Wamiqa Gabbi

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Wamiqa Gabbi
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Gabbi in 2024
Born (1993-09-29) 29 September 1993 (age 30)
Chandigarh, India
OccupationActress
Years active2007–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).

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Early life

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]

Career

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.

Filmography

Films

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef.
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
2015Ishq Haazir HaiSimar
Bhale Manchi Roju Sitha Telugu Credited as Vamika
2016 Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam Manoja Tamil
2017 Godha Adithi Singh Malayalam
Nikka Zaildar 2 Saawan KaurPunjabi
2018 Parahuna Maano
2019 Nine EvaMalayalam
Nadhoo KhanPunjabi
Dil Diyan GallanNatasha
Nikka Zaildar 3 Palpreet
Doorbeen
2020GalwakdiAmberdeep Kaur [12]
2021 83 Annu LalHindi
2023 Fursat Diya SrivastavShort film [13]
Kali Jotta AnantPunjabi
Khufiya Charu Ravi MohanHindi [14]
2024Kikli†TBAPunjabiCompleted [15]
Genie †TamilFilming [16]
Baby John †HindiFilming [17] [18]

Television

YearTitleRoleLanguageRef.
2021 Grahan Manjeet Kaur Chhabra / ManuHindi [19]
2022 Mai: A Mother's Rage Supriya Chaudhary [20]
Modern Love: Mumbai Megha [21]
2023 Jubilee Nilofer Qureshi [22]
Modern Love Chennai SamTamil [23]
Charlie Chopra & The Mystery Of Solang Valley Charlie ChopraHindi [24]

Music videos

YearSongSingerMusicLyrics
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 DhariaTarseem Jassar
2021"Kade Kade" Ammy Virk Avvy SraHappy Raikoti
"Tere Laare" Afsana Khan, Amrit Maan Desi CrewHappy Raikoti
2024"Ittefaq" [25] Siddhant Chaturvedi, SaveraOAFF, Savera Siddhant Chaturvedi

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