Tillotama Shome is an Indian actress. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the

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for her role in '' A Death in the Gunj''. In 2021, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics) for portraying a praiseworthy role ''Ratna'' in '' Sir'' at the

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Career

Born in

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, Shome grew up all over India since her father was with the

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. She went to Delhi's

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and became a part of Arvind Gaur's Asmita theatre group. She moved to New York in the Autumn of 2004 for a master's program in educational theatre at

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, where she remained until visiting

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on holiday in February 2008. Thereafter, she took up residence in Mumbai and, after completing some outstanding projects in New York, she returned to India in May 2008. In New York, she also taught theatre to murder convicts at a high security US prison. Shome is married to Kunal Ross, the nephew of

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, thus making her the niece-in-law of Jaya and

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. She played Alice in

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's feature film '' Monsoon Wedding'', and played Deepa in '' Shadows of Time'' ('' Schatten der Zeit''), directed by

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. She played a nun in the Australian film '' The Waiting City'' by

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. Italo Spinelli's ''Gangor'', based on Mahashweta Devi's novel, had her play a social worker. She also worked in Qaushiq Mukherjee's '' Tasher Desh''. She played Mrs. Ahmadi in the Hindi political thriller film ''

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'' directed by

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. About her performance in ''Shanghai'' Rediff wrote "Shome created one of this year's most heartbreaking performances in a Hindi film". Her other roles have included Lara in ''Little Box of Sweets'' (directed by Meneka Das), Jaya in ''Long After'' (short film, directed by Afia Nathaniel) and Miraal in ''Butterfly'' (directed by Tanuj Chopra). Her performance as a girl who is raised as a boy in '' Qissa'' won her the best actress title in the New Horizons Competition of the seventh Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF). She shared the title with Norwegian actress Julia Wildschutt.

Filmography

Achievements

* Tillotama Shome won Best Actor Award at UK Asian Film Festival for her film Raahgir - The Wayfarers which was released in 2019.

References

External links

* Indian film actresses Living people Actresses in Bengali cinema Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development alumni 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses from Kolkata Filmfare Awards winners Year of birth missing (living people) {{film-actor-stub