Tillotama Shome

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Tillotama Shome
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Shome in 2025
Born (1979-06-25) 25 June 1979 (age 45)
OccupationActress
Spouse
Kunal Ross
(m. 2015)

Tillotama Shome (born 25 June 1980 [1] ) is an Indian actress known primarily for her work in independent films. She began acting with a supporting role in Mira Nair's film Monsoon Wedding (2001). She won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for playing the lead role of a housemaid in the drama film Sir (2018). Shome has also starred in the films A Death in the Gunj (2017) and Lust Stories 2 (2023), as well as the television series Delhi Crime (2022), The Night Manager (2023), and Paatal Lok (2025).

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Early life

Shome was born in Kolkata to Anupam and Baisakhi Shome. [2] Shome grew up all over India since her father was with the Indian Air Force. [3]

Career

Shome went to Delhi's Lady Shri Ram College and joined Arvind Gaur's Asmita theatre group. [4] 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. [5] In New York, she also taught theatre to murder convicts at a high security US prison. [6] [7]

She made her film debut as Alice in Mira Nair's feature film Monsoon Wedding , [8] 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. [6] Italo Spinelli's Gangor, based on Mahashweta Devi's novel, had her play a social worker. [9] She also worked in Qaushiq Mukherjee's Tasher Desh . [10] 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". [11]

Her other roles have included Lara in Little Box of Sweets (directed by Meneka Das), [12] 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. [13]

Personal life

Shome is married to Kunal Ross, the nephew of Jaya Bachchan, thus making her the niece-in-law of Jaya and Amitabh Bachchan. [14] [15]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2001 Monsoon Wedding Alice Hindi, English
2003ButterflyMiraal English Short film
2004 Shadows of Time Deepa Bengali
2006Long AfterJaya English Short film
Little Box of SweetsLara English
2009BoondJeevni Hindi Short film
The Waiting City Sister Tessila English
Zamir and Preeti: A Love StoryPreeti English Short film
Clap ClapLeena English Short film
2010 Gangor Medha English, Bengali
2011 Turning 30 Malini Roy Hindi
2012 Shanghai Aruna Ahmedi Hindi
Tasher Desh Queen Bengali
2013Sahasi ChoriRadha 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 [16]
Nayantara's NecklaceAlka Hindi Short film
2015LudoShaman 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
2019India's Got ColourHerself Hindi Music video
Raahgir – The Wayfarers Nathuni Hindi
2020Dheet PatangeyDevi 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 RadhaHindi
2025 Shadowbox (Baksho Bondi)MayaBengaliIt will be screened in Perspectives at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2025. [17]

Television

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2010FuturestatesSyama English Episode: Pia
2014 Monsoon Baby Shanti German TV Movie
2016Love ShotsNidhi Hindi Episode: Fired
2020 Mentalhood Preeti10 episodes
2022 Delhi Crime Lata Solanki/KarishmaSeason 2; 5 episodes
2023 The Night Manager Lipika Saikia Rao7 episodes
Tooth Pari: When Love Bites Meera8 episodes
2024 Kota Factory: Season 3 Pooja Agarwal (Pooja Didi)5 episodes
Tribhuvan Mishra: CA Topper Bindi Jain9 episodes
2025 Paatal Lok Meghna Barua Hindi, Nagamese Season 2; 8 episodes

Awards and nominations

YearAwardNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2018 Filmfare Awards A Death in the Gunj Best Supporting Actress Nominated [18]
2021 Sir Best Actress (Critics) Won [19]
2023 Filmfare OTT Awards The Night Manager Best Supporting Actress – DramaNominated [20] [21]
Delhi Crime Won
2018 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne Sir Best ActressNominated [22]
2023 Delhi Crime Best Actress in a SeriesNominated [23]

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