Birth Name: Sayani Gupta
Birth Date: 1985-10-09
Birth Place: Kolkata, Kolkata district, India
Details
Alternate Names: サヤーニ・グプタ
Physical Characteristics: N/A
Career
First Appearances: - Second Marriage Dot Com (2013) as Poonam
Most Important Roles: - Zwigato (2023) as
- Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga (2022) as Lajjo
- Tathagat (2021) as Suraj's Mother
- Yaman (2018) as Nitya
- Margarita with a Straw (2015) as Khanum
- Khwaabon Ka Jhamela (2024) as Ruby
- Parched (2015) as Champa
- Bunny (2015) as
- Fan (2016) as Aryan Khanna's Legal Advisor
Career Highlights: - Zwigato (2023)
- Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga (2022)
- Tathagat (2021)
- Yaman (2018)
- Margarita with a Straw (2015)
- Khwaabon Ka Jhamela (2024)
- Parched (2015)
- Bunny (2015)
- Fan (2016)
Awards
Awards: - Nominated for 1 Popular Award - Best Supporting Actress (2020)
- Nominated for 1 Jury's Choice Award - Best Supporting Actress (2020)
- Nominated for 1 Indian Television Academy Award - Best Actress - Web Series (2017)
- Won Honorable Mention - Best Performance in a Short Film (2016)
- Won Film Award -Critics Choice - Best Supporting Actress (2020)
- Nominated for 1 FOI Online Award - Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast (2021)
- Nominated for 1 FOI Online Award - Best Actress in a Supporting Role (2019)
- Nominated for 1 FOI Online Award - Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast (2019)
- Nominated for 1 Popular Award - Most Popular Actress in a Web Series (2019)
- Nominated for 1 Popular Award - Best Supporting Actress: Web Original Film (2021)
- Nominated for 1 Popular Award - Best Actress: Web Original Film (2020)
- Won Digital Movies & TV Series Award - Best Actress - Music/Comedy (2020)
- Nominated for 1 Film Award - Best Actress in a Supporting Role (2022)
- Nominated for 1 Special Award - OTT Ensemble Cast of the Year (2023)
- Won Brand Impact Award - Best New Age Female Actor (2021)
- Won Extraordinaire Award - Impactful Performer of the Year (2024)
- Nominated for 1 OTT Award - Best Supporting Actress (2021)
Full Biography
Sayani Gupta, (pronounced as Shayoni) is an Indian film actress who appears in Hindi films. Born and brought up in Kolkata, Sayani is a diverse individual who fine tuned skills in the segment of performing arts.
A graduate from the Film and Television Institute of India, she made her feature film debut in 2012 in Second Marriage Dot Com. She has since appeared in supporting roles in films such as Fan, Jolly LLB 2 and Article 15. She essayed the role of a blind Pakistani-Bangladeshi lesbian activist named Khanum in Margarita with a Straw opposite Kalki Koechlin.
