Overview
Nehha Pendse Bayas (née Pendse; born 29 November 1984) is an Indian actress and producer who has worked primarily in Marathi and Hindi films and television, with appearances in other Indian language films as well. She began her career as a child artist in Ekta Kapoor's horror show Captain House in 1995, at the age of ten, and went on to gain wider recognition through Hindi television shows such as Padosan and Hasratein.
Pendse made her film debut in 1999 with an uncredited appearance in Daag: The Fire, followed by a role as Sunny Deol's sibling in Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin. Her first on-screen adult role came in 2002, at age 17, in the Telugu romantic comedy Sontham and the Tamil romantic drama Mounam Pesiyadhe. She subsequently appeared in the romantic film Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu (2003), the drama Nothing but Life (2004), and the action-thriller Abraham & Lincoln (2007).
In the late 2000s, Pendse gained recognition in Marathi cinema and television, with roles in films such as Agnividya and the daily soap Bhagyalakshmi. She continued to appear in Marathi films, including Dusari Goshta (2014), the comedy Premasathi Coming Suun (2014), Balkadu (2015), and the drama Natsamrat (2016). Alongside her Marathi work, she featured on Hindi television in the sitcom May I Come In Madam? in 2016, and was a participant in Bigg Boss season 12.
In 2021, Pendse co-produced and starred in the Marathi film June, for which she received critical appreciation and won the Filmfare Award Marathi for Best Actress. In 2020, she married businessman Shardul