Wamiqa Gabbi (born 29 September 1993) is an Indian actress, who works in Punjabi,

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films. She made her screen debut in the Hindi film ''

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'' (2007) with a small role. But her major success came with '' Tu Mera 22 Main Tera 22'' (2013) alongside

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. For which she was nominated in the

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in the category of best supporting actress. Then she went onto star in many Punjabi films like ''

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'' (2014), ''

Nikka Zaildar 2 ''Nikka Zaildar 2'' is a 2017 Punjabi romantic comedy film directed by Simerjit Singh, written by Jagdeep Sidhu and starring Ammy Virk, Sonam Bajwa, and Wamiqa Gabbi as the main lead roles and the film was released worldwide on 22 September 201 ...

'' (2017), ''

Parahuna ''Parahuna'' () is an Indian Punjabi language comedy film directed by Amrit Raj Chadha and Mohit Banwait. The film stars Kulwinder Billa and Wamiqa Gabbi in lead roles while Karamjit Anmol, Harby Sangha, Sardar Sohi, Hobby Dhaliwal, Malkit Rou ...

'' (2018), ''Dil Diyan Gallan'' (2019) and ''

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'' (2019).

Personal life

Gabbi was born in a Punjabi family in

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on 29 September 1993. Her father Govardhan Gabbi is an author and writes in

and

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, who uses ''Gabbi'' as a pseudonym.

Career

She is a trained Kathak dancer. Her big break came with the Punjabi film with

and

, '' Tu Mera 22 Mai Tera 22''. She went on to star in two other Punjabi films ''

'' and ''Ishq Haazir Hai'' as a co-star to actor

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. She gave her first female lead role as Tanisha in '' Sixteen''. She starred as the lead actress in the Telugu film ''Bhale Manchi Roju'' as the female lead. Gabbi starred as the female lead in a

film '' Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam'' (2016). She was the female lead in the

film

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alongside

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. In March 2017, Wamiqa signed onto a new Tamil film, '' Iravaakaalam'', directed by Ashwin Saravanan, also starring

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and

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. Wamiqa played the lead role in '' 9'', also starring

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Filmography

Web series

Music Videos

Awards and nominations

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gabbi, Wamiqa 1993 births Living people Actresses from Chandigarh Indian film actresses Indian television actresses Actresses in Punjabi cinema Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema Actresses in Hindi television 21st-century Indian actresses