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Also known as Sonali Bendre Behl

Indian actress (born 1975)

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Sonali Bendre is an Indian model, film actor, television actor, and presenter. Born in Mumbai on January 1, 1975, she is a citizen of India whose native language is Hindi. She began her professional work period in 1994. Bendre is a Hindu and was educated at the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan.

She has received the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Her career spans various media, including acting in Bollywood and Indian genres. She is also an author, with one listed work titled *Môḍarna gurukula*.

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Film & TV

Mumbai - India

Sonali was born in Mumbai into a Marathi speaking Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu family.She studied in Bangalore and Mumbai in Kendriya Vidyalaya Malleswaram and Holy Cross Convent High School, Thane. Thereafter she went to Welham Girls School, Dehradun. She married film director Goldie Behl on 12 November 2002. On 11 August 2005, she gave birth to a son, Ranveer, at the Breach Candy Hospital.…

Known for

  • Raakh2026
  • Be Happy — Herself2025
  • Pati Patni Aur Panga — Host2025
  • The Broken News — Amina Qureshi2022
  • India's Best Dancer — Judge2020
  • The Kapil Sharma Show — Self2016
  • BFFs with Vogue — Self2016
  • Ajeeb Daastaan Hai Ye — Shobha Sachdev2014
  • Mission Sapne — Self - Host2014
  • Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobaara! — Mumtaz2013

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Key facts

Born
( 1975-01-01 ) 1 January 1975 (age 51) , Mumbai , Maharastra, India
Alma mater
Ramnarain Ruia College , Mumbai
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1994–present
Works
Full list
Spouse
Goldie Behl ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2002 ) ​
Family
Behl family (by marriage)
Awards
Full list

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
India
Place of birth
Mumbai
Occupation
actor
Languages spoken
Hindi
Native language
Hindi
Religion
Hinduism
Hair colour
black hair
Mass
55
Image
Tennis Premier League 2021 (cropped) (cropped).jpg
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Sonali Bendre
date of birth
1975-01-01
name in native language
सोनाली बेंद्रे
start of work period
1994-00-00
social media followers
465981
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Encyclopedic overview

Sonali Bendre (born 1 January 1975), is an Indian actress predominantly known for her work in Hindi and Telugu films. One of the leading actresses of the 1990s, Bendre started her career as a model and marked her acting debut with Aag (1994), which won her the Filmfare Award for New Face of the Year.

Following several box office failures, she had her career breakthrough with the romantic action film Diljale (1996). Bendre achieved further success by featuring as the female lead in the action comedy Duplicate (1998), the action Major Saab (1998), the drama Zakhm (1998), the action thriller Sarfarosh (1999), the romantic Tamil film Kadhalar Dhinam (1999) and the highly successful family drama Hum Saath Saath Hain (1999)

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