Koel Purie Rinchet (born 25 November 1978) is an Indian actress, producer and TV presenter.

About

She made her debut with Rahul Bose's directorial venture '' Everybody Says I'm Fine!'' in 2001 and later featured in ''Road to Ladakh'' starring with Irrfan Khan. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art London. Since then she has worked on more than 20 films in India, the United Kingdom and Canada, played Desdemona at the Leicester Haymarket, acted in the theater production of A Taste for Mangoes (an adaptation of Willian Dalrymple's '' White Mughals),'' and produced top rated TV shows. She has also written for publications such as Cosmopolitan, DNA, Harper's Bazaar, and India Today. While living in Tokyo, Purie was appointed the Tourism Mascot by the Japanese government and shot several videos to promote tourism in Japan. Purie now lives in Paris and has started her own production company to make film, digital and video content for various platforms. Purie hosted a talk show, ''On The Couch With Koel,'' on the Indian news channel

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. She has produced and hosted various TV shows from ''Great Escape'' for Star plus to ''Aaj Ki Naari'' for DD metro. Koel Purie is the daughter of media tycoon Aroon Purie.

Filmography

* '' Everybody Says I'm Fine!'' (2001) * ''

American Daylight ''American Daylight'' is a 2004 Indian film production in Hollywood. The film is directed by Roger Christian and produced by Kaleidoscope Entertainment. The film stars Nick Moran as Lawrence, an American music executive, who falls for Sujata ...

'' (2004) * ''Road to Ladakh'' (2004) * '' White Noise'' (2005) * '' Nazar'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2006) * ''Mera Dil Leke Dekho'' (2006) * ''The Lookalike'' (2006) * ''

Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee ''Life Mein Kabhi Kabhiee'' (transl. ''At Times in Life'') is a 2007 Bollywood social thriller movie, directed by Vikram Bhatt. It was released on 13 April 2007. Boxofficeindia declared the movie box office disaster. Actor Sameer Dattani's role ...

'' (2007) * ''Amal (film), Amal'' (2007) * ''It's Breaking News'' (2007) * ''The Great Indian Butterfly'' (2007) * ''Secrets of the Seven Sounds'' (2008) * ''Rock On!! (2008 film), Rock On!'' (2008) * ''10ml LOVE'' (2012) * ''The Zoya Factor (film), The Zoya Factor'' (2019)

TV

*''The Great Escape-'' Star Plus * ''Aaj Ki Naari....''Deepika (all episodes)- DD Metro (1998) *''Holby City'' (1 episode, 2003) - "For Better, for Worse" as Seleena Chowdhury *''The Vice'' (1 episode, 2003) - "Gameboys" as WPC Charlie Carter *''Indian Dream'' (2003) as Neeraj *''As If'' (1 episode, 2004) - "Jamie's POV" as Travel Agent *''Dirty War'' (2004) as DC Sameena Habibullah *''The Afternoon Play'' (1 episode, 2005) - "Reverse Psychology" as Sonia Bhose * ''Losing Gemma'' (2006) as Coral * ''Fairy Tales'' (1 episode, 2008) - "The Empress's New Clothes" as Shekeelia *''On the Couch with Koël'' (2008-2012) - Headlines Today *''Couching with Koël'' (2013-2015) - India Today TV

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* Living people 1978 births Actresses from Delhi Indian film actresses Indian television actresses Actresses in Hindi cinema Indian emigrants to France Actresses from Paris Indian expatriate actresses in the United States Indian expatriate actresses in the United Kingdom Indian expatriates in Japan Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art {{india-actor-stub