Krissann Barretto

{{short description|Indian television actress and model|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| name = Krissann Barretto

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| birth_place = Bombay, Maharashtra, India

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

| years_active = 2014{{ndash}}present

| spouse = {{marriage|Nathan Karamchandani|2023}}

| known for = {{ubl|Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan|Ace Of Space 2}}

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Krissann Barretto is an Indian actress and model known for working in Hindi television and is best known for playing Alya Saxena in MTV's Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan and participating in the reality show Ace of Space 2 in which she became 4th runner up.

Early life

Barretto attended the Apostolic Carmel High School in Bandra, Mumbai and St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. She then attended the Government Law College, Mumbai but dropped out to pursue a career in acting.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

Personal life

In April 2023, she got engaged to her boyfriend, Nathan Karamchandani.{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=26 April 2023|title=Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan fame Krissann Barretto gets engaged to Nathan Karamchandani|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/tv/kaisi-yeh-yaariaan-fame-krissann-barretto-gets-engaged-to-nathan-karamchandani-see-pics-2023-04-26-866835|access-date=25 October 2023|work=India TV|language=en}} In October 2023, they got married.{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=5 October 2023|title=Krissann Barretto and Nathan Karamchandani tie the knot, share pics and videos from their simple court wedding|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/krissann-barretto-and-nathan-karamchandani-tie-the-knot-share-pics-and-videos-from-their-simple-court-wedding/articleshow/104194009.cms|access-date=25 October 2023|work=The Times of India|language=en}}

Career

Barretto started off her television career by acting in episodics like Heroes, The Fightback Files and Yeh Hai Aashiqui.{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/celebs/the-new-cast-of-hip-hip-hurray-2-is-gearing-up-for-the-reboot-of-the-blockbuster-tv-series-250670.html|title=The New Cast Of 'Hip Hip Hurray 2' Is Gearing Up For The Reboot Of The Blockbuster TV Series!|website=India Times|date=13 February 2016 }} She got her breakthrough in 2014 with MTV India's Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan where she portrayed Alya Saxena. In 2016, she played Kiya Kapoor in &TV's Kahani Hamari...Dil Dosti Deewanepan Ki and Tapasya in MTV India's Girls on Top.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Krissann-Barretto-roped-in-for-MTVs-Girls-on-Top/articleshow/52742358.cms|title=Krissann Barretto roped in for MTV's Girls on Top|website=Times of India|date=14 June 2016 |language=en}} From 2016 to 2017, she played Romi in Star Plus's Ishqbaaaz.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

In 2017, she made her digital debut playing Sarah in ALT Balaji's Class of 2017 and Payal in CyberSquad. From 2017 to 2018, she portrayed Sanjana Bhardwaj in Colors TV's Sasural Simar Ka. In 2018, she played Rangoli Rai in Tu Aashiqui. In 2019, Barretto participated in MTV India's Ace Of Space 2 where she finished as a fourth runner up. In June 2022, she participated in MTV India's reality show MTV Ex Or Next.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

Filmography

= Film =

class = "wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Film

! Role

2025

| Dil Dosti Aur Dogs

| Shanaya Sanghvi

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
Year ! Show ! Role ! Notes ! Ref
2014 \| Yeh Hai Aashiqui \| Mona \| \|
2014–2015 \| Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan \| rowspan=2\|Alya Saxena \| \|
rowspan=2\|2015 \| Warrior High \| \|
Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya 4 \| Raima \| \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/tv-news/adhish-khanna-romance-krissann-barretto-150429 \|title=Adhish Khanna to romance Krissann Barretto in Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya\|website=Tellychakkar}}
rowspan=4\|2016 \| Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya 7 \| Rupali \| \|
Yeh Hai Aashiqui 4 \| Alisha \| \|{{cite news\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Ronit-Kapil-and-Krissann-Barretto-to-star-in-Yeh-Hai-Aashiqui/articleshow/51643747.cms \|title=Ronit Kapil and Krissann Barretto to star in 'Yeh Hai Aashiqui'\|website=Times of India\|date=April 2016 }}
Kahani Hamari...Dil Dosti Deewanepan Ki \| Kiya Kapoor \| \|
Girls on Top \| Tapasya \| \|{{cite news\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Krissann-Barretto-roped-in-for-MTVs-Girls-on-Top/articleshow/52742358.cms \|title=Krissann Barretto roped in for MTV's Girls on Top\|website=Times of India\|date=14 June 2016 }}
2016–2017 \| Ishqbaaaz \| Romi \| \|
rowspan=2\|2016 \| Y.A.R.O Ka Tashan \| Shanaya \| \|
Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya 8 \| Lekha \| \|
2017 \| Big F 2 \| Jhanvi \| \|
2017–2018 \| Sasural Simar Ka \| Sanjana Sameer Kapoor (née Bharadwaj) \| \|
2018 \| Tu Aashiqui \| Rangoli Rai \| \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.iwmbuzz.com/television/news/krissann-barretto-enter-colors-tu-aashiqui/2018/07/09\|title=Krissann Barretto to enter Colors' Tu Aashiqui\|website=IWM Buzz\|date=9 July 2018 }}
rowspan=2\|2019 \| Laal Ishq \| Tanya \| \|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.iwmbuzz.com/television/news/karan-khandelwal-krissann-barretto-tvs-laal-ishq/2019/01/17\|title=Karan Khandelwal and Krissann Barretto in &TV's Laal Ishq\|website=IWMBuzz\|date=17 January 2019 \|language=en-US}}
Ace of Space 2 \| Contestant \|4th runner up \|{{Cite news\|last=\|first=\|date=11 September 2022\|title=Ace of Space 2: What made Krissann Barretto upset in the house?\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/ace-of-space-2-what-made-krissann-barretto-upset-in-the-house/articleshow/71145059.cms\|access-date=11 December 2022\|work=TOI\|language=en}}
2022 \| MTV Ex Or Next \| Contestant \| \|{{Cite news\|last=\|first=\|date=22 June 2022\|title=Krissann Barretto joins new reality show 'Ex or Next'\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/krissann-barretto-joins-new-reality-show-ex-or-next/articleshow/92391975.cms\|access-date=11 December 2022\|work=TOI\|language=en}}
2023–2024 \| Pashminna – Dhaage Mohabbat Ke \| Ayesha Sharma \| \|
rowspan=2\|2024 \| Jubilee Talkies – Shohrat Shiddat Mohabbat \| Ira Singhania \| \|
''Reality Ranis of the Jungle \|Contestant \| Runner-Up \|
2025 \| Udne Ki Aasha \| Sonali \| \|
2025–present \| Chakravarti Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan \| Haseena \| \|

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

Year

! Show

! Role

! Notes

! Ref

2014

| Yeh Hai Aashiqui

| Mona

2014–2015

| Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan

| rowspan=2|Alya Saxena

rowspan=2|2015

| Warrior High

Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya 4

| Raima

|{{cite web|url=http://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/tv-news/adhish-khanna-romance-krissann-barretto-150429 |title=Adhish Khanna to romance Krissann Barretto in Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya|website=Tellychakkar}}

rowspan=4|2016

| Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya 7

| Rupali

Yeh Hai Aashiqui 4

| Alisha

|{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Ronit-Kapil-and-Krissann-Barretto-to-star-in-Yeh-Hai-Aashiqui/articleshow/51643747.cms |title=Ronit Kapil and Krissann Barretto to star in 'Yeh Hai Aashiqui'|website=Times of India|date=April 2016 }}

Kahani Hamari...Dil Dosti Deewanepan Ki

| Kiya Kapoor

Girls on Top

| Tapasya

|{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Krissann-Barretto-roped-in-for-MTVs-Girls-on-Top/articleshow/52742358.cms |title=Krissann Barretto roped in for MTV's Girls on Top|website=Times of India|date=14 June 2016 }}

2016–2017

| Ishqbaaaz

| Romi

rowspan=2|2016

| Y.A.R.O Ka Tashan

| Shanaya

Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya 8

| Lekha

2017

| Big F 2

| Jhanvi

2017–2018

| Sasural Simar Ka

| Sanjana Sameer Kapoor (née Bharadwaj)

2018

| Tu Aashiqui

| Rangoli Rai

|{{cite web|url=http://www.iwmbuzz.com/television/news/krissann-barretto-enter-colors-tu-aashiqui/2018/07/09|title=Krissann Barretto to enter Colors' Tu Aashiqui|website=IWM Buzz|date=9 July 2018 }}

rowspan=2|2019

| Laal Ishq

| Tanya

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.iwmbuzz.com/television/news/karan-khandelwal-krissann-barretto-tvs-laal-ishq/2019/01/17|title=Karan Khandelwal and Krissann Barretto in &TV's Laal Ishq|website=IWMBuzz|date=17 January 2019 |language=en-US}}

Ace of Space 2

| Contestant

|4th runner up

|{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=11 September 2022|title=Ace of Space 2: What made Krissann Barretto upset in the house?|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/ace-of-space-2-what-made-krissann-barretto-upset-in-the-house/articleshow/71145059.cms|access-date=11 December 2022|work=TOI|language=en}}

2022

| MTV Ex Or Next

| Contestant

|{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=22 June 2022|title=Krissann Barretto joins new reality show 'Ex or Next'|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/krissann-barretto-joins-new-reality-show-ex-or-next/articleshow/92391975.cms|access-date=11 December 2022|work=TOI|language=en}}

2023–2024

| Pashminna – Dhaage Mohabbat Ke

| Ayesha Sharma

rowspan=2|2024

| Jubilee Talkies – Shohrat Shiddat Mohabbat

| Ira Singhania

''Reality Ranis of the Jungle

|Contestant

| Runner-Up

2025

| Udne Ki Aasha

| Sonali

2025–present

| Chakravarti Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan

| Haseena

=Web series=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
Year ! Show ! Role ! Notes ! Ref
rowspan=2\|2017 \| Class of 2017 \| Sarah \| \|
CyberSquad \| Payal \| \|
2022 \| Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan \| Alya Saxena \| \|
2023 \| Fuh se Fantasy \| Lara \| Episode 6: "Monsoon trek" \|
2024 \| Pyramid \| Niharika \| \|

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

Year

! Show

! Role

! Notes

! Ref

rowspan=2|2017

| Class of 2017

| Sarah

CyberSquad

| Payal

2022