Tassnim Sheikh

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| name = Tassnim Sheikh

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| occupation = Actress

| spouse = {{marriage|Sameer Nerurkar|2006}}

| children = 1

| yearsactive = 1997–2012
2017–2023; 2025

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Tassnim Sheikh, also known as Tanisha Nerurkar, is an actress, best known for her comic antagonistic roles as Mohini Harsh Virani in Ekta Kapoor's Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi {{cite web | title = "25 Years of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi " |publisher=Kovid Gupta Films| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSYew-BvtNM|date=2025| accessdate =29 April 2025|via=YouTube}} and as Rakhi Dave in Director's Kut Productions' Anupamaa.{{Cite web |last=Razzaq |first=Sameena |date=6 February 2017 |title=My daughter pushed me to work again, says Tasneem Sheikh |url=https://www.asianage.com/entertainment/tv/060217/my-daughter-pushed-me-to-work-again-says-tasneem-sheikh.html |access-date=22 August 2020 |website=The Asian Age}} {{Cite web |title=Tassnim Sheikh: I am glad to have bagged a role in 'Anupamaa' |first1=Tanvi |last1=Trivedi |date=27 July 2020 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/tassnim-sheikh-i-am-glad-i-bagged-a-role-in-anupamaa/articleshow/77167716.cms |access-date=22 August 2020 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=27 July 2020 |title=Telly Tattle: Tassnim Sheikh back on small screen with Anupamaa |url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/telly-tattle-tassnim-sheikh-back-on-small-screen-with-anupamaa/22906226 |access-date=22 August 2020 |work=Mid Day |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010061703/https://www.mid-day.com/articles/telly-tattle-tassnim-sheikh-back-on-small-screen-with-anupamaa/22906226 |archive-date=10 October 2020 |language=en}}

Personal life

Tasneem Sheik was born to a Muslim family in Jammu and Kashmir on 4 August 1980.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} She moved to Mumbai with her family at an early age. After taking training in Mumbai, she began her career as a support entertainer and television presenter with sequential Gharana. In 2006. Sheikh began her career with the TV show, Saturday Suspense in 1997.{{Cite news |title=My neighbour was an angel in disguise during my fight with COVID-19: Tassnim Sheikh - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/my-neighbour-was-an-angel-in-disguise-during-my-fight-with-covid-19-tassnim-sheikh/articleshow/82540086.cms |access-date=25 September 2021 |website=The Times of India |date=11 May 2021 |language=en}} She married Sameer Nerurkar, a merchant Navy officer in 2006.{{cite news |last1=Sameer |title=Other side of 'Love Jihad'- List of renowned Hindus who had a Muslim wife |url=https://archive.siasat.com/news/other-side-love-jihad-list-renowned-hindus-who-had-muslim-wife-854909/ |access-date=2 March 2022 |work=The Siasat Daily – Archive |date=20 October 2015}}{{Cite news |last=Padukone |first=Chaitanya |date=28 August 2006 |title=Tassnim is a Ganesha bhakt |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-tassnim-is-a-ganesha-bhakt-1049668 |access-date=25 September 2021 |work=DNA India |language=en}} They have a daughter named Tia, who inspired her to return to the industry after 6 years. After the marriage she change her name to Tanisha Nerurkar.