Nia Sharma (born Neha Sharma, 17 September 1990) is an Indian actress and model who appears in

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television. She is known for her roles as Manvi Chaudhary in ''

Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai ''Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai'' ( ''My Sister Is One in a Thousand''), also known internationally as ''The Inseparables'', is an Indian Hindi-language family drama television series that aired on StarPlus during weekdays from 3 October 20 ...

'',

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's '' Jamai Raja'' as Roshni Patel,

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's ''

Ishq Mein Marjawan ''Ishq Mein Marjawan'' () is an Indian romantic thriller television series which aired on Colors TV from 2017 to 2019. It starred Arjun Bijlani, Aalisha Panwar, Nia Sharma, Sonarika Bhadoria, Amit Behl and Lata Sabharwal. Plot Intellig ...

'' as Aarohi Kashyap and '' Naagin 4'' as Brinda Parekh. In 2017, she participated in '' Khatron Ke Khiladi 8'' and finished as a finalist. In 2024, she was announced as a new '' Bigg Boss 18'' contestant on ''

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'' grand finale, but later she confirmed she is not entering the show. In 2020, she participated in '' Khatron Ke Khiladi – Made in India'' and emerged as the winner. Sharma entered the digital world in 2017 with

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's web series ''Twisted''. In 2021, she was seen in the second season of her web series ''Jamai 2.0'', which released digitally on

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. In 2022, Sharma was seen as a contestant in Colors TV's dance reality show '' Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10''. She made her comeback on television by starring in Colors TV's supernatural thriller show ''Suhagan Chudail.'' Sharma also participated in ''

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'' which premiered on 1 June 2024 on Colors TV.

Early life

Neha Sharma was born on 17 September 1990. However, for career reasons she changed it to Nia as "industry has lot of Nehas".

Career

2010–2013: Debut and breakthrough

Sharma started her acting career into television in 2010 with

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's '' Kaali - Ek Agnipariksha'', appearing as Anu. She then played Nisha Mehta in the channel's multi starrer ''

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''. Sharma got her first break when she signed the parallel main lead role of Manvi Chaudhary alongside

Krystle D'Souza Krystle D'Souza (born 1 March 1990) is an Indian actress who mainly works in Television in India, Hindi television. She made her acting debut in 2007 with the role of Kinjal Pandey in ''Kahe Naa Kahe'' and had her breakthrough with ''Ek Hazaar ...

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and

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in Star Plus's ''

'' which had a successful run of 2 years, from 2011 to 2013.

2014–2020: Establishment and awards success

Sharma then signed

's '' Jamai Raja'' portraying the role of Roshni Patel opposite

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, produced by Bollywood superstar

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, which she was a part of from 2014 until she quit the show in 2016. In 2017, she marked her debut on digital platform with

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''Twisted'', an

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where she co-starred with

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and

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as Aliyah Mukherjee, a

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. In July 2017, Sharma participated in '' eighth season'' of

's popular stunt-based reality show ''

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'' hosted by

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. She was eliminated from the show two times, before re-entering again, and survived until the show ended, emerging as the first finalist. Sharma next reprised her character in the second and third season of ''Twisted'' In July 2018 she found her next character in

's suspense thriller series ''

'', in which she had the double role of Aarohi Kashyap and Anjali Sharma opposite

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until the show ended in June 2019, which had a successful run of 2 years. Later she reunited with Dubey in the web series ''Jamai 2.0'' on

. In November 2019, she joined '' Naagin 4: Bhagya Ka Zehreela Khel'', the fourth season of Colors TV's supernatural revenge franchise '' Naagin'' produced by

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, in which she starred as shape shifting serpent Brinda opposite

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until it went off air in August 2020. Just after its culmination, she participated in '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi – Made in India'' and became winner.

2021–present: OTT projects and ''Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10''

The second season of ZEE5's ''Jamai 2.0'' was launched in 2021, where Sharma and Dubey united for the fourth time. In September 2021, she was a guest for just one day in the OTT version of popular game reality show ''

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''. In 2022, she participated in

's dance-based reality show ''

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'' by pairing up with choreographer Tarun Raj Nihalani, and finished at 8th place. From May 2024 to September 2024, Sharma made her TV comeback through

's ''Suhagan Chudail'' by portraying titular character, a

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Nishigandha alongside Zayn Ibad Khan and Debchandrima Singha Roy.

In the media

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Sharma's acting performances in ''Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai'', ''Jamai Raja'', ''Ishq Mein Marjawan'' and ''Naagin: Bhagya Ka Zehreela Khel'' established her as a leading actress of Indian television industry. Sharma was placed 3rd in 2016 and 2nd in 2017 in the Top 50 Sexiest Asian Women List by UK-based newspaper ''

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''. In 2018, ''

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'' ranked her 6th in the ''Top 10 Popular Actress'' in Television. In 2020, Sharma was placed 2nd in Times Most Desirable Women on TV. In 2023, she ranked 6th in ''

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'' "Popular Television Actresses" list.

Filmography

Television

Special appearances

Web series

Music videos

Awards

Won

*2012 –

Indian Television Academy Awards The Indian Television Academy Awards, also known as the ITA Awards, is an annual award ceremony organised by the Indian Television Academy to honour excellence in Hindi-language television, films and web content. The Indian Television Academ ...

, Desh Ki Dhadkan – Best Actress – Popular for ''

'' *2015 –

, Gr8! Face Female for '' Jamai Raja''

Nominated

*2013 –

Indian Telly Awards The Indian Telly Awards is an annual award for excellence both on-screen and behind-the-scenes of Hindi-language television. Conceptualised and created by Anil Wanvari, the founder, CEO of media and services group, indiantelevision.com, they a ...

, Best Actress in a Lead Role – ''

'' *2014 –

, Best Onscreen Couple – '' Jamai Raja'' *2015 –

, Best Onscreen Couple for '' Jamai Raja'' *2015 –

Zee Gold Awards The Gold Awards is an annual awards show that honours the best performers in the Hindi-language television industry. The awards are presented in various areas of excellence, such as popular programming, including music programmes, news, ente ...

, Best Actor (Female) for '' Jamai Raja'' *2015 –

, Most Popular Jodi for '' Jamai Raja'' *2019 –

, Best Actress in a Lead Role for ''

'' *2023 - Bollywood Hungama Style Icons, Most Stylish TV Star (Female)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharma, Nia 1990 births Living people Actresses from Delhi Female models from Delhi Indian television actresses Indian soap opera actresses Indian web series actresses Actresses in Hindi television Contestants on Indian game shows Participants in Indian reality television series 21st-century Indian actresses