Konkana Sen Walks For Arshiya Fakih At LFW 2007

Konkana Sen Sharma Profile

Name - Konkana Sen Sharma

Nickname - Koko

Born - 3 December, 1979, Calcutta, India

Zodiac Sign - Sagittarius

Mother - actress Aparna Sen

Father - journalist Mukul Sharma and stepfather Kalyan Ray

Siblings - sister Kamalini Chatterjee

Marital status - single

Education - Modern High School for Girls, Calcutta and Calcutta International School, St Stephens College, Delhi

Other facts - she is an winner of National Award

Occupation - bollywood actress

Debut Film - Ek Je Aache Kanya

Languages - bengali, hindi, english

Konkana Sen Sharma Biography

Konkona Sen Sharma (born 3 December 1979 in New Delhi, India) is an acclaimed National Award winning Indian actress. She is the daughter of acclaimed film director Aparna Sen.

Sharma, who made her debut as a child artist in the film Indira (1983), made her adult debut in Ek Je Aachhe Kanya (2000). She gained attention with the English film Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002), and received the coveted National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film. Her appearance in the film Page 3 (2005) gave her a wide recognition. Since then, she has starred in a number of films, most of which have been more critically then commercially successful. In 2007, she won her first Filmfare Award under the Best Supporting Actress category for her performance in Omkara (2006), and had her first commercial success with Life in a... Metro.

Konkona has a degree in English from St. Stephen's College, Delhi which she received in 2001. She was a student of the Modern High School for Girls, Calcutta, as well as the Calcutta International School.

She made her debut as a child artist in the film Indira. She became a known face when she starred in the film Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, directed by her mother. The film was a multiplex success and was a favourite with the critics. Konkona's performance as a Tamil housewife got her the National Film Award for Best Actress.

This was followed by the critically acclaimed film, Page 3 (2005); the film was an average performer at the box office. Her role drew a lot of praise and she became a more familiar face to the movie going public. She won the Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut for her first act in commercial cinema.