# Neshma Chemburkar

Neshma Chemburkar is an Indian voice actress and actress. She began her dubbing career at the age of 5. She has dubbed for various characters in many animated series, TV commercials and films in Hindi and other languages. She is mostly known for dubbing the Black Widow character played by Scarlett Johansson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She is the founder and also a voice acting coach of Neshma Academy of Acting and Voice Acting (NAAVA).

## Career

Neshma's father, Sri Nitin Mantri and mother, Sulbha Mantri owned a theatre called Neshma Theatre Group in Mumbai in 1970s, where they used to write, direct and perform plays in Marathi language. She was given her name from the theatre's title. At the age of 4 years, her career as a voice artist began from the 1981 Marathi film, Daivat.
She appeared as a child actor in 1987 hindi film, Honhaar Bachchey, along with Mayur Vyas which marked her first film as an actress.

## Dubbing roles
### Animated series

| Year (Original release) | Series | Character | Dub Language | Original Language | Episodes | No. of seasons |
| 1969-1970 | Scooby-Doo | Velma | Hindi | English | 41 | 3 |
| 1981-1987 | Ninja Hattori | Kenichi's mother | Hindi | Japanese | 694 | |
| 1983-1985 | Perman | Michiko | Hindi | Japanese | 526 | |
| 1986-1989 | Dragon Ball | Chi-Chi and Pan | Hindi | Japanese | 153 | |
| 1989-1996 | Dragon Ball Z | Chi-Chi and Pan | Hindi | Japanese | 291 | |
| 1997-1999 | Pokemon | May | Hindi | Japanese | 82 | 1 |
| 1998-2005 | The Powerpuff Girls | Blossom | Hindi | English | 78 | 6 |
| 1999-2009 | Ed, Edd n Eddy | Sarah | Hindi | English | 69 | 6 |
| 1999-2009 | Ed, Edd n Eddy | Nazz | Hindi | English | 69 | 6 |
| 2004-2023 | Peppa Pig | Mummy Pig | Hindi | English | 394 | 8 |
| 2004-2023 | Peppa Pig | Danny Dog | Hindi | English | 394 | 8 |
| 2004-2023 | Peppa Pig | Emily Elephant | Hindi | English | 394 | 8 |
| 2002-2007 | Kim Possible | Kim Possible | Hindi | English | 87 | 4 |
| 2018 | Little Singham | Inspector Kavya | Hindi | Hindi | | |
| 2018 | Little Singham | Ulti | Hindi | Hindi | | |
| 2021-2024 | The Ghost and Molly McGee | Molly McGee | Hindi | English | 41 | 2 |

### Animated films

| Year | Films | Character | Dub Language | Original Language |
| 2012 | Brave | Merida | Hindi | English |
| 2016 | Zootopia | Judy Hopps | Hindi | English |
| 2022 | Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero | Pan | Hindi | Japanese |
| 2024 | Transformers One | Elita-1 | Hindi | English |

### Live-action films

| Year | Films | Character | Actress | Dub Language | Original Language |
| 1992 | Jivalagaa | Gauri | Resham Tipnis | Marathi | Marathi |
| 2000 | Charlie's Angels | Alex Munday | Lucy Liu | Hindi | English |
| 2003 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | Alex Munday | Lucy Liu | Hindi | English |
| 2010 | Iron Man 2 | Black Widow | Scarlett Johansson | Hindi | English |
| 2012 | The Avengers | Black Widow | Scarlett Johansson | Hindi | English |
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Black Widow | Scarlett Johansson | Hindi | English |
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Black Widow | Scarlett Johansson | Hindi | English |
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil War | Black Widow | Scarlett Johansson | Hindi | English |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Black Widow | Scarlett Johansson | Hindi | English |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Black Widow | Scarlett Johansson | Hindi | English |
| 2019 | Charlie's Angels | Rebekah "Bosley" | Elizabeth Banks | Hindi | English |
| 2021 | Black Widow | Black Widow | Scarlett Johansson | Hindi | English |
| 2025 | The Calendar Killer | Klara | Luise Heyer | Hindi | German |
| 2025 | Back in Action | Emily | Cameron Diaz | Hindi | English |

### Live-action TV series

| Year | Series | Character | Actress | Dub Language | Original Language |
| 2018 | The Haunting of Hill House | Eleanor "Nell" Crain Vance | Victoria Pedretti | Hindi | English |
| 2019 | What/If | Lisa Ruiz-Donovan | Jane Levy | Hindi | English |
| 2025 | Missing You | Detective Inspector Kat Donovan | Rosalind Eleazar | Hindi | English |

### TV commercials

| Year | Title | Brand | Actress | Dub Language | Original Language | Notes | Ref. |
| 2021 | Aquaguard Active Copper | Aquaguard | Madhuri Dixit | | Hindi | | |
| 2023 | Colgate Strong Teeth - Paste Hi Nahi, Danton Ka Poshan! | Colgate | Subbalakshmi | Bhojpuri, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali | Hindi | Won Best Dubbing Artist at 50th RAPA Awards | |

## Filmography

| Year | Film | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 1987 | Honhaar Bachchey | Milu | credited as Baby Neshma | |

## Awards

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2019 | India Voice Fest Awards | Dubbing Live Action Film - Hindi | Black Widow in Avengers: Endgame | Won |
| 2019 | India Voice Fest Awards | Dubbing Live Action Web - Hindi | Lisa Ruiz-Donovan in What/If | Won |
| 2020 | India Voice Fest Awards | Audio Book Female - Marathi | Youthnasia | Won |
| 2021 | India Voice Fest Awards | TV Commercial Voice - Marathi | Madhuri Dixit in Aquaguard Active Copper | Won |
| 2022 | India Voice Fest Awards | Documentary Narration - Hindi | Secrets of Playboy | Won |
| 2022 | India Voice Fest Awards | Dubbing Live Action Film - Hindi | The Matrix Resurrections | Won |
| 2023 | India Voice Fest Awards | Dubbing Voice Animation Show Female - Hindi | The Ghost and Molly McGee | Won |
| 2024 | 50th RAPA Awards | Best Dubbing Artist | Subbalakshmi in Colgate Strong Teeth | Won |