Amrita Puri (born 20 August 1983) is an Indian actress who mainly works in

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films and web shows. She made her acting debut with the romantic comedy-drama ''

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'' (2010), which earned her the Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance – Female and also received

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nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She had her first commercial success with the 2013 buddy sports drama ''

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''. Puri received ITA Award for Best Actress Drama nomination, for her portrayal in the television show '' P.O.W. - Bandi Yuddh Ke'' (2016-2017). She has since appeared in the web series, ''

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'' (2019), ''

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'' (2021), ''Ranjish Hi Sahi'' (2022) and the film '' Neeyat'' (2023).

Early life

Amrita Puri was born on Saturday, 20 August 1983 in

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. Her father

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, has been the MD of

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. She has a brother named Amit Puri. Puri said in an interview that after her graduation, her father made her work with O&M as a copywriter for a year.

Career

Puri started her career through writing and doing theatre. Puri made her Bollywood film debut with

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's ''Aisha'' in 2010. The ensemble romantic comedy-drama, co-starring

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, Anand Tiwari,

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and

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, saw Puri portray Shefali Thakur, a friend of Kapoor's eponymous lead. The film proved to be a semi-hit at the box-office and earned Puri two nominations at the

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– Best Female Debut and Best Supporting Actress. After the moderate response of ''Aisha'', Puri appeared opposite

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in Vishal Mahadkar's directorial debut—the crime thriller ''Blood Money'' (2012)—in which she portrayed the wife of Khemu's character. Puri next appeared in

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's buddy drama ''

'' (2013) alongside

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and

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. An adaptation of the novel '' The 3 Mistakes of My Life'', she was cast as Vidya Bhatt, a district level cricketer's younger sister who falls in love with his best friend. Puri made her television debut with the series ''

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'' in 2015 in which she had an episodic role. In 2016, she portrayed the lead role of Harleen Kaur opposite

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in the series '' P.O.W. - Bandi Yuddh Ke'' that aired on

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and ended in 2017. In 2019, she was a part of two web series – ''

'' as Kavya Arora and ''Made In Heaven'' as Devyani Singh. In 2021, she played the role of Maeher Saluja in the family drama short film ''Clean'' which premiered on Amazon Mini and received critical acclaim for her performance. In 2022, she played the lead role of Anju Bhatt in the web series '' Ranjish Hi Sahi'' on

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along with

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and

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. In 2023, she played a businessman's assistant in

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's mystery thriller '' Neeyat''. In March 2025, she will feature alongside

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in Sooraj R. Barjatya's romantic comedy '' Bade Bhaiyya Ki Dulhania''.

Personal life

Puri got engaged to her long time restaurateur boyfriend Imrun Sethi in November 2016. Puri married Sethi in an intimate

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ceremony in

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, on 11 November 2017.

Filmography

Films

Television

Web series

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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