Wahida Mollick Jolly

{{infobox person

| name = Wahida Mollick Jolly

| native_name = ওয়াহিদা মল্লিক জলি

| native_name_lang = bn

| occupation = Actress, costume designer, university faculty member

| nationality = Bangladeshi

| spouse = Rahmat Ali

| relatives = Sharmili Ahmed (sister)

}}

Wahida Mollick Jolly is a Bangladeshi actress. She works on stage plays, television dramas and films.{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/wahida-mollick-jolly-40181|title=Wahida Mollick Jolly|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=September 6, 2014|access-date=January 18, 2016}} She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Costume Design for the film Mrittika Maya (2013).{{Cite news |url=https://bangla.bdnews24.com/glitz/article937178.bdnews|script-title=bn:জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কারে 'মৃত্তিকা মায়া'র জয়জয়কার|work=bdnews24.com |date=2015-03-10 |language=bn |access-date=2019-12-19}}

Background

Jolly's parents settled in Rajshahi from West Bengal. Her father, Tofazzal Hossain, was a stage performer and director.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/news/wahida-mollick-jolly-1839925|title=Wahida Mollick Jolly|date=2019-12-14|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-12-19}} Her elder sister Sharmili Ahmed was an actress. Jolly performed regularly as a child artist in radio dramas. She started stage performances in tenth grade. She earned a degree in social work and then moved to Kolkata to study drama in Rabindra Bharati University. She debuted in a Hindi television series.

Career

Jolly debuted her stage acting career in 1975 by her role in Spartacus Bishoyok Jotilota, written by Momtazuddin Ahmed. Her debut television drama, E Ki Jalaton, also by Momtazuddin Ahmed, was in 1986.

Jolly acted in films including Adhiar (2003) and Shorgo Theke Norok.

Jolly established a theatre group Drishwakabbo in 1990. She is a faculty member of the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies at University of Dhaka.{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/theatre-in-round-a-treat-for-an-intimate-audience|title=Theatre in Round : A treat for an intimate audience|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=July 26, 2013|access-date=January 18, 2016|archive-date=May 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520062057/http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/theatre-in-round-a-treat-for-an-intimate-audience/|url-status=dead}} Her husband Rahmat Ali is also an Associate Professor of the Department at Theatre and Performance Studies of Dhaka University.{{Cite news |title=Rahmat Ali, Wahida Mollick Jolly infected with corona |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/590540/Rahmat-Ali-Wahida-Mollick-Jolly-infected-with-corona-|access-date=2021-12-01|work=Daily Sun|language=en}}

Works

= Television =

Ronger Manush (2004-2005)
Vober Hat
Doll's House
Sakin Sarisuri
Jhamela Unlimited
Ujan Ganger Naiya
Labonyoprobha{{Cite news|url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/11/24/d611241405109.htm|title=Tv serial 'Labonyoprobha' scores 100|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=November 24, 2006|access-date=January 18, 2016|archive-date=October 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005151512/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/11/24/d611241405109.htm|url-status=dead}}