Konkona Sen Sharma (Actress) age, height, weight, bio, career, and more

Konkona Sen Sharma is a famous Indian actress, writer, and director. She mainly works in Hindi and Bengali films. Konkana also received two National Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards. She is known for being the daughter of filmmaker–actress Aparna Sen. Sen has also acted in mainstream films like Laaga Chunari Mein Daag for which she has received awards.

About Konkona Sen

Early life, family, and education of Konkona Sen Sharma

Konkona Sen Sharma was born on 3 December 1979. Her birthplace is Kolkata, India. Konkona’s father Mukul Sharma was a science writer and journalist. Also, her mother Aparna Sen an actress and film director. Moreover, Konkona has an elder sister, Kamalini Chatterjee. Her maternal grandfather, Chidananda Dasgupta, was a film critic, scholar, professor, writer and one of the co-founders of the Calcutta Film Society. Sen’s grandmother Supriya Dasgupta was a cousin of legendary modern Bengali poet Jibanananda Das. More or less her family was into the acting industry.

She also has a degree in English from St Stephen’s College, Delhi. Konkana was a student of the Modern High School for Girls.

Personal life of Konkona Sen Sharma

In the year 2010, she got married to Ranvir Shorey. However, they decided to part their ways. In 2020, the couple got divorced.

Career

In 1983, Konkona Sen Sharma did her debut in the Bengali movie “Indira”. During this movie, she was just 4 years of age. Konkana made her Tollywood debut movie “Ek He Aachhe Kanya” in 2000. Konkona has established herself as the best actress and also tried her hands-on writing and direction. Sen has also worked alongside her mother in the Bengali movie “Titli.” For this movie, she was honoured with the Kalakaar Award for the best performance. Afterwards, her mother directed a movie named “Mr.& Mrs. Lyer” in which she was featured.

Konkona also appeared in the Bollywood movie “OmKaara.” She also appeared in the Bollywood movie “Page 3” which was her first Hindi movie directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. Next, she appeared in another movie “Life in a ….Metro”. She also appeared in “Laaga Chunari Mein Daagh.” Also, Konkana appeared in the most popular movie “Aaja Nachle.” Konkon Sen Sharma also made an appearance in movies including “The Blue Mug” in 2009. In 2015, she worked on “The Death In The Gunj” as a writer and a director. However, Sen has worked in more than 50 movies and also acted in 9 TV shows including “Picnic”, “Guftagoo”, “Side Hero” and others are worth sharing.

She is best known for appearing in Wake Up Sid along with Ranbir Kapoor. In 2021, she appeared in series Mumbai Diaries 26/11 aired on Amazon Prime. Her upcoming project is movie Bioscope directed by Preetam Mukherjee.

Some exciting facts about Konkona Sen Sharma

• Konkona won the esteemed National Film Award for Best Actress for her English film “Mr. also, Mrs. Iyer.”
• In her adolescence, Konkana was not permitted to watch commercial films.
• Her execution was incorporated into the 2010 issue of the “Best 80 Iconic Performances” by Filmfare.
• Sen is an energetic peruser of puzzle. Also, she likes to read books and her most loved writers are Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie.
• Konkana was only 5 years of age when her folks split.
• In 2006, she made her directorial make a big appearance with an 18-minute Bengali short movie titled Naamkoron (Naming Ceremony) for the Kala Ghoda Film Festival.

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