Sheeba Chaddha is an Indian film, stage and television actress.

Early life and career

Chaddha grew up in

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, where she developed interest in theatre and started taking theatre workshops. She majored in English literature from

Hans Raj College Hansraj College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi, in Delhi, India. The departments of Hansraj college includes science, liberal arts and commerce. History The was founded on 26 July 1948 in memory of the prominent Indian ...

(University of Delhi). Sonu sood on the sets of Hitler Didi

Chaddha has acted as a

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in films like ''

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'' (1999), ''

Parzania ''Parzania'' (translation: ''Heaven and hell on earth'') is a 2007 Indian drama film co-written and directed by Rahul Dholakia; David N. Donihue is the other co-writer. The film featured Naseeruddin Shah and Sarika in the lead roles, while Cori ...

'' (2007), ''

Delhi 6 ''Delhi-6'' is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Rakesh Omprakash Mehra. The film stars Abhishek Bachchan as an NRI who arrives in India with his ailing grandmother (played by Waheeda Rehman) and begins discovering his roots b ...

'' (2009), '' Luck by Chance'' (2009) and '' Talaash'' (2012). In 2011, she also appeared in short film, ''Prakata Het Yad'' in gibberish, with actor

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. The film won he Audience Choice award in the Short Films category at

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. Florence Indian Film Festival. She appeared in the 2012 film ''Talaash'' as Nirmala, a sex worker. The year 2015 saw her triumph with a quirky turn as Nain Tara Tiwary (''Buaji'') in Sharat Katariya's ''

Dum Laga Ke Haisha ''Dum Laga Ke Haisha'' (), released internationally as ''My Big Fat Bride'', is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Sharat Katariya, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Bhumi Pednekar, Sanjay Mishra and ...

''. Her early appearance on television, was on ''

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'' (2002), thereafter, she made a comeback in television in 2007 playing a business tycoon in '' Kasturi''. This was followed by series like ''

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'' (2009–2012), ''

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'' (2009), ''

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'' (2007), ''

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'' (2001–2013) and ''

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'' (2012). In June 2012, she joined the cast of popular television series, ''Hitler Didi'' on

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. She has also acted in stage plays,

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's ''C for Clown'' (2007), Atul Kumar's ''The Blue Mug'' (2010) with Kapoor, Munish Bhardwaj, and

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and

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, played Desdimona in

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's ''Othello in Black& White'' and a 2012 production of

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's play ''

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'', where she played the lead role of Hedda. She is also involved in running a theatre group, "The Company Theatre" in Mumbai. She is currently involved with an internet television series, ''

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'', which is under the banner of ''

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'' (TVF).

Filmography

Films

Television

*Hip Hip Hurray (1998 - 2001) *Gubbare (1999-2000) as Anu * ''

'' (2002) as Sonali * '' Kasturi'' (2007) * ''

'' (2009–2012) * ''

'' (2009) * ''

'' (2011–2013) * ''

Hitler Didi ''Hitler Didi'' (English: literally ''Hitler Sister'' but figuratively ''Auntie Hitler'') was a daily Indian soap opera that aired on Zee TV. It premiered on 7 November 2011. The story is located in the backdrop of Delhi. The title of the sho ...

'' (2012) as Dulari Bua * ''

'' (2012) * ''

Pavitra Rishta ''Pavitra Rishta'' (International title: ''Sacred Relationship'') is a 2009 Indian soap opera produced by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms, that aired on Zee TV from 1 June 2009 to 25 October 2014. It is an adaptation of Tamil television serie ...

'' (2013–2014) * ''

Hello Pratibha ''Hello Pratibha'' (International Title: Hello Pratiba) is an Indian television drama show, which premiered on 27 January 2015 till 27 July 2015. It aired Monday to Saturday on Zee TV. The series is dubbed in English and airs on Zee World from Fr ...

'' (2015) as Pushpa Chachi * '' Bandini'' * ''

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'' (2017) ;

Web Series

* "Aisa Waisa Pyaar" as Sunita *"

Bandish Bandits ''Bandish Bandits'' is an Indian musical romantic drama streaming television series on Amazon Prime Video created by Amritpal Singh Bindra and Anand Tiwari, produced by Still & Still Moving Pictures and directed by Anand Tiwari. The script was ...

" (an

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original) as Mohini * "

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" as Vasudha Pandit * “Taj Mahal 1989 ” as Mumtaz *"

" (Season 2) * " Tanhaiyan" as Raza's mother (khala) * "

Hey Prabhu! Hey Prabhu! is a 2019 Hindi-language comedy web series directed by Shashanka Ghosh for MX Player. The series stars Rajat Barmecha, Parul Gulati, Ritu Raj Singh, Achint Kaur, Sheeba Chaddha and Prynca Talukdar. It is written by Nihit Bhave and p ...

as Tarun's Mom * "

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" as Nikhat's mother (Season 1 Episode 2 & Season 2 Episode 2) *"

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" as Bharat's mother *"Moh" as Shilpa * "Special Day" as Malti Mehra * "

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" * " Good Bad Girl"

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaddha, Sheeba Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Actresses from Delhi Indian film actresses Actresses in Hindi cinema Indian stage actresses Indian television actresses Indian soap opera actresses Actresses in Hindi television Delhi University alumni Indian expatriate actresses in the United Kingdom 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian actresses