Dipannita Sharma (born 2 November 1979) is an Indian actress and model.

Career

Sharma came into the limelight after making it to the final five of the Miss India 1998 contest. She also won 'Miss Photogenic' title in the same contest. She has walked the ramp for all major designers in the country and for international design houses such as Valentino &

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in India. She was the worldwide face of the press campaign for Breguet watches and jewellery for 5 years. She has endorsed and been the face of several skin care brands in India such as

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and

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soap. She has also hosted television shows, been a judge on a fashion based show on

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- MTV making the cut and acted in the lead role on a show called ''Life Nahi Hai Laddoo'' before making her film debut with the 2002 Bollywood film ''

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Personal life

Dipannita was born in the Oil India Limited colony town of

Duliajan Duliajan is an industrial town of Dibrugarh district in the Indian state of Assam located in the upper north-east corner of India. The town is about 45 km east of Dibrugarh City. It is particularly known for its oil related industry, Oil In ...

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. Her father was a doctor in the O.I.L. Hospital. She studied in the Holy Child School Guwahati till her ninth standard, and pursued the rest of her school academics from St. Mary's school, Naharkatia. She later graduated in

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from Indraprastha College for Women,

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. Dipannita is married to Delhi entrepreneur Dilsher Singh Atwal, a third generation businessman, and who is into his family business of mining, and lives in

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, India. Her younger sister is a television actress

Arunima Sharma Arunima Sharma (born 23 August 1981) is an Indian actress, who is mostly known for playing Rano Bali in the soap opera on Zee TV, ''Kasamh Se''. The character Rano is one of the three female leads and the youngest sister of protagonist Bani Wal ...

who is best known for her role as Rano in the soap opera

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Filmography

Films

Shows/Short films/Web series

Music videos

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharma, Dipannita Female models from Assam Indian film actresses Actresses in Assamese cinema Actresses in Hindi cinema Living people 1976 births People from Dibrugarh district Indraprastha College for Women alumni Actresses from Assam Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi participants