page_title: Mouni Roy
section_title: Early life and television debut (2006–2010)
hierarchical_section_title: Mouni Roy / Life and career / Early life and television debut (2006–2010)
caption_attribution_description: English: Mouni Roy graces The Indian Television Academy Awards 2017
context_page_description: Mouni Roy is an Indian actress, singer, Kathak dancer and former model, primarily known for her work in Indian television and Hindi-language films. Her popular works include Mahadev, Naagin and Gold.
  In 2014, Roy was a finalist on the reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. She rose to fame with her portrayal of Sati and Shivanya/Shivangi in Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev and Naagin respectively. In 2018, she entered films with Reema Kagti's sports film Gold opposite Akshay Kumar, being nominated for the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award, and made her singing debut with the remake single "Bheegi Bheegi Raaton Mein". In 2019, Roy appeared in two films, Romeo Akbar Walter and Made in China. She will be next seen in Brahmāstra and London Confidential, an OTT feature film. Brahmāstra is a superhero-trilogy where she will essay the main antagonist, and in the latter she will play Uma, a RAW officer, who has to expose a mole within the ranks.
context_section_description: Roy was born on 28 September 1985 in Cooch Behar, West Bengal to a Bengali family. Her grandfather, Shekhar Chandra Roy was a well-known Jatra theatre artist. Her mother Mukti was a theatre artist, and her father Anil Roy was an office superintendent of the Cooch Behar Zilla Parishad. She did her schooling till class 12th from Kendriya Vidyalaya in Baburhat, Cooch Behar and then went to Delhi. She took up mass communication at Jamia Milia Islamia at her parents' insistence, but left the course midway and went to Mumbai to try her luck in the Bollywood film industry. She finished her part 1 exams and did not return to Delhi after that. She appeared as a background dancer in the song Nahi Hona in 2004 film Run.
  Roy started her career in 2006 with the Ekta Kapoor drama Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, playing the role of Krishna Tulsi opposite Pulkit Samrat. She then participated and won the first season of Zara Nachke Dikha along with Karishma Tanna and Jennifer Winget. Roy then appeared as Shivani in the series Kasturi. In 2008, she participated in Pati Patni Aur Woh along with Gaurav Chopra. In 2010, she played Roop in Do Saheliyaan.
caption: Roy at the Indian Television Academy Awards 2017
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