Anupriya Goenka (born 29 May 1987) is an Indian actress and model who appears in

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and Telugu films. She first shot to fame in 2013 as the face of UPA government's '' Bharat Nirman''. Goenka made her on-screen debut with the 2013 Telugu film '' Potugadu'', having previously starred in the 2013 short film ''Worth the Kiss''. She made her Bollywood debut with '' Bobby Jasoos''. She subsequently starred in the comedy-drama '' Bobby Jasoos'' (2014), the drama '' Paathshala'' (2014), the action comedy '' Dishoom'' (2016) and the crime-drama '' Daddy'' (2017). Goenka went on to star in the action-thrillers ''

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'' (2017) and ''

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'' (2019), and the

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'' Padmaavat'' (2018). She made her web debut with ''

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'' and went onto appear in successful series like '' Sacred Games'', '' Abhay'', ''

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'', '' Asur: Welcome to Your Dark Side'', '' Aashram'' and '' Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors''.

Early life

Anupriya Goenka was born in a Marwadi Family on 29 May 1987 in

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to Ravindra Kumar Goenka, a garment

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and Pushpa Goenka, a homemaker. Goenka also worked in her family business before she completed school. She said, "I was the enterprising one and started helping my father in the garment export business. Acting was always a hobby till I realized I couldn't do justice to both theatre and my corporate career," she said.

Career

Goenka moved to

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in 2009. Goenka was intrigued with theater and tried to juggle between a career in acting and the corporate sector. She started doing commercials and first became known in 2013 as the face of UPA government's '' Bharat Nirman'' ad campaign and for playing a lesbian character in India's first ever lesbian ad for the brand

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in 2015. Goenka has appeared in various television commercials for brands including Coke, Garnier, Stayfree,

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, Pepperfry, and

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. She also worked as an Anchor / Show Host in a Home Shopping Channel called ShopCJ for more than one year. She portrayed the role of nurse Poorna in the 2017 action-thriller ''

''. She garnered critical acclaim for the portrayal of the role of Queen Nagmati in the 2018 epic film '' Padmaavat'' opposite

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Media

Goenka was ranked in The Times Most Desirable Women at No. 8 in 2020.

Filmography

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goenka, Anupriya Indian television actresses Indian film actresses Indian web series actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses from Lucknow Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema Actresses in Punjabi cinema Actresses in Hindi television Living people People from Kanpur 1979 births