Shimla | |
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শিমলা | |
Born | Shamsun Nahar Shimla 4 December 1982 |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1999–present |
Spouse | Palash Ahmed (m. 2018;div. 2018) |
Awards | National Film Award [1] |
Shamsun Nahar Shimla (known as Shimla; born 4 December 1982) [2] is a Bangladeshi film actress. [3] She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress for her debut film Madam Fuli (1999). [4]
Shimla originated from a small town of Jhenaidah. [5] She debuted in acting through her performance in the film Madam Fuli (1999). [6]
Shimla was married to Palash Ahmed for eight months in 2018. Ahmed was involved in an attempt of aircraft hijacking incident in 2019 in which he was killed in a commando operation. Shimla met him in a birthday party of the director of the film Naiar (2017). [7]
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