Aditi Rao Hydari
Birthday: 1978-10-28 | Place of Birth: Hyderabad, Telangana, IndiaAditi Rao Hydari (born 28 October 1978) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam films. She began her acting career with the Malayalam film *Prajapathi* (2006) and appeared in the Tamil film *Sringaram* (2007). Hydari made her Hindi film debut in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's *Delhi-6* (2009). She won the Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Sudhir Mishra's thriller *Yeh Saali Zindagi* (2011). Her other Hindi films from the 2010s include the musical *Rockstar* (2011), the romantic thriller *Murder 3* (2013), the action thriller *Wazir* (2016), and the romantic drama *Fitoor* (2016). She played Queen Mehrunisa in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's historical film *Padmaavat* (2018), earning the IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress. Hydari returned to Tamil cinema with Mani Ratnam's romantic drama *Kaatru Veliyidai* (2017), earning the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Tamil. Her other South Indian films include the Telugu romantic drama *Sammohanam* (2018), Mani Ratnam's Tamil film *Chekka Chivantha Vaanam* (2018), the Malayalam musical romance *Sufiyum Sujatayum* (2020), and the Telugu action drama *Maha Samudram* (2021). Hydari played the film star Sumitra Kumari in Vikramaditya Motwane's period drama series *Jubilee* (2023), earning the ITA Award for Best Actress (OTT). She portrayed Bibbojaan in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's series *Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar* (2024).
Known For
Acting
Role
as Gayatri
as Bibbo
as Sumitra Kumari
as Mouna
as Mahalakshmi
as Nusrat
as Priya Sharma (segment 'Geeli Pucchi')
as Young Sardar / Rupinder Kaur
as Dahini
as Saheba
as Sujatha
as Chandani
as Mehrunissa
as Parvathi
as Riya
as Sameera
as Bhoomi
as Dr. Leela
as Draupadi
as Ruhana Ali
as Varsha Shukla
as Young Hazrat
as Baby
as Kiara
as Ankita
as Roshni
as Lalitha Krishnan
as Shanti
as Sheena
