Overview
Konkona Sen Sharma (born 3 December 1979) is an Indian actor and filmmaker who works primarily in Bengali and Hindi films. The daughter of filmmaker and actress Aparna Sen, she is known largely for her work in independent cinema, alongside appearances in mainstream productions. Over the course of her career, she has received two National Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards.
Sen Sharma made her screen debut as a child artist in the film Indira (1983), and took up her first leading adult role in the Bengali thriller Ek Je Aachhe Kanya (2000). She drew wider attention for the English-language film Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002), directed by her mother, which won her the National Film Award for Best Actress.
She entered Hindi cinema with the drama Page 3 (2005) and won two consecutive Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Omkara (2006) and Life in a... Metro (2007); Omkara also brought her the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. Other notable films from this phase of her career include 15 Park Avenue (2005), Dosar (2006), Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007), Luck By Chance (2009), Wake Up Sid (2009) and Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? (2010).
She continued with leading roles in Ek Thi Daayan (2013), Goynar Baksho (2014), Talvar (2015) and Lipstick Under My Burkha (2017). Sen Sharma made her directorial debut with the drama A Death in the Gunj (2017), for which she received the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director. She has since been noted for her role in the anthology film Ajeeb Daastaans (2021) and for directing a segment in Lust St