Vidya Balan
Birthday: 1979-01-01 | Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaVidya Balan (born January 1, 1979) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. After appearing in the television sitcom *Hum Paanch* (1995) and the Bengali independent film *Bhalo Theko* (2003), she made her Hindi feature debut in the musical drama *Parineeta* (2005), winning the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Her subsequent releases included *Lage Raho Munna Bhai* (2006), *Guru* (2007), and the psychological comedy thriller *Bhool Bhulaiyaa* (2007). Balan earned the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the comedy drama *Paa* (2009), followed by the black comedy *Ishqiya* (2010), for which she won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress. For her portrayal of Silk in the biographical drama *The Dirty Picture* (2011), she won the National Film Award for Best Actress and the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. She earned a third Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the mystery thriller *Kahaani* (2012). Her credits during this period included *No One Killed Jessica* (2011), *Kahaani 2* (2016), and *Tumhari Sulu* (2017), which earned her a fourth Filmfare Award for Best Actress. In 2019, Balan expanded into South Indian cinema with the two-part biographical drama *N.T.R: Kathanayakudu* and *N.T.R: Mahanayakudu*, and appeared in the Tamil release *Nerkonda Paarvai* and *Mission Mangal*. Her subsequent projects included the biographical drama *Shakuntala Devi* (2020), *Sherni* (2021), *Jalsa* (2022), *Neeyat* (2023), *Do Aur Do Pyaar* (2024), and *Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3* (2024). In 2026, she appeared in the historical drama *Raja Shivaji* and *The Last Tenant*.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Tajul Mukkhidarat Haji Badi Sahiba
as Kavya
as Mallika / Manjulika
as Mira Rao
as Maya Menon
as Vidya Vincent
as Shakuntala Devi
as Surekha
as Basavatarakam
as Basavatarakam
as Kalyani Bharath
as Tara Shinde
as Narrator (English)
as Begum Jaan
as Sulochana "Sulu" Dubey
as Geeta Bali
as Sarita Sharma
as Vidya Sinha / Durga Rani Singh
as Vasudha Prasad
as Bobby
as Trisha Roy
as Draupadi (voice)
as Neetu Athray
as Vidya Bagchi
as Cameo as Mrs Kamath
as Makkom / Bhumika
as Reshma / Silk
as Sabrina Lal
