:Anupriya Goenka

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| birth_place = Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|5|29|df=y}}

| yearsactive = 2013–present

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| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model}}

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Anupria Goenka (born 29 May 1987) is an Indian actress and model who appears in Hindi and Telugu films.{{cite web | url=http://www.india.com/showbiz/padmavati-trivia-anupriya-goenka-in-shahid-kapoor-deepika-padukones-ghoomar-played-a-lesbain-in-a-viral-ad-2571248/amp/ | title=Did You Know: This Actress In Padmavati Song Ghoomar Has Played A Lesbain In A Viral Ad | first=Smrity | last=Sharma | publisher=india.com | date=27 October 2017 | access-date=30 May 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101194632/http://www.india.com/showbiz/padmavati-trivia-anupriya-goenka-in-shahid-kapoor-deepika-padukones-ghoomar-played-a-lesbain-in-a-viral-ad-2571248/amp/ | archive-date=1 January 2018 | url-status=dead }} She first shot to fame in 2013 as the face of UPA government's Bharat Nirman.{{cite news|last1=Singh|first1=Suhani|title=Anupriya Goenka now better known as Priya, thanks to being the face of UPAs Bharat Nirman ad campaign|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/anupriya-goenka-upa-bharat-nirman-ad-campaign/1/310805.html|access-date=8 January 2018|work=India Today|date=20 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220075131/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/anupriya-goenka-upa-bharat-nirman-ad-campaign/1/310805.html|archive-date=20 December 2017|url-status=live}} Goenka made her on-screen debut with the 2013 Telugu film Potugadu,{{cite web|last1=Mishra|first1=Shivani|title=Padmavati: All you need to know about Anupriya Goenka, the other queen in Ghoomar|url=https://www.inuth.com/entertainment/bollywood/padmavati-all-you-need-to-know-about-anupriya-goenka-whom-we-see-for-a-second-in-ghoomar-song/|website=InUth|access-date=8 January 2018|date=30 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108175242/https://www.inuth.com/entertainment/bollywood/padmavati-all-you-need-to-know-about-anupriya-goenka-whom-we-see-for-a-second-in-ghoomar-song/|archive-date=8 January 2018|url-status=dead}} having previously starred in the 2013 short film Worth the Kiss. She made her Bollywood debut with Bobby Jasoos.

She subsequently starred in the comedy-drama Bobby Jasoos (2014), the drama Paathshala (2014), the action comedy Dishoom (2016) and the crime-drama Daddy (2017). Goenka went on to star in the action-thrillers Tiger Zinda Hai (2017) and War (2019), and the epic period drama Padmaavat (2018).

She made her web debut with Stories by Rabindranath Tagore and went onto appear in successful series like Sacred Games, Abhay, Criminal Justice, Asur: Welcome to Your Dark Side, Aashram and Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors.

Early life

Anupriya Goenka was born in a Marwadi Family on 29 May 1987{{Cite web|date=2021-05-29|title=Birthday special: एक्टिंग की क्वीन हैं शाहिद कपूर की ऑनस्क्रीन पत्नी रह चुकीं ये एक्ट्रेस, जानिए करियर की ये अहम बातें|url=https://www.tv9hindi.com/photo-gallery/birthday-special-ashram-fame-actress-anupriya-goenka-is-the-queen-of-acting-know-these-important-things-of-career-672887.html|access-date=2021-08-03|website=TV9 Hindi|language=hindi}} in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh{{cite news|last1=Bhatnagar|first1=Rohit|title=Forget Kat, meet another tigress Anupriya Goenka from TZH|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/271217/forget-kat-meet-another-tigress-anupriya-goenka-from-tzh.html|access-date=8 January 2018|work=The Deccan Chronicle|date=27 December 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108180257/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/271217/forget-kat-meet-another-tigress-anupriya-goenka-from-tzh.html|archive-date=8 January 2018|url-status=live}} to Ravindra Kumar Goenka, a garment entrepreneur and Pushpa Goenka, a homemaker.{{cite news|last1=Mehta|first1=Ankita|title=REVEALED: The Rani in Deepika Padukone's Ghoomar song is Shahid Kapoor's first wife in Padmavati|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/revealed-rani-deepika-padukones-ghoomar-song-shahid-kapoors-first-wife-padmavati-747337|access-date=12 November 2017|work=International Business Times, India Edition|date=28 October 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112132152/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/revealed-rani-deepika-padukones-ghoomar-song-shahid-kapoors-first-wife-padmavati-747337|archive-date=12 November 2017|df=dmy-all}}

Goenka also worked in her family business before she completed school. She said, "I was the enterprising one and started helping my father in the garment export business. Acting was always a hobby till I realized I couldn't do justice to both theatre and my corporate career," she said.{{cite news|last1=Dhaman|first1=Himanshi|title=Bharat Nirman ad catapults Delhi girl to household fame - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Bharat-Nirman-ad-catapults-Delhi-girl-to-household-fame/articleshow/22588537.cms|access-date=8 January 2018|work=The Times of India|date=14 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108175326/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Bharat-Nirman-ad-catapults-Delhi-girl-to-household-fame/articleshow/22588537.cms|archive-date=8 January 2018|url-status=live}}

Career

Goenka moved to Mumbai in 2009.{{cite web|last1=Ved|first1=Sonal|title=Meet the Myntra girls everyone's talking about|url=https://www.vogue.in/content/meet-the-myntra-girls-everyones-talking-about/#s-cust0|website=VOGUE India|access-date=8 January 2018|date=12 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108175238/https://www.vogue.in/content/meet-the-myntra-girls-everyones-talking-about/#s-cust0|archive-date=8 January 2018|url-status=dead}} Goenka was intrigued with theater and tried to juggle between a career in acting and the corporate sector. She started doing commercials and first became known in 2013 as the face of UPA government's Bharat Nirman ad campaign and for playing a lesbian character in India's first ever lesbian ad for the brand Myntra in 2015.{{cite news|last1=Acharya|first1=Anindita|title=India's first ad with lesbian pair treats them as 'normal', says actor|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/india-s-first-ad-with-lesbian-pair-treats-them-as-normal-says-actor/story-egKsa2kTmaeL3vYOkUfdSP.html|access-date=8 January 2018|work=The Hindustan Times|date=11 June 2015|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108233432/http://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/india-s-first-ad-with-lesbian-pair-treats-them-as-normal-says-actor/story-egKsa2kTmaeL3vYOkUfdSP.html|archive-date=8 January 2018|url-status=live}} Goenka has appeared in various television commercials for brands including Coke, Garnier, Stayfree, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Pepperfry, and Vodafone.{{cite web| url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/amp/entertainment/bollywood/271217/forget-kat-meet-another-tigress-anupriya-goenka-from-tzh.html| work=Deccan Chronicle| title=Forget Kat, meet another tigress Anupriya Goenka from TZH| date=27 December 2017| access-date=1 January 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101092935/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/amp/entertainment/bollywood/271217/forget-kat-meet-another-tigress-anupriya-goenka-from-tzh.html| archive-date=1 January 2018| url-status=live}} She also worked as an Anchor / Show Host in a Home Shopping Channel called ShopCJ for more than one year. She portrayed the role of nurse Poorna in the 2017 action-thriller Tiger Zinda Hai.{{cite web| url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/tiger-zinda-hai-actor-anupriya-goenka-nurse-padmavati-see-photos-5002601/lite/| work=The Indian Express| title=Tiger Zinda Hai actor Anupriya Goenka: Salman Khan has a divine personality| date=29 December 2017| access-date=1 January 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229100811/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/tiger-zinda-hai-actor-anupriya-goenka-nurse-padmavati-see-photos-5002601/lite/| archive-date=29 December 2017| url-status=live}} She garnered critical acclaim for the portrayal of the role of Queen Nagmati in the 2018 epic film Padmaavat opposite Shahid Kapoor.{{cite web| url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/padmavati-meet-anupriya-goenka-first-wife-of-maharawal-ratan-singh-shahid-kapoor/1160812| work=Freepress Journal| title=Padmavati: Meet Anupriya Goenka, first wife of Maharawal Ratan Singh| date=28 October 2017| access-date=1 January 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102073026/http://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/padmavati-meet-anupriya-goenka-first-wife-of-maharawal-ratan-singh-shahid-kapoor/1160812| archive-date=2 January 2018| url-status=live}}

Media

Goenka was ranked in The Times Most Desirable Women at No. 8 in 2020.{{Cite web|title=The Times Most Desirable Women of 2020|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/the-times-most-desirable-woman-of-2020-rhea-chakraborty-living-through-a-trial-by-fire-gracefully/articleshow/83312150.cms|access-date=2021-08-07|website=The Times of India|language=en}}

Filmography

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scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
2013 ! scope="row"\| Potugadu \| Mary \|Telugu language film
rowspan="2" \|2014 ! scope="row"\| Bobby Jasoos \| Afreen \|
scope="row"\| Paathasala \| Sandhya \| Telugu language film
2016 ! scope="row"\| Dishoom \| Alishka Iyer \|
rowspan="3" \|2017 ! scope="row"\| Vekh Baraatan Challiyan \| Saroj \| Special appearance, Punjabi film
scope="row"\| Daddy \| Hilda \|
scope="row"\| Tiger Zinda Hai \| Poorna \|style="text-align: center;"\|
rowspan="2" \|2018 ! scope="row"\| Sir \|Ankita \|
scope="row"\| Padmaavat \| Nagmati \|
rowspan="2" \|2019 !scope="row"\| War \| Aditi \|
scope="row"\| Kissebaaz \| Naina \|
2022 !scope="row"\| Mere Desh Ki Dharti \|Jhumki \|
2024 !scope="row"\| Berlin \| \|

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

2013

! scope="row"| Potugadu

| Mary

|Telugu language film

rowspan="2" |2014

! scope="row"| Bobby Jasoos

| Afreen

scope="row"| Paathasala

| Sandhya

| Telugu language film

2016

! scope="row"| Dishoom

| Alishka Iyer

rowspan="3" |2017

! scope="row"| Vekh Baraatan Challiyan

| Saroj

| Special appearance, Punjabi film

scope="row"| Daddy

| Hilda

scope="row"| Tiger Zinda Hai

| Poorna

|style="text-align: center;"|

rowspan="2" |2018

! scope="row"| Sir

|Ankita

scope="row"| Padmaavat

| Nagmati

rowspan="2" |2019

!scope="row"| War

| Aditi

scope="row"| Kissebaaz

| Naina

2022

!scope="row"| Mere Desh Ki Dharti

|Jhumki

2024

!scope="row"| Berlin

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" \|+ Series
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
2015 \|Stories by Rabindranath Tagore \|Mrignoyonee \|Story "Kankaal"
2018–2019 \|Sacred Games \|Megha Singh \|Netflix Original series
rowspan="5" \|2019 \|The Final Call \|Parineeta "Pari" \|Zee5 Original series{{Cite web\|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/the-final-call-review-arjun-rampals-new-series-is-not-your-regular-web-spinning-suspense-thriller-2048871.html\|title=The Final Call Review: Arjun Rampal's New Series Is Not Your Regular Web-Spinning Suspense Thriller\|website=News18\|date=26 February 2019 \|access-date=2019-06-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624064426/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/the-final-call-review-arjun-rampals-new-series-is-not-your-regular-web-spinning-suspense-thriller-2048871.html\|archive-date=24 June 2019\|url-status=live}}{{Cite web\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2019/feb/27/the-final-call-review-this-arjun-rampal-starrer-gives-spin-to-the-web-1944454.html\|title='The Final Call' review: This Arjun Rampal-starrer gives spin to the web\|website=The New Indian Express\|date=March 2019 \|access-date=2019-06-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531234526/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2019/feb/27/the-final-call-review-this-arjun-rampal-starrer-gives-spin-to-the-web-1944454.html\|archive-date=31 May 2019\|url-status=live}}
Abhay \|Supriya (cameo appearance) \| Zee5 Original series {{better source needed\|date=April 2020}}
Criminal Justice \|Nikhat Hussain \|Hotstar Specials series
Panchali \|Bhoomi \|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/anupriya-goenka-accuses-panchali-web-series-makers-wrongfully-make-her-shoot-intimate-scenes-800814\|title=Anupriya Goenka accuses Panchali web series makers of wrongfully make her shoot intimate scenes\|date=2019-07-02\|website=InternationalBusinessTimes\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-07-02\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930214328/https://www.ibtimes.co.in/anupriya-goenka-accuses-panchali-web-series-makers-wrongfully-make-her-shoot-intimate-scenes-800814\|archive-date=30 September 2019\|url-status=live}}
Fuh se Fantasy \|Mr. Mehra \|Voot Original Series Ep. Not Vanilla
rowspan="3" \|2020 \| Asur: Welcome to Your Dark Side \|Naina \|Voot Select Original series{{Cite web\|url=https://scroll.in/reel/956131/asur-review-voot-select-show-about-a-serial-killer-is-a-gripping-watch-once-it-settles-down\|title='Asur' review: Voot Select show about a serial killer is a gripping watch once it settles down\|date=2020-04-14\|website=Scroll.in\|language=en\|access-date=2020-04-04\|archive-date=2 April 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402141030/https://scroll.in/reel/956131/asur-review-voot-select-show-about-a-serial-killer-is-a-gripping-watch-once-it-settles-down\|url-status=live}}
Aashram \|Dr. Natasha{{Cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12805346/fullcredits/\|title="Aashram (TV Series 2020) - IMDb"\|date=2020-08-19\|website=Imdb.com\|language=en\|access-date=2020-08-19}} \|MX Original series{{Cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr-TLzvHc_k\|title="Aashram \| Official Trailer \| Bobby Deol \| Prakash Jha \| MX Original Series \| MX Player"\|date=2020-08-19\|website=Youtube.com\|language=en\|access-date=2020-08-19\|archive-date=19 August 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819201236/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr-TLzvHc_k\|url-status=live}}
Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors \|Nikhat Hussain \| rowspan="2" \|Hotstar Specials series
2021 \|Crime Next Door \|Sujata{{Cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14545262/\|title="Crime Next Door (TV Series 2021-) - IMDb"\|date=2020-06-17\|website=Imdb.com\|language=en\|access-date=2021-06-17}}
2023 \|Asur 2: The Rise of the Dark Side \|Naina \|JioCinema
2023 \|Sultan of Delhi \|Shankari Devi \|Disney+Hotstar
2024 \|Khoj - Parchaiyo Ke Uss Paar \|Meera \|ZEE5{{Cite web \|title=Khoj – Parchaiyon Ke Uss Paar, Starring Sharib Hashmi And Anupriya Goenka, Gets Lost In Its Own Shadows \|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/khoj-parchaiyon-ke-uss-paar-starring-sharib-hashmi-and-anupriya-goenka-gets-lost-in-its-own-shadows \|access-date=2024-12-27 \|website=Free Press Journal \|language=en}}

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|+ Series

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

2015

|Stories by Rabindranath Tagore

|Mrignoyonee

|Story "Kankaal"

2018–2019

|Sacred Games

|Megha Singh

|Netflix Original series

rowspan="5" |2019

|The Final Call

|Parineeta "Pari"

|Zee5 Original series{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/the-final-call-review-arjun-rampals-new-series-is-not-your-regular-web-spinning-suspense-thriller-2048871.html|title=The Final Call Review: Arjun Rampal's New Series Is Not Your Regular Web-Spinning Suspense Thriller|website=News18|date=26 February 2019 |access-date=2019-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624064426/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/the-final-call-review-arjun-rampals-new-series-is-not-your-regular-web-spinning-suspense-thriller-2048871.html|archive-date=24 June 2019|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2019/feb/27/the-final-call-review-this-arjun-rampal-starrer-gives-spin-to-the-web-1944454.html|title='The Final Call' review: This Arjun Rampal-starrer gives spin to the web|website=The New Indian Express|date=March 2019 |access-date=2019-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531234526/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2019/feb/27/the-final-call-review-this-arjun-rampal-starrer-gives-spin-to-the-web-1944454.html|archive-date=31 May 2019|url-status=live}}

Abhay

|Supriya (cameo appearance)

| Zee5 Original series {{better source needed|date=April 2020}}

Criminal Justice

|Nikhat Hussain

|Hotstar Specials series

Panchali

|Bhoomi

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/anupriya-goenka-accuses-panchali-web-series-makers-wrongfully-make-her-shoot-intimate-scenes-800814|title=Anupriya Goenka accuses Panchali web series makers of wrongfully make her shoot intimate scenes|date=2019-07-02|website=InternationalBusinessTimes|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930214328/https://www.ibtimes.co.in/anupriya-goenka-accuses-panchali-web-series-makers-wrongfully-make-her-shoot-intimate-scenes-800814|archive-date=30 September 2019|url-status=live}}

Fuh se Fantasy

|Mr. Mehra

|Voot Original Series Ep. Not Vanilla

rowspan="3" |2020

| Asur: Welcome to Your Dark Side

|Naina

|Voot Select Original series{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/reel/956131/asur-review-voot-select-show-about-a-serial-killer-is-a-gripping-watch-once-it-settles-down|title='Asur' review: Voot Select show about a serial killer is a gripping watch once it settles down|date=2020-04-14|website=Scroll.in|language=en|access-date=2020-04-04|archive-date=2 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402141030/https://scroll.in/reel/956131/asur-review-voot-select-show-about-a-serial-killer-is-a-gripping-watch-once-it-settles-down|url-status=live}}

Aashram

|Dr. Natasha{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12805346/fullcredits/|title="Aashram (TV Series 2020) - IMDb"|date=2020-08-19|website=Imdb.com|language=en|access-date=2020-08-19}}

|MX Original series{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr-TLzvHc_k|title="Aashram | Official Trailer | Bobby Deol | Prakash Jha | MX Original Series | MX Player"|date=2020-08-19|website=Youtube.com|language=en|access-date=2020-08-19|archive-date=19 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819201236/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr-TLzvHc_k|url-status=live}}

Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors

|Nikhat Hussain

| rowspan="2" |Hotstar Specials series

2021

|Crime Next Door

|Sujata{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14545262/|title="Crime Next Door (TV Series 2021-) - IMDb"|date=2020-06-17|website=Imdb.com|language=en|access-date=2021-06-17}}

2023

|Asur 2: The Rise of the Dark Side

|Naina

|JioCinema

2023

|Sultan of Delhi

|Shankari Devi

|Disney+Hotstar

2024

|Khoj - Parchaiyo Ke Uss Paar

|Meera

|ZEE5{{Cite web |title=Khoj – Parchaiyon Ke Uss Paar, Starring Sharib Hashmi And Anupriya Goenka, Gets Lost In Its Own Shadows |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/khoj-parchaiyon-ke-uss-paar-starring-sharib-hashmi-and-anupriya-goenka-gets-lost-in-its-own-shadows |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=Free Press Journal |language=en}}

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