Tillotama Shome | |
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| Born | 25 June 1979 [1] Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Kunal Ross (m. 2015) |
Tillotama Shome (born 25 June 1979) is an Indian actress. Known for her work in several independent film productions. In 2021, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics) for portraying a praiseworthy role of a house maid in the film Sir at the 66th Filmfare Awards.
Shome was born in Kolkata to Anupam and Baisakhi Shome. [3] Shome grew up all over India since her father was with the Indian Air Force. [4]
Shome went to Delhi's Lady Shri Ram College and joined Arvind Gaur's Asmita theatre group. [5] She moved to New York in the autumn of 2004 for a master's program in educational theatre at New York University, where she remained until visiting Mumbai on holiday in February 2008. Thereafter, she took up residence in Mumbai and after completing some outstanding projects in New York, she returned to India in May 2008. [6] In New York, she also taught theatre to murder convicts at a high security US prison. [7] [8]
She made her film debut as Alice in Mira Nair's feature film Monsoon Wedding , [9] and played Deepa in Shadows of Time ( Schatten der Zeit ), directed by Florian Gallenberger. She played a nun in the Australian film The Waiting City by Claire McCarthy. [7] Italo Spinelli's Gangor, based on Mahashweta Devi's novel, had her play a social worker. [10] She also worked in Qaushiq Mukherjee's Tasher Desh . [11] She played Mrs. Ahmadi in the Hindi political thriller film Shanghai directed by Dibakar Banerjee. About her performance in Shanghai Rediff wrote "Shome created one of this year's most heartbreaking performances in a Hindi film". [12]
Her other roles have included Lara in Little Box of Sweets (directed by Meneka Das), [13] Jaya in Long After (short film, directed by Afia Nathaniel) and Miraal in Butterfly (directed by Tanuj Chopra).
Her performance as a girl who is raised as a boy in Qissa won her the best actress title in the New Horizons Competition of the seventh Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF). She shared the title with Norwegian actress Julia Wildschutt. [14]
Shome is married to Kunal Ross, the nephew of Jaya Bachchan, thus making her the niece-in-law of Jaya and Amitabh Bachchan.[ citation needed ]
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Monsoon Wedding | Alice | Hindi, English | |
| 2003 | Butterfly | Miraal | English | Short Film |
| 2004 | Shadows of Time | Deepa | Bengali | |
| 2006 | Long After | Jaya | English | Short Film |
| Little Box of Sweets | Lara | English | ||
| 2009 | Boond | Jeevni | Hindi | Short Film |
| The Waiting City | Sister Tessila | English | ||
| Zamir and Preeti: A Love Story | Preeti | English | Short Film | |
| Clap Clap | Leena | English | Short Film | |
| 2010 | Gangor | Medha | English, Bengali | |
| 2011 | Turning 30 | Malini Roy | Hindi | |
| 2012 | Shanghai | Aruna Ahmedi | Hindi | |
| Tasher Desh | Queen | Bengali | ||
| 2013 | Sahasi Chori | Radha | Nepali | Short Film |
| Aatma | Vaishali Sinha | Hindi | ||
| Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost | Kanwar | Punjabi | ||
| 2014 | The Letters | Kavitha Singh | English | |
| Sold | Bimla | English | ||
| Children of War | Bhitika | Hindi | [15] | |
| Nayantara's Necklace | Alka | Hindi | Short Film | |
| 2015 | Ludo | Shaman | Bengali | |
| 2016 | Budhia Singh – Born to Run | Sukanti | Hindi | |
| 2017 | A Death in the Gunj | Bonnie Bakshi | English, Hindi, Bengali | |
| Hindi Medium | Education Consultant | Hindi | ||
| The Song of Scorpions | Lady of The Night | Hindi | ||
| Union Leader | Geeta | Hindi | ||
| Kadvi Hawa | Parvati | Hindi | ||
| 2018 | Manto | Prostitute | Hindi | |
| Sir | Ratna | Hindi, Marathi | ||
| 2019 | India's Got Colour | Herself | Hindi | Music Video |
| Raahgir – The Wayfarers | Nathuni | Hindi | ||
| 2020 | Dheet Patangey | Devi | Hindi | |
| Angrezi Medium | Immigration Consultant | Hindi | ||
| Chintu Ka Birthday | Sudha Tiwary | Hindi | ||
| 2021 | Deep6 | Mitul | Bengali | |
| 2023 | Lust Stories 2 | Ishita | Hindi | Segment: The Mirror |
| 2024 | The Fable | TBA | Hindi |
| Year | Show | Role | Language | Platform | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Futurestates | Syama | English | – | Episode: Pia |
| 2014 | Monsoon Baby | Shanti | German | – | TV Movie |
| 2016 | Love Shots | Nidhi | Hindi | Amazon Prime Video | Episode: Fired |
| 2020 | Mentalhood | Preeti | Hindi | ALTBalaji and ZEE5 | 10 episodes |
| 2022 | Delhi Crime | Lata Solanki/Karishma | Hindi | Netflix | 5 episodes |
| 2023 | The Night Manager | Lipika Saikia Rao | Hindi | Disney+ Hotstar | 7 episodes |
| Tooth Pari: When Love Bites | Meera | Hindi | Netflix | 8 episodes | |
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| Year | Award | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2018 | Filmfare Awards | A Death in the Gunj | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | [16] |
| 2021 | Sir | Best Actress (Critics) | Won | [17] | |
| 2023 | Filmfare OTT Awards | The Night Manager | Best Supporting Actress – Drama | Nominated | [18] [19] |
| Delhi Crime | Won | ||||
| 2018 | FOI Online Awards | A Death in the Gunj | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated | [20] |
| Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast | Won | ||||
| 2021 | Sir | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Won | [21] | |
| 2018 | Indian Film Festival of Melbourne | Sir | Best Actress | Nominated | [22] |
| 2023 | Delhi Crime | Best Actress in a Series | Nominated | [23] | |
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