# Mouli Ganguly

Mouli Ganguly is an Indian actress, who has worked in both Hindi and Bengali cinema. She shot to fame as Shaina in Ekta Kapoor's thriller series Kaahin Kissii Roz that aired from 2001 to 2004 on Star Plus. She played the title role in Saaksshi (2004). She was also seen in Season 3 of Jamai Raja on Zee TV as Payal Walia. She was nominated in the Best Actor - Female category at the 2002 Indian Telly Awards. Currently, she is playing as Ira Sharma in Janani – AI Ki Kahani .

## Early life

Ganguly was born in Kolkata, West Bengal and graduated in science from the University of Calcutta.

## Career

She started modelling and has been in a number of TV and print ads. She has modelled for products like Pears, Rin, Ponds Face Wash, Horlicks, Rasna, Ariel, Close-Up, Pepsodent, Asian Paints, Britannia, Maggie, Saffola and Bombay Dyeing.
She has also worked as an assistant director before she started acting.
In April 2001, Ganguly was cast in the lead role as Shaina in Kaahin Kissii Roz. The highly rated show garnered her a lot of positive reviews. The show went on until September 2004. She later starred in Kutumb and Kkusum. In 2004, Ganguly starred in the Sony TV serial Saaksshi in the lead role opposite Samir Soni and Amit Sadh.
Her television success led to an appearance in Rituporno Ghosh's film Raincoat (2004) alongside Aishwarya Rai and Ajay Devgan. Thereafter she took a hiatus and made a comeback with Aathvaan Vachan (2008).
In 2009, she appeared on the reality dance show Nach Baliye with her then boyfriend and co-star Mazher Sayed.
She played the role of the antagonist in the serial Kya Huaa Tera Vaada which aired on Sony TV in 2012 starring as a shrewd businesswoman who rekindles a romance with a married man. In 2016, she returned as an antagonist, this time in Season 3 of Zee TV's Jamai Raja.

## Personal life

Mouli married her longtime boyfriend, Kaahin Kissii Roz co-star Mazher Sayed, in 2010 in a private ceremony attended by close friends and family.

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Language |
| 1996 | Baksho Rahashya | Receiptionist | Bengali |
| 2000 | Bhalobasar Choan | | Bengali |
| 2004 | Raincoat | Sheila | Hindi |
| 2007 | 68 Pages | Mansi | Hindi |
| 2010 | It's a Man's World | Un­known | Hindi |
| 2011 | Chalo Paltai | Malini | Bengali |
| 2019 | Kissebaaz | Inspector Madam | Hindi |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2000 | Thriller At 10 | Shammi Narang | Episode 56–60 |
| 2000 | Milan | | |
| 2001 | Karam | Manasi | |
| 2001 | Kudrat | Gayatri Chaudhary Seth | |
| 2001–2004 | Kaahin Kissii Roz | Sunaina "Shaina" Sikand / Mansi / Devika | |
| 2002 | C.I.D. | Dr. Amrita | Episodes "The Case of the Invisible Bullet Part I and II" |
| 2002 | Krishna Arjun | Smriti / Malini; | Episodes 16-17 |
| 2003 | Kutumb | Shweta Chattopadhyay | |
| 2004 | Saaksshi | Saaksshi Singh | |
| 2004 | Sahib Biwi Gulam | Jaba | |
| 2005 | Kkusum | Vidhi Chopra / Vidhi Trishul Kapoor | |
| 2005–2006 | Sarkarr:Rishton Ki Ankahi Kahani | Kritika | |
| 2006 | Resham Dankh | Divya | |
| 2008–2009 | Aathvaan Vachan | Manali | |
| 2008-2009 | Nach Baliye 4 | Contestant | |
| 2010 | Laagi Tujhse Lagan | Subalakshmi | |
| 2010 | Mano Ya Na Mano 2 | Kamini | Episode 10 |
| 2012 | Aasman Se Aage | Roshni | |
| 2012 | Adaalat | Mouli | |
| 2012–2013 | Kya Huaa Tera Vaada | Anushka Sarkar / Amrita Shaurya Mitra / Anushka Balbir Bhalla | |
| 2013 | Ek Thhi Naayka | Tanushree Dheeraj Dasgupta | |
| 2015 | Suryaputra Karn | Radha | |
| 2016–2017 | Jamai Raja | Payal Walia | |
| 2019 | Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki | Shruti Nishant Bhalla | |
| 2021–2022 | Baal Shiv – Mahadev Ki Andekhi Gatha | Devi Anusuya | |
| 2024 | Janani – AI Ki Kahani | Ira Sharma | |