Wamiqa Gabbi | |
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Born | Chandigarh, India | 29 September 1993
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2007–present |
Wamiqa Gabbi (born 29 September 1993) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Punjabi and Hindi films and series. She made her screen debut with a minor role in the Hindi film Jab We Met (2007). She had success as a leading lady in Punjabi films such as Tu Mera 22 Main Tera 22 (2013), Ishq Brandy (2014), Godha (2017), Nikka Zaildar 2 (2017), Parahuna (2018), and Nikka Zaildar 3 (2019). Gabbi has since starred in the Hindi series Modern Love: Mumbai (2022), Jubilee (2023), and Charlie Chopra & The Mystery Of Solang Valley (2023), and film Khufiya (2023).
Gabbi was born in a Punjabi family in Chandigarh on 29 September 1993. [1] [2] [3] Her father Govardhan Gabbi is an author and writes in Hindi and Punjabi languages, who uses Gabbi as a pseudonym. [4] [5]
She is a trained Kathak dancer. Her big break came with the Punjabi film with Yo Yo Honey Singh and Amrinder Gill, Tu Mera 22 Mai Tera 22 . She went on to star in two other Punjabi films Ishq Brandy and Ishq Haazir Hai as a co-star to actor Diljit Dosanjh.
She gave her first female lead role as Tanisha in Sixteen . She starred as the lead actress in the Telugu film, Bhale Manchi Roju as the female lead.
Gabbi starred as the female lead in a Tamil film, Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam (2016). [6] She was the female lead in the Malayalam film, Godha , alongside Tovino Thomas. [7] In March 2017, Wamiqa signed onto a new Tamil film, Iravaakaalam, directed by Ashwin Saravanan, also starring Sshivada and S. J. Surya. [8] Wamiqa played the lead role in 9 , also starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Mamta Mohandas. [9] Wamiqa starred as the female lead opposite Ishaan Khattar in the short film, Fursat, directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, which released in early 2023. She was cast in Bharadwaj's Khufiya , which was released in October the same year on Netflix. She also played Niloufer in the Amazon original series, Jubilee , which also released in April 2023.
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
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2007 | Jab We Met | Geet's and Roop's cousin | Hindi | ||
2009 | Love Aaj Kal | [10] | |||
2011 | Mausam | Lala Durgadas's daughter | [11] | ||
2012 | Bittoo Boss | Mrinalini's sister | |||
2013 | Sixteen | Tanisha | |||
Tu Mera 22 Main Tera 22 | Nikky | Punjabi | |||
2014 | Ishq Brandy | Kimmi | |||
2015 | Ishq Haazir Hai | Simar | |||
Bhale Manchi Roju | Sitha | Telugu | Credited as Vamika | ||
2016 | Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam | Manoja | Tamil | ||
2017 | Godha | Adithi Singh | Malayalam | ||
Nikka Zaildar 2 | Saawan Kaur | Punjabi | |||
2018 | Parahuna | Maano | |||
2019 | Nine | Eva | Malayalam | ||
Nadhoo Khan | Punjabi | ||||
Dil Diyan Gallan | Natasha | ||||
Nikka Zaildar 3 | Palpreet | ||||
Doorbeen | |||||
2020 | Galwakdi | Amberdeep Kaur | [12] | ||
2021 | 83 | Annu Lal | Hindi | ||
2023 | Fursat | Diya Srivastav | Short film | [13] | |
Kali Jotta | Anant | Punjabi | |||
Khufiya | Charu Ravi Mohan | Hindi | [14] | ||
2024 | Kikli† | TBA | Punjabi | Completed | [15] |
Genie † | Tamil | Filming | [16] | ||
Baby John † | Hindi | Filming | [17] [18] |
Year | Title | Role | Language | Ref. |
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2021 | Grahan | Manjeet Kaur Chhabra / Manu | Hindi | [19] |
2022 | Mai: A Mother's Rage | Supriya Chaudhary | [20] | |
Modern Love: Mumbai | Megha | [21] | ||
2023 | Jubilee | Nilofer Qureshi | [22] | |
Modern Love Chennai | Sam | Tamil | [23] | |
Charlie Chopra & The Mystery Of Solang Valley | Charlie Chopra | Hindi | [24] |
Year | Song | Singer | Music | Lyrics |
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2017 | "Manak Di Kali" | Ranjit Bawa | Jatinder Shah | Harpreet Singh Shahpur |
"Angreji Wali Madam" | Kulwinder Billa, Shipra Goyal | Dr Zeus | Shivjot | |
2018 | "Teri Khamiyan" | Akhil | B Praak | Jaani |
"100 Percent" | Garry Sandhu | Dr Zeus | Garry Sandhu | |
2020 | "Kajla" | Tarsem Jassar | Pav Dharia | Tarseem Jassar |
2021 | "Kade Kade" | Ammy Virk | Avvy Sra | Happy Raikoti |
"Tere Laare" | Afsana Khan, Amrit Maan | Desi Crew | Happy Raikoti | |
2024 | "Ittefaq" [25] | Siddhant Chaturvedi, Savera | OAFF, Savera | Siddhant Chaturvedi |
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