Umang Jain
{{Short description|Indian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
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| caption = Jain at her film launch Love Breakups Zindagi promotional event
| name = Umang Jain
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| birth_place = Tumkur, India
| occupation = Model, Actress
| nationality = Indian
| citizenship = Indian
| awards = AIAC - All India Achievers Award for best actor {{Cite web|title=All India Achievers Conference|url=http://allindiaachievers.com/awards.php|access-date=2022-01-23|website=allindiaachievers.com}}
| website = {{url|www.umangjain.com}}
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Umang Jain is an Indian model and actress worked in national and international circuits. She is officially the youngest actor to have worked across all AV mediums and is awarded for the same. She is also popularly known as the 'Cadbury Girl' in India and 'Miss Masala Girl' in Pakistan from where she rose to fame. She has worked in Films, Series and has shot for more than 500TVCs.
Career
She began in the Hindi film industry with Love Breakups Zindagi{{cite web|url=https://bollyspice.com/meet-the-cast-of-love-breakups-zindagi/|title=Meet the cast of 'Love Breakups Zindagi'|last=developer|date=10 July 2011}} and later appeared in Ek Tha Chander Ek Thi Sudha.{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/A-story-that-redefined-love-for-an-entire-generation/articleshow/48756454.cms | title=A story that redefined love for an entire generation | newspaper=The Times of India | date=2 September 2015 | access-date=11 November 2018 }} In 2015, she portrayed Gauri, an incarnation of Devi/Durga in the three month television series, Maharakshak: Devi. She was cast in the role partly due to her background as a dancer and a brown belt in the martial arts.{{cite web
|url=http://www.zeetvusa.com/zeetv/news/zee-tv-presents-indias-first-female-superhero-devi-the-epitome-of-strength.html
|title=ZEE TV presents India's First Female Superhero 'DEVI' - The Epitome of Strength
|access-date=2019-09-21
|date=2015-03-09
|publisher=Zee TV
|archive-date=21 September 2019
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921215424/http://www.zeetvusa.com/zeetv/news/zee-tv-presents-indias-first-female-superhero-devi-the-epitome-of-strength.html
|url-status=dead
}} Jain states that she was drawn to the role because it was a challenging one.{{cite web
|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/tv-has-undergone-a-major-change-actress-umang-jain/
|title=TV has undergone a major change: Actress Umang Jain
|access-date=2019-09-21
|last=Indo-Asian News Service
|author-link=Indo-Asian News Service
|date=2019-03-13
|publisher=The Indian Express
|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/maharakshak-devi-superheroine-lands-on-indian-tv/
|title='Maharakshak Devi' – superheroine lands on Indian TV
|access-date=2019-09-21
|last=Indo-Asian News Service
|author-link=Indo-Asian News Service
|date=2019-03-11
|publisher=The Indian Express
}}
Jain also portrayed Tara in the long-running show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai on Star Plus.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} About her character, Umang said, "I play Tara in the show. She is a hockey player, who is slightly rough on the edges as she has been raised in a family of men but she is a soft and sweet person inside. She always stands up for what is right."{{cite news | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2015/oct/27/umang-jain-has-come-a-long-way-834905.html | title=Umang Jain has Come a Long Way | first=Reet | last=Menghnani | newspaper=The New Indian Express | date=27 October 2015 | access-date=19 September 2019 }}
Television
Filmography
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Film !Role !Language |
| 2011
|Ritu |rowspan=2|Hindi |
| 2011
|Prachi |
| 2013
|Anju Moothedan |Malayalam |
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Category:Female models from Mumbai
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Actresses from Mumbai
Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema
Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema
Category:Actresses in Hindi television