Kangana Ranaut
Actor
Biography
Kangana Ranaut is an Indian film actress. She has established a career in Bollywood and is one of the highest-paid actresses in India. Ranaut is particularly known in the media for expressing her honest opinions in public and is frequently credited as one of the most fashionable Indian celebrities. She is the recipient of several awards, including three National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards in four categories.
Ranaut made her feature film debut in the 2006 thriller Gangster, for which she was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She received praise for portraying emotionally intense characters in the dramas Woh Lamhe (2006), Life in a... Metro (2007) and Fashion (2008). For the last of these, she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Filmfare Award in the same category.
In 2015, Ranaut portrayed a dual role in Tanu Weds Manu Returns, the most successful Bollywood film featuring a female protagonist, for which she won a Filmfare Critics Award and a second consecutive National Film Award for Best Actress.
As Director
Filmography
Queen
as Rani (Queen) 2014
Kites
as Gina (Special Appearance) 2010
Krrish 3
as Kaya 2013
Tanu Weds Manu: Returns
as Tanuja 'Tanu' Trivedi / Kumari 'Kusum' 'Datto' Sangwan 2015
Tanu Weds Manu
as Tanuja "Tanu" Trivedi 2011
Ready
as Kiran 2011
Fashion
as Shonali Gujral 2008
Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai
as Rehana Shergill 2010
Life in a Metro
as Neha 2007
Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi
as Manikarnika / Rani Lakshmibai 2019
Double Dhamaal
as Kiya Nayak 2011
Raaz: The Mystery Continues...
as Nandita Chopra 2009
Gangster
as Simran 2006
Game
as Sia Agnihotri 2011
Shootout at Wadala
as Vidya Joshi 2013
Rangoon
as Miss Julia 2017
Knock Out
as Nidhi Srivastava 2010