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Seema Biswas is an Indian actor born in Nalbari, Assam, in 1965. She speaks Hindi and began her professional work in 1988. Biswas received her training at the National School of Drama.
Her accolades include the National Film Award for Best Actress, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut, and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role.
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Film & TV
Nalbari, Assam, India
Seema Biswas is an Indian actress who works in Hindi and Bengali films and the theatre. She came to prominence with the role of Phoolan Devi in Shekhar Kapur's 1995 film Bandit Queen, for which she won the National Film Award for Best Actress.
Known for
- Dukan2026
- Shakti Shalini2026
- Raktabeej 2 — Sultana Rahman2025
- Jolly LLB 3 — Janki Devi Solanki2025
- Om Kali Jai Kali — Kaathadi2025
- Bindiya Ke Bahubali — Sanka Davan2025
- Sarfira — Vir's Mother2024
- Political War — Sunita Chatterjee2024
- Chalti Rahe Zindagi — Leela2024
- Visfot — Acid Tai2024
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1965-01-14 ) 14 January 1965 (age 61) , Nalbari , Assam , India
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1988–present
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Nalbari
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- National School of Drama
- Languages spoken
- Hindi
- Image
- Seema Biswas (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Seema Biswas
- date of birth
- 1965-01-14
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- name in native language
- सीमा बिस्वास
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Encyclopedic overview
Seema Biswas (born 14 January 1965) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films and the theatre. She gained prominence after playing the role of Phoolan Devi in Shekhar Kapur's film Bandit Queen (1994), for which she won the National Film Award for Best Actress. She won the 2000 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and the 2006 Best Actress Genie Award for her role as Shakuntala in Deepa Mehta's Water (2005). Her other mainstream films include Khamoshi: The Musical (1996), for which she won the Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress, Bhoot (2003), Vivah (2006) and Half Girlfriend (2017). In addition to films, Biswas has appeared in many television shows, most recently, The Family Man (Indian TV series).
Personal life and education
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