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Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut

Acting1987Bhambla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Biography

Kangana Ranaut is an Indian film actress. She has established a career in Bollywood and is one of the highest-paid actresses in India. Ranaut is particularly known in the media for expressing her honest opinions in public and is frequently credited as one of the most fashionable Indian celebrities. She is the recipient of several awards, including three National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards in four categories.

Ranaut made her feature film debut in the 2006 thriller Gangster, for which she was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She received praise for portraying emotionally intense characters in the dramas Woh Lamhe (2006), Life in a... Metro (2007) and Fashion (2008). For the last of these, she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Filmfare Award in the same category.

In 2015, Ranaut portrayed a dual role in Tanu Weds Manu Returns, the most successful Bollywood film featuring a female protagonist, for which she won a Filmfare Critics Award and a second consecutive National Film Award for Best Actress.

Acting History

2025
Emergency
as Indira Gandhi
Indian Idol
TVas Self1 eps
Emergency
Director
Emergency
Producer
2023
2020
Panga
as Jaya Nigam
2019
2017
Simran
as Praful Patel
The Kapil Sharma Show
TVas Self4 eps
Simran
Story
2015
Katti Batti
as Payal Ahuja
Tanu Weds Manu: Returns
as Tanuja 'Tanu' Trivedi / Kumari 'Kusum' 'Datto' Sangwan
2014
Revolver Rani
as Alka Singh
Queen
as Rani (Queen)
Queen
Dialogue
2013
Rajjo
as Rajjo
Krrish 3
as Kaya
Shootout at Wadala
as Vidya Joshi
Comedy Nights with Kapil
TVas Self2 eps
2012
Tezz
as Nikita Malhotra
2011
Tanu Weds Manu
as Tanuja "Tanu" Trivedi
Ready
as Kiran
Rascals
as Kushi
Double Dhamaal
as Kiya Nayak
Miley Naa Miley Hum
as Anishka Srivastava
Game
as Sia Agnihotri
2010
Kites
as Gina (Special Appearance)
Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai
as Rehana Shergill
No Problem
as Sanjana
Knock Out
as Nidhi Srivastava
Koffee with Karan
TVas Self2 eps
2008
Fashion
as Shonali Gujral
Dhaam Dhoom
as Shenba
2006
Woh Lamhe
as Sana Azim
Gangster
as Simran

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
3/20/1987(38 years old)
Place of Birth
Bhambla, Himachal Pradesh, India