Konkona Sen Sharma Age, Height,Salary, Net Worth & Bio




  • Konkona Sen Sharma is an extremely popular Bollywood film actress who is also renowned in the Indian parallel cinema industry as well.

    Konkona Sen Sharma is most popular for playing challenging and path-breaking female characters in her movies, which are critically-acclaimed.

    Apart from being a film actress, Konkona Sen Sharma is also a writer and movie director too. Konkona Sen Sharma has established herself as one of the top young actresses in the Indian independent and arthouse movie industries.

    About Konkona Sen Sharma

    Bio

    Real NameKonkona Sen Sharma
    NicknameKoko
    Date of Birth3rd December 1979
    Age (as of October 2018)39 years
    Nationality
    Indian
    Religion
    Hinduism
    Place of Birth
    New Delhi
    EducationDegree in English from St. Stephen's College (Mumbai)

    Physical Stats

    Height
    5 ft 1"
    (155 cm) approximately
    Weight
    126 lbs
    (57 kg)
    approximately
    Hair Color
    Black
    Eye ColorDark Brown

    Family & Relationships

    FatherMukul Sharma
    (Journalist/Writer)
    MotherAparna Sen
    (Actor/Director)
    SisterKamalini Chatterjee
    Marital StatusDivorced
    HusbandRanvir Shorey
    (Actor)

    Career

    Profession
    Actress/Writer/Director
    Net WorthINR 37,00,00,000
    (USD 5 Million)
    Famous for
    Indira (1983), Ek Je Aachhe Kanya (2000), Mr & Mrs Iyer, Titli (2002), Amu, Page 3, 15 Park Avenue (2005), Omkara (2006), Traffic Signal, Life In.. A Metro, Laga Chunri Me Daag (2007), Dil Kabaddi (2008), Luck By Chance, Wake Up Sid (2009), Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge, Right Yaa Wrong, Mirch (2010), 7 Khoon Maaf (2011), Ek Thi Dayan (2013), Akira (2016), Lipstick Under My Burkha (2017), Side Hero (2018)
    First MovieCHILD ARTIST -
    Indira (1983)
    LEAD ACTRESS -
    Mr & Mrs Iyer (2001)
    Salary (per film)INR 1,00,00,000
    (USD 135,000)
    Favorite FoodFish
    Favorite ActorIrrfan Khan
    Favorite ActressTabu
    HobbyReading books

    Konkona Sen Sharma remains one of the top actresses of the Hindi and Bengali independent cinema industries. Apart from having worked in Hindi mainstream movies, Konkona Sen Sharma has also starred in numerous critically acclaimed Bengali and Indian English movies as well.

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    Konkona Sen Sharma’s age is 39 years as Konkona Sen Sharma was born on the 3rd of December, 1979, in New Delhi. Konkona Sen Sharma’s height is around 5 ft 1 inches (155 cm) while Konkona Sen Sharma’s weight is around 57 kg (126 lbs). In her spare time, Konkona Sen Sharma loves to read books, as part of her hobbies.

    Konkona Sen Sharma’s father is a renowned Bengali writer and journalist, Mukul Sharma, whereas, Konkona Sen Sharma’s mother is the popular Bengali cinema actress and film director, Aparna Sen. Although Konkona Sen Sharma does not have any brothers, Konkona Sen Sharma’s elder sister is Kamalini Chatterjee. Konkona Sen Sharma’s husband was popular side actor, Ranvir Shorey, whom she married in September of 2011 and got divorced 4 years later, in September of 2015. Konkona Sen Sharma and Ranvir Shorey have a lovely son, Haroon.

    Thanks to her impressive acting skills and huge demand in independent cinema and arthouse movies, Konkona Sen Sharma’s salary per film is around INR 1 crores (USD 135,000). This makes Konkona Sen Sharma’s net worth to be around INR 37 crores (USD 5 Million).

    Talking about her success as a talented actress, Konkona Sen Sharma is the winner of numerous prestigious actings and has also had many other award nominations in her 18 years-long acting career.

    The list of Konkona Sen Sharma’s award-wins include winning the Bengali Film Journalists Association (BFJA) Awards’ Best Actress award for her debut role as a lead actress in her first Bengali movie ‘Ek Ja Aachhe Kanya’ (2002).

    Konkona Sen Sharma is the winner of the National Film Award for Best Actress as well as the Anandalok Awards’ Best Actress (Critics) award, for her impressive performance in ‘Mr & Mrs Iyer’ (2003). In the same year, Konkona Sen Sharma also won the Kalakar Awards’ Best Rising Actress award for her critically-acclaimed performance in ‘Titli’ (2003).

    Next, Konkona Sen Sharma won the Zee Cine Awards’ Best Female Debut award (shared with Vidya Balan in the year) and the Kalakar Awards’ Best Actress award for the role in her first mainstream Bollywood movie ‘Page 3′ (2006), apart from having 3 the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards’ Best Actress award nomination, the Producers Guild Film Awards’ Best Supporting Actress award nomination and the Screen Awards’ Best Actress award nominations for the same movie.

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    Later, Konkona Sen Sharma was the winner of the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Filmfare Awards’ Best Supporting Actress award and the Zee Cine Awards’ Best Supporting Actress award for her impressive role in ‘Omkara’ (2007), besides having had the IIFA Awards’ Best Supporting Actress award nomination and the Screen Awards’ Best Supporting Actress award nomination for this multi-starrer super hit. In the same year, Konkona Sen Sharma was awarded the Bengali Film Journalists Association (BFJA) Awards’ Most Outstanding Performance of the Year award for her impressive portrayal in ’15, Part Avenue’ (2007) and also won the New York Indian Film Festival’s Best Actress award for her role in ‘Dosar’ (2007).

    Furthermore, Konkona Sen Sharma is also the winner of the IIFA Awards’ Best Supporting Actress award, the Producers Guild Film Awards’ Best Supporting Actress award and the Filmfare Awards’ Best Supporting Actress award, for her impressive character in the box-office multi-starring movie ‘Life In.. A Metro’ (2008), apart from having had Screen Awards’ Best Supporting Actress award nomination and the Zee Cine Awards’ Best Supporting Actress award nomination for the same movie.

    Later on, Konkona Sen Sharma also won the Annual Central European Bollywood Awards’ Best Actress award for her role in ‘Luck By Chance’ (2010), apart from having a Producers Guild Film Awards’ Best Actress award nomination for her role in ‘Wake Up Sid’ (2010).

    The next year, Konkona Sen Sharma won the New York Indian Film Festival’s Best Actress award and the Kalakar Awards’ Best Actress award for her role in ‘Iti Mrinalini’ (2011).

    Next, Konkona Sen Sharma had the Filmfare Awards’ Best Supporting Actress award nomination as well as the Screen Awards’ Best Actor in a Negative Role (Female) award nomination for her amazing acting in ‘Ek Thi Dayan’ (2014). The same year, Konkona Sen Sharma won the Filmfare Awards East Best Actress award for her role in the Bengali super hit movie ‘Goynar Baksho’ (2014).

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    The next year, Konkona Sen Sharma was awarded the South Asian Film Festival Awards’ Best Actress award for her role in the critically-acclaimed Bengali hit ‘Kadambari’ (2015).

    For her impressive performance in the thriller movie ‘Talvar’ (2016), Konkona Sen Sharma had 5 different Best Supporting Actress award nominations.

    Lately, Konkona Sen Sharma won the New York Indian Film Festival’s Best Actress award, the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne’s Best Actress award and the Screen Awards’ Best Actress (Critics) award for her role in the movie ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ (2017), apart from having the Zee Cine Awards’ Best Supporting Actress award nomination for the movie.

    Konkona Sen Sharma is not only a multiple award-winning actress but has also won numerous prestigious awards for being a talented film director as well.

    Konkona Sen Sharma directed ‘A Death In The Gunj’ (2018), which went on to win her the Filmfare Awards’ Best Debut Director award, the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards’ Best Debut Director award, the Gollapudi Srinivas Award for Best Debut Director, the Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Awards’ Best Debut Director award, the MAMI Film Festival’s Mastercard Best Indian Female Filmmaker award, the Films of India Online Awards’ Best Feature Film award and the Best Director award as well as the Best Adapted Screenplay award, along with winning the New York Indian Film Festival’s Best Director award. Apart from having won these 9 prestigious awards, Konkona Sen Sharma also had 5 other award nominations to her credit as a film director too.

    Interesting Facts About Konkona Sen Sharma

    • Konkona Sen Sharma is a teetotaler and does not smoke or drink alcohol.
    • Despite having a mother who was a renowned Bengali film actress, Konkona Sen Sharma was not allowed to watch commercial movies as a child.
    • Konkona Sen Sharma’s grandfather was the popular icon, Chidananda Dasgupta, who was renowned for being one of the founders of the Calcutta Film Society.
    • Being an avid reader, Konkona Sen Sharma loves thriller and mysteries, especially classics like Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes.
    • Konkona Sen Sharma was only 5 years of age when her parents decided to get separated.

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