Devoleena Bhattacharjee (born 22 August 1985) is an Indian television actress and trained

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dancer. She is known for playing Gopi Modi in

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's long-running popular show ''

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''. She also participated in ''

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'', '' Bigg Boss 14'' and ''

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''.

Early life

Bhattacharjee was born on 22 August 1985 to an Assamese-Bengali family in Upper

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. She lives in

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with her mother and her younger brother. She did her schooling from Godhula Brown Memorial English High School in Sivasagar, Assam and her higher studies from the National Institute of Fashion and Technology in New Delhi, India.

Career

A trained

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dancer, Bhattacharjee initially worked as a jewellery designer in Gili India Ltd. in Mumbai and was first noticed when she auditioned for dance reality series '' Dance India Dance 2''. Her acting debut through

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's ''

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'' occurred in 2011. 250px, Devoleena in 2015 In June 2012, Bhattacharjee replaced

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as the female lead Gopi Ahem Modi in

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's ''

'' which turned out to be her breakthrough. In 2014 and in 2016, she contemplated quitting the show due to the frequent time leaps, but continued the character before completing 5 years in June 2017. The same month, she underwent spinal surgery for an injury that took place on the show's set in 2013. ''Saath Nibhaana Saathiya'' ended on 23 July 2017. Bhattacharjee next joined as a celebrity contestant in 13th season of the

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show ''

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'' that started in the last week of September 2019. However two months later in November 2019, she exited the show citing medical issues. In August 2020, it was announced that Bhattacharjee will reprise the role of Gopi Modi in the sequel of ''Saath Nibhaana Saathiya'', entitled ''

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'' that begun airing on 19 October 2020. She was seen in the first 31 episodes with the last episode was telecasted on 23 November 2020. She entered Bigg Boss 14 as a proxy contestant for Eijaz Khan. She also later entered

as a wild card contestant, thus making history for appearing as contestant in 3 different seasons of

alongside

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and

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. In June 2022, just after her movie first second chance, she returned to ''

'', to help Gehna resolve her family issues, and to celebrate her 10 year anniversary of being part of ''

''.

Filmography

Television

Special appearances

Web series

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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