag Kashyap. The film was screened at Cannes Film Festival to good reviews. [9]

Kaur came to public attention in India when she appeared in a mid-2013 Dairy Milk Silk commercial. [10]

In 2013, Kaur also came to wider attention with her co-lead role in the epistolary romantic film The Lunchbox , when it aired at the Cannes Film Festival –her second consecutive appearance at Cannes. [11] The film was a commercial and critical success, [12] with Kaur receiving rave reviews for her portrayal of a lonely wife who begins a friendship with a stranger (Irrfan Khan) through letters in a tiffin carrier, (initially) mistakenly delivered to the stranger by a dabbawala. [5] Raja Sen of Rediff.com said of Kaur's performance: "It is a disarmingly natural performance that is impossible to forget and difficult to analyse, and in this limited space one may merely express admiration." [13] Jay Weissberg of Variety called her a "radiant presence", [14] while Pratim D. Gupta of The Telegraph wrote that "Nimrat strips off all the sentimentality to attach dignity and grace to the character. This one's a sparkling debut." [15]

In 2014, Kaur appeared as ISI agent Tasneem Qureishi in the fourth season of the American TV series Homeland . [16] [17]

Career expansion (2016-present)

In 2016, she acted in the war drama Airlift , alongside Akshay Kumar. [2] Based on the civil operation of evacuation of Indians based in Kuwait during the Iraq-Kuwait war, the film was released on 22 January to mostly positive reviews. Rajeev Masand in his review wrote: "For the most part, the film feels authentic, and Nimrat Kaur blends right in. Just a wee bit awkward in the early scenes, she comes into her own by the time she must deliver a scathing monologue during a crisis of faith over her husband's actions." [18] The film was a financial success. [19] Kaur also began portraying Rebecca Yedlin in the second season of the American television series Wayward Pines in 2016. [17] [20]

Kaur in 2018 Nimrat Kaur snapped attending the Lakme Fashion Week 2018 (11).jpg
Kaur in 2018

In 2017, Kaur starred as Captain Shikha Sharma in the Hindi web series The Test Case and received positive response. [17] [21] [22] She returned for the eighth and final season of Homeland as a series regular in February 2020. [17] [23] [24] A Harini Prasad of The New Indian Express commented on her "commendable acting chops" and the "positive response" she has received for her work in the final season. [25]

After a four year hiatus, Kaur co-starred in the 2022 Netflix film Dasvi , playing Haryana's CM alongside Abhishek Bachchan. [26] Grace Cyril of India Today reviewed the film and stated, "Though Nimrat Kaur's character in Dasvi was confusing, she lit up the film with her performance." [27]

In 2023, she portrayed Yanna Seldon in the second season of the science fiction series Foundation . [28] In the same year, she played School counsellor in the web series School of Lies . [29] She played an inspector in Sajini Shinde Ka Viral Video , her final work of the year. [30] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV praised her and said, "It is Nimrat Kaur who saves the day with a solid, admirably consistent performance as the investigator who has much more on her plate than just a case of a missing girl." [31]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2005 Yahaan News Anchor Interviewer
2006 One Night with the King Sarah English film
2010EncounterShort film
2012 Peddlers Kuljeet
Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana Muskaan KhuranaCameo appearance
2013 The Lunchbox IlaNominated— IIFA Award for Best Actress
Nominated— Screen Award for Best Actress 		[32]
2015El'ayichiPaduShort film [33]
2016 Airlift Amrita KatyaalNominated — BIG Zee Most Entertaining Actor in a Thriller Film – Female
2022 Dasvi Bimla "Bimmo" Devi Chaudhary [26]
2023 Sajini Shinde Ka Viral Video Inspector Bela Barot [34]
2024Section 84†TBACompleted [35]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2014; 2020 Homeland Tasneem Qureishi Recurring (season 4)
Main (season 8)		 [36]
2016 Wayward Pines Rebecca YedlinMain (season 2) [37]
2023 Foundation Yanna Seldon Recurring (season 2) [38]

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2016 Love Shots ArshiFilm #1: The Road Trip [39]
2017-2018 The Test Case Capt. Shikha Sharma [21]
2023 School of Lies Nandita Mehra [40]

Music videos

YearTitleSingerRef.
2005Tera Mera Pyar Kumar Sanu [41]
Ye Kya Hua Shreya Ghoshal
2009Chaandan Mein Kailash Kher

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