Konkona Sen Sharma wallpapers & Biography
Konkana Sen Sharma Bengali: born 3 December 1979 is an Indian actress and film producer who works primarily in Bengali and Hindi films. She has received several awards, including two National Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards. The daughter of Aparna Sen, she is primarily known for her work in independent films in addition to mainstream films.
Sen Sharma, who made her debut as a child actor in Indira (1983), played her first leading role as an adult in the Bengali thriller Ek Je Aachhe Kanya (2000). She gained attention with the English-language film Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002), directed by her mother, for which she received the National Film Award for Best Actress. She debuted in Hindi cinema with the drama Page 3 (2005), and won two consecutive Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in the dramas Omkara (2006) and Life in a... Metro (2007), the former of which also won her the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Her other notable films during this period include 15 Park Avenue (2005), Dosar (2006), Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007), Luck by Chance (2009), Wake Up Sid (2009) and Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? (2010).
Sen Sharma achieved further success with lead roles in Ek Thi Daayan (2013), Goynar Baksho (2014), Talvar (2015) and Lipstick Under My Burkha (2017). She made her directorial debut with the drama A Death in the Gunj (2017), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director. She also received praise for starring in the anthology film Ajeeb Dastaan (2021) and directing a segment in Lust Stories 2 (2023). In 2022, Sharma was named in Outlook India's list of "75 Best Bollywood Actresses".
Early life
Konkona Sen Sharma was born on 3 December 1979. Her father Mukul Sharma was a science writer and journalist and her mother Aparna Sen is an actress and film director. She has an elder sister Kamalini Chatterjee. Sen Sharma's maternal grandfather Chidananda Dasgupta was a film critic, scholar, professor, writer and one of the co-founders of the Calcutta Film Society. Her grandmother Supriya Dasgupta was a cousin of the great modern Bengali poet Jibanananda Das.
Sen Sharma earned a bachelor's degree in English from St. Stephen's College, Delhi in 2001. She was a student of Modern High School for Girls.
Personal life
Sen Sharma began dating actor and co-star Ranvir Shorey in 2007. The couple married in a private ceremony on 3 September 2010. The Times of India reported that Sen Sharma gave birth to her first child, Haroon Shorey, on 15 March 2011 at a hospital in South Mumbai. Sen Sharma and Shorey announced their separation in September 2015. They still remain amicable and share custody of their son. The couple finally divorced on 13 August 2020.
In March 2022, Sen Sharma identified herself as gender-neutral, saying: "I don't see myself as a woman. I consider myself completely neutral. Gender is a taught concept that I don't relate to
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