Father Journalist Mukul Sharma and stepfather Kalyan Ray
Education Modern High School for Girls, Calcutta and Calcutta International School, St Stephens College, Delhi
Debut Film Ek Je Aache Kanya
Konkona Sen Sharma born 3 December 1979 in New Delhi, India is an acclaimed National Award winning Indian actress. Konkona's graduate degree was in English, from St. Stephen's College, Delhi in 2001. She was a student of the Modern High School for Girls, Calcutta, as well as the Calcutta International School. Konkona's maternal grandfather, Chidananda Dasgupta, who is now 88 years old, is a film critic, scholar, professor, writer and one of the co-founders of the Calcutta Film Society with Satyajit Ray and Harisadhan Dasgupta. Her grandmother Supriya Dasgupta is a cousin of legendary modern Bengali poet Jibanananda Das.
She made her debut as a child artist in the film Indira (1983) and as an adult in Ek Je Aachhe Kanya (2000). She gained attention with the English film Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002), and received the coveted National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film. Her appearance in the film Page 3 (2005) gave her a wide recognition. Since then, she has starred in a number of films, most of which have been more critically than commercially successful
