Sapna Pabbi

Sapna Pabbi
Pabbi in 2019
Born	(1988-12-20) 20 December 1988 (age 36) London, England
Occupation(s)	Actress, Model
Years active	2012–present

Sapna Pabbi (born 20 December 1988) is a British actress and model known for her work as Kiran Rathod in the Indian television series 24 and the Hindi films, Khamoshiyan and Drive . ^[1]

Early life

Pabbi was born on 20 December 1988. ^[2] in London, United Kingdom ^[3] into a Hindu-Punjabi family. She studied Finance in Aston University, Birmingham. ^[4] Pabbi is of Indian Punjabi descent. ^[5]

Career

At the age of 22, whilst studying at Aston University in Birmingham, Pabbi was chosen as the face of Trinny and Susannah. ^[6] Pabbi has appeared in Ghar Aaja Pardesi as Rudrani, and as Kiran Rathod in 24. ^[7] Pabbi has also appeared in commercials, such as the Galaxy Chocolate ad alongside Arjun Rampal, the Pepsi ad with Virat Kohli and the Fair and Lovely ad alongside Yami Gautam. Pabbi has also acted in a co-production between Vishesh Films and Fox Star Studios, Khamoshiyan , directed by debutant Karan Darra opposite Ali Fazal and Gurmeet Chaudhary. ^{[8] [9]}

Filmography

Films

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2015	Khamoshiyan	Meera Sharma Dhanrajgir	Hindi
2018	Tholi Prema	Sunaina	Telugu	Cameo appearance
	Mar Gaye Oye Loko	Simran	Punjabi
2019	Sepia	Kaavya Prabhakar	Hindi	Short film
	Ardaas Karaan	Sukhdeep	Punjabi
	Drive	Naina Sethi	Hindi
2023	Sergeant	Monica		Releasing on JioCinema	[10]
2025	Sardaar Ji 3		Punjabi
	Bandar		Hindi	Monkey in a Cage at TIFF	[11] [12]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	Ghar Aaja Pardesi	Rudrani
	24	Kiran Jai Singh Rathod
2016	24: Season 2

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016-2018	The Trip	Sanjana	2 Seasons	[13] [14]
2018	Breathe	Ria Ganguly		[15]
	The Reunion	Aarya Singh		[16]
2019	Bombers	Andy
	Four More Shots Please!	Akanksha Moitra	Season 1
2019-2021	Inside Edge	Mantra Patil	Season 2,3
2022	London Files	Ashwini
	Never Kiss Your Best Friend 2	Alisha		[17]
2023	United Kacche	Daisy Patel

References

1. "Sapna Pabbi on Drive: Grateful to have a Netflix film in my kitty". Cinema Express . 5 November 2019.
2. "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
3. "The Reunion actor Sapna Pabbi: We are still missing female-oriented comedies". The Indian Express. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
4. "Vitamin C is my magical ingredient: Sapna Pabbi". Hindustan Times. 4 April 2019. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
5. "When Sapna Pabbi Told Her Family That She's Doing A Punjabi Movie - Read Inside". Ghaint Punjab. Archived from the original on 21 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
6. McKinney, Emma (30 October 2008). "Wearing it well for TV fashion duo". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
7. Agarwal, Stuti (20 March 2013). "Sonam Kapoor replaced by Sapna Pabbi in 24?". The Times of India . Retrieved 13 May 2014.
8. "Anil Kapoor's daughter signs 3-film deal with Bhatt camp". Yahoo. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
9. "Gurmeet Choudhary's KHAMOSHIYAN goes on-floors on Mukesh Bhatt's birthday today". 5 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
10. "Randeep Hooda unveils cop-drama 'Sergeant' official teaser". The Times of India . ANI. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
11. "Sanya Malhotra & Bobby Deol begin shooting for Anurag Kashyap's next". Filmfare . 21 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
12. D'Alessandro, Anthony (21 July 2025). "TIFF Galas & Presentations: World Premieres 'Good Fortune', 'Nuremberg', Sydney Sweeney Pic 'Christy', Angelina Jolie 'Couture'; North American Debuts Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein', Dwayne Johnson 'Smashing Machine'". Deadline . Retrieved 10 August 2025.
13. "Sapna Pabbi's first look as Sanjana in Bindaas 'The Trip' - Times of India". The Times of India. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
14. "Check out Mallika Dua, Shweta Tripathi, Sapna Pabbi and Amyra Dastur's latest pictures from 'The Trip 2'". DNA India. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
15. "Sapna Pabbi says working with Amit Sadh, Madhavan in 'Breathe' was great fun- News Nation". Newsnation.in. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
16. "The Reunion actor Sapna Pabbi: We are still missing female-oriented comedies". The Indian Express. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
17. "Never Kiss Your Best Friend 2 trailer: Nakuul Mehta-Anya Singh return to explore romance and its complications in new season". The Indian Express. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2022.

External links

• Sapna Pabbi at IMDb
• Sapna Pabbi on Twitter