Simone Singh, in Jamshedpur to a Sikh

Sikh

A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...

 father and Bengali

Bengali people

The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...

 mother, is an India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n actress.

She made her acting debut with the television series Sea Hawks followed by a small role in Swabhimaan

Swabhimaan

Swaabhimaan was an Indian afternoon soap opera aired in 1995, directed by Mahesh Bhatt, and scripted by Shobha De and Vinod Ranganath.-Plot:...

, in 1995. She played the title role in another popular television series Heena

Heena (TV series)

Heena is a Hindi TV serial that aired on Sony Entertainment Television, also known as SET Asia. The series began to air in 1998 and ran for five seasons, finishing in 2003.- Plot :The show is based on the trials and tribulations in the life of a woman...

, which gave her wide recognition and was the highest rated show on Indian Television at the time. Simone soon forayed into Bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 movies with Ek Rishta: The Bond of Love, in 2001.

She also played roles in a few other movies and has been acclaimed for her role in Being Cyrus

Being Cyrus

Being Cyrus is an English language Indian film directed by Homi Adajania and released in 2006. It is a psychological drama revolving around a dysfunctional Parsi family...

, co-starring Boman Irani

Boman Irani

Boman Irani is an Indian film and theatre actor and photographer. Irani began his acting career in theatre and moved to film in 2000 at the age of 44 with a role in Josh...

, Dimple Kapadia

Dimple Kapadia

Dimple Chunnibhai Kapadia is an Indian film actress. She made her acting debut at the age of 16, playing the title role in Raj Kapoor's teen romance Bobby . In that same year she married Indian actor Rajesh Khanna, and retired from acting. Kapadia returned to films in 1984 after her separation...

 and Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan is an Indian actor known for his work in Bollywood films. He is the son of the late former Nawab of Pataudi, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and actress Sharmila Tagore. He has two sisters: Saba Ali Khan and actress Soha Ali Khan....

. She is the first Indian actress to be invited to present at the International Emmy Awards in NYC.

Films

• Rann (2009)
• Diamond Murders (2009)2010
• 99
  99 (2009 film)
  -Reception:The film's music received mixed reviews from critics. Indiatimes gave the soundtrack three stars out of four, saying the songs "What's Up", "Soch Mat Dobara", "Punjab Size" were average while praising "Kal Ki Tarah" and "Delhi Destiny". Bollywood Hungama's Joginder Tuteja gave the album...
  
   (2009) - Jahnavi
• Delhi Heights(2007) - Saima
• Marigold
  Marigold (2007 film)
  Marigold is a 2007 romantic musical comedy about an American actress who becomes engrossed in the Bollywood film industry after visiting India...
  
  (2007) - Shazia
• Being Cyrus
  Being Cyrus
  Being Cyrus is an English language Indian film directed by Homi Adajania and released in 2006. It is a psychological drama revolving around a dysfunctional Parsi family...
  
   (2006) - Tina Sethna
• Kal Ho Naa Ho
  Kal Ho Naa Ho
  Kal Ho Naa Ho is a 2003 Hindi film set in New York City. It stars Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan and Jaya Bachchan. The film was directed by first-timer Nikhil Advani, it was produced by Yash Johar and co-written by Karan Johar, better known as the director of the hit films Kuch Kuch...
  
   (2003) - Camilla (Special Appearance)
• Sssshhh (2003)
• Sur: The Melody of Life (2002) - Divya
• Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya
  Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya
  Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya is a Bollywood film starring Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan. At the time the film was made, Kapoor and Bachchan were dating. The movie is a remake of the 1981 film Ek Hi Bhool. The film released to poor reviews and was a failure at the box office...
  
   (2002) - Meghna
• Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
  Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
  Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... is a Bollywood film released in India and countries with large NRI populations on 14 December 2001....
  
   (2001) - Rukhsaar (Special Appearance)
• Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love
  Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love
  Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love is a 2001 Bollywood film directed by Suneel Darshan released on 18 May 2001. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Rakhee Gulzar, Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Mohnish Bahl. It was the first film where Bachchan and Kumar worked together...
  
   (2001) - Priya Kapoor

Television

• Leap of Faith
  Leap of faith
  A leap of faith, in its most commonly used meaning, is the act of believing in or accepting something intangible or unprovable, or without empirical evidence...
  
   (2010)
• Kasshish
  Kasshish
  Kasshish was a famous Hindi Zee TV serial that boldly profiled a 'new Indian woman', a woman who has the guts to walk out of a defunct marriage and start life afresh with another man, something that goes completely against the 'sati-savitri' Indian women....
  
   (2005) - Pia
• Kosmiic Chat (2004) - Simone (anchor)
• Aandhi
  Aandhi (TV series)
  Aandhi was a popular Hindi television serial that aired on Zee TV in November 2003. The serial was produced by a famous producer Manish Goswami, based on the concept of how a mistaken identity can bring ups and downs in ones relationships.-Plot:...
  
   (2003) - Chandni
• Tum Pukar Lo (2001)
• Hello Friends
  Hello Friends (TV series)
  Hello Friends is a Hindi language sitcom that premiered on Zee TV channel on September 6, 1999. The series is an Indian version of the popular American sitcom, Friends; however, it did not last as long as the American version. There are total 26 episodes of the sitcom...
  
   (1999)
• Heena
  Heena (TV series)
  Heena is a Hindi TV serial that aired on Sony Entertainment Television, also known as SET Asia. The series began to air in 1998 and ran for five seasons, finishing in 2003.- Plot :The show is based on the trials and tribulations in the life of a woman...
  
   (1998) - Heena
• Sea Hawks (1997) - Rupal
• Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh (1997) - Anita
• Thoda Hai Thode Ki Zaroorat Hai
  Thoda Hai Thode Ki Zaroorat Hai
  Thoda Hai Thode Ki Zaroorat Hai is an Indian soap opera aired in 1997, featuring popular Indian television actor Simone Singh in the main lead as Chandni. The director Ravi Rai also won numerous awards for directing the television serial, as well as the series itself won the 'Best Television Serial...
  
   (1997) - Chandni
• Swabhimaan
  Swabhimaan
  Swaabhimaan was an Indian afternoon soap opera aired in 1995, directed by Mahesh Bhatt, and scripted by Shobha De and Vinod Ranganath.-Plot:...
  
   (1995)
• A Mouthful of Sky
  A Mouthful of Sky
  A Mouthful of Sky was the first serial in English to be produced in India. Aired on the state-owned Doordarshan TV channel and based on the script by Ashok Banker, the serial deals with the lives, loves, ideals and aspirations of the post-independence generation of Indians, people in their...
  
   (1995)

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