| Age | 55 |
| Birthday | 7 November, 1969 |
| Birthplace | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Height | 5' 4" (163 cm) |
| Eye Color | Brown - Dark |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Claim to Fame | her roles as Sita in the 1996 erotic romantic drama film Fire, Shanta, the Ayah in the 1998 period romantic drama film Earth, Nandini Mitra in the 1998 Hindi-language drama film Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa, Sanwari in the 2000 Hindi-language drama film Bawander, Paro in the 2002 Hindi-language action drama film Pitaah, and Stella in the 2019 Hindi-language crime drama film Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aata Hai |
Nandita Das is an Indian actress and film maker. She has acted in over 40 feature films in ten different languages. Das appeared in the films Fire (1996), Earth (1998), Bawandar (2000), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Azhagi (2002), Kamli (2006), and Before The Rains (2007). Her directorial debut Firaaq (2008), premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and travelled to more than 50 festivals, winning more than 20 awards. Her second film as a director was Manto (2018). Based on the life of 20th Century Indo-Pakistani short story writer Sadat Hasan Manto, the film was screened at Cannes Film Festival in the "Un Certain Regard" section. In September 2019, Das produced a two-minute Public Service Announcement music video India's Got Colour. The music video is about the issue of colourism and urges the audience to celebrate India's diversity of skin colour. Her first book, 'Manto & I', chronicles her 6-year long journey of making the film. She wrote, directed, produced and acted in a short film called, Listen to Her, that sheds light on the increase in domestic violence and overburden of work that women have been facing during the lockdown. Also sought petition seeking the commutation of the death sentence handed out to Ajmal Kasab.[1]
