Tannishtha Chatterjee (Actress) Height, Weight, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Biography, Boyfriend & More
Tannishtha Chatterjee is an Indian actress and director. She is best known for playing the role of Nazneen Ahmed in the British drama film Brick Lane. Tannishtha has acted in several films including Shadow of Time, Stings – Bound by Faith, White Elephant, Bombay Summer, Jalpari: The Desert Mermaid, Dekh Indian Circus, Bhopal: Prayer for Rain, and Unposed. He also won the National Film Award for his performance in Dekh Indian Circus in the year 2012.
Birth and early life
Tannishtha Chatterjee was born on 23 November 1980 in Pune, Maharashtra in a Bengali Hindu family. His father was a business executive and his mother was a political science professor. He did his schooling from Bluebells School International and did his Masters in Chemistry from Delhi University. She is an alumnus of the National School of Drama.
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career
Tannishtha started her acting career in the year 2003 with the film Swaraj. She was later featured in the film Bas Yun Hi in 2004 as Sona. In the same year, he starred in the critically acclaimed film Hawa Aane De, directed by Partho Sen-Gupta. Mona with Aniket Vishwasrao, Nishikant Kamat and Rajshree Thakur. She gained instant fame through film and got the opportunity to play the role of Masha in the film Shadow of Time, which led her to visit international film festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival.
In 2007, Tannishtha played the lead role of Nazneen Ahmed in the 2007 film Brick Lane, which earned her a nomination for the British Independent Film Awards in the Best Actress category, alongside actresses Judi Dench and Anne Hathaway. She was later a part of various films like White Elephant, Bombay Summer, Dekh Indian Circus, Gulab Gang, Parched, Doctor Rakhmabai etc.
Education details and more
school | Bluebells School International |
College | Delhi University and National School of Drama |
educational qualification | major in chemistry |
First entry | Thin layer : Swaraj (2003) Television : Parchayi (2019) |
Prize | British Independent Film Awards (2007) National Film Award (2012) Maharashtra State Film Awards (2017) Stardust Award (2010) and many more |
physical statistics and more

height | 5′ 5″ feet |
weight | 58 kg |
picture measurement | 35-29-35 |
eye color | black |
hair color | black |
hobby | dancing, listening to music and painting |
marital status and more
marital status | Single |
Lover | Not available |
controversies | In 2016, Tannishtha faced ‘dark skin’ abuse in a comedy show. The actress opted out of the show after being trolled for having dark skin. Later the channel called it unfortunate![]() |
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net worth | Not available |
social media presence
Some facts about Tannishtha Chatterjee
- Tannishtha Chatterjee was born and brought up in Pune, Maharashtra.
- In 2006, she won the Best Actress Award at the Ossian Film Festival for Bieber.
- In 2019, he also made his directorial debut with the film Rom Rome Mein, which premiered at the T Busan International Film Festival, where he won the Asia Star Award.
- Tannishtha made her digital debut in the year 2019 with the ZEE5 web series as Parchai Lavani.
- In 2007, she won the Most Promising Actress award at the Bengal Film Journalists’ Association for Bieber.
- In 2009, she won the Best Actress Award at the Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council for Bombay Summer.
- In 2012, she won the Best Actress Award at the NYIFF Indo-American Arts Council and the National Film Award at the National Film Awards (Special Mention) for Dekh Indian Circus.
- Tannishtha is not married. She adopted a three-year-old girl in 2019 and said,
“I’ve been thinking about adoption since I was 16. I was clear from a very early age that I wanted to adopt. When you say these things as a teenager, people dismiss it.
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