Quick Facts
Born:
1980-11-23
Birthplace:
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Credits:
53 Total Roles
Tannishtha Chatterjee
Acting
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Biography
Tannishtha Chatterjee is an Indian actor.
She is best known in the west for her performance in the British film Brick Lane (2007), the film adaptation of Monica Ali's best selling novel of the same name. She has been the only Indian to be nominated for the British Independent Film Awards (BAFTA) as the best actress for Brick Lane. Her other notables roles have been in Academy Award-winning German director Florian Gallenberger's film, Shadows of Time, Road, Movie with Abhay Deol and Bibar for which she won Best Actress at the 2006 Osian Film Festival and the 2007 BFJA awards.
She is best known in the west for her performance in the British film Brick Lane (2007), the film adaptation of Monica Ali's best selling novel of the same name. She has been the only Indian to be nominated for the British Independent Film Awards (BAFTA) as the best actress for Brick Lane. Her other notables roles have been in Academy Award-winning German director Florian Gallenberger's film, Shadows of Time, Road, Movie with Abhay Deol and Bibar for which she won Best Actress at the 2006 Osian Film Festival and the 2007 BFJA awards.
Known For
Lion
Noor
Anna Karenina
Masha
Parched
Rani
Angry Indian Goddesses
Nargis Nasreen
Brick Lane
Nazneen Ahmed
The Kapil Sharma Show
Herself
A Prayer for Rain
Leela
Beyond the Clouds
Chotu's Mom
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Bindiya Ke Bahubali TV | Imali Davan |
| 2023 | Joram MOVIE | Vaano |
| 2023 | Yellow Bus MOVIE | Ananda Ishwar |
| 2023 | Scoop TV | Leena Pradhan |
| 2022 | Dahini - The Witch MOVIE | Kamala |
| 2022 | The Storyteller MOVIE | Suzy Fibert |
| 2022 | Rani Rani Rani MOVIE | Rani |
| 2022 | Modern Love Mumbai TV | Rayman |
| 2021 | Cartel TV | Romila |
| 2019 | Interdependence MOVIE | Megha's lawyer (segment "Megha's Divorce") |