Mouni Roy was born on 28 September 1985 and is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films and television.
32 Facts About Mouni Roy
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Mouni Roy made her acting debut in 2006, with the TV show Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.
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Mouni Roy is a recipient of various awards including Indian Television Academy Awards and Gold Awards.
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Mouni Roy made her film debut with the Punjabi film Hero Hitler in Love.
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Mouni Roy made her Hindi film debut with Gold, receiving a Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut nomination.
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Mouni Roy was born in Cooch Behar, West Bengal on 28 September 1985 into a Bengali Hindu family.
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Mouni Roy's grandfather, Shekhar Chandra Roy was a well-known Jatra theatre artist.
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Mouni Roy's mother Mukti was a theatre artist, and her father Anil Roy was an office superintendent of the Cooch Behar Zilla Parishad.
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Mouni Roy did her schooling till class 12th from Kendriya Vidyalaya in Baburhat, Cooch Behar and then went to Delhi.
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Mouni Roy took up mass communication at Jamia Milia Islamia at her parents' insistence, but left the course midway and went to Mumbai to try her luck in the Hindi film industry.
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Mouni Roy finished her part 1 exams and did not return to Delhi after that.
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Mouni Roy had an interest in acting since her childhood and cited actresses Madhubala, Madhuri Dixit and Waheeda Rehman as her acting idols.
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Mouni Roy started her career with the Ekta Kapoor drama Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi in 2006, portraying Krishna Tulsi opposite Pulkit Samrat and Akashdeep Saigal.
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Mouni Roy then participated and won the first season of Zara Nachke Dikha.
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In 2011, Mouni Roy starred in the Punjabi film Hero Hitler in Love.
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Mouni Roy attained fame after playing the role of Sati in Life OK's mythological series Devon Ke Dev.
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In 2014, Mouni Roy participated in the dance reality show on Colors Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa in its seventh season along with Punit Pathak.
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In 2015, Mouni Roy returned to television with Ekta Kapoor's supernatural series Naagin, playing the role of Shivanya.
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Mouni Roy became one of the players of Bijlani's team Mumbai Tigers in Box Cricket League.
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Mouni Roy played a double role in Season 2 of Naagin, with Karanvir Bohra playing the male lead.
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In 2016, Mouni Roy voiced the role of Sita in the animated film Mahayoddha Rama.
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In 2018, Mouni Roy made her full-fledged Hindi film debut alongside Akshay Kumar in Gold directed by Reema Kagti.
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Mouni Roy took Gujarati lessons for the film in which she enacted a disturbed housewife.
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Mouni Roy was slated to play the female lead in Nawazuddin Siddiqui-starrer Bole Chudiyan, but she quit after clashes with the filmmakers.
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Mouni Roy will be making a guest appearance in Vikas Bahl's Ganpath: Part One, and has been reportedly signed as the leading lady in Sanjay Gupta's sports drama, opposite Harshvardhan Rane and Meezaan Jafri, and Milan Luthria's web series based on Arnab Ray's book Sultan of Delhi: Ascension, featuring Tahir Raj Bhasin and Neha Sharma.
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Mouni Roy has been awarded the UAE golden visa due to her frequent visits to the country.
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Mouni Roy has established herself as one of the most popular and highest paid television actress in India.
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Mouni Roy has frequently featured on Times' 50 Most Desirable Women list.
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Mouni Roy ranked 35th in 2017,32nd in 2018,41st in 2019 and 44th in 2020.
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Mouni Roy was placed 3rd in Times 20 Most Desirable Women on TV list of 2017.
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Mouni Roy donated to the Iskcon Foundation, for medical facilities in Mayapur in 2021.
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In March 2023, Mouni Roy performed in various cities in the United States for "The Entertainers" tour, alongside Akshay Kumar, Disha Patani, Nora Fatehi, Sonam Bajwa, Aparshakti Khurana, Stebin Ben and Zahrah S Khan.