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Indian actress

Key facts

Born
Riya Dev Varma , ( 1981-01-24 ) 24 January 1981 (age 45) , Calcutta , West Bengal, India
Occupations
Actress model
Years active
1991–present
Spouse
Shivam Tewari ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2017 ) ​
Mother
Moon Moon Sen
Relatives
Raima Sen (sister), Suchitra Sen (grandmother)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
India
Place of birth
Kolkata
Sibling
Raima Sen
Occupation
actor
Languages spoken
Bangla
Image
Riya Sen at the success bash of ALTBalaji (04).jpg
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birth name
Riya Dev Sen
Commons category
Riya Sen
date of birth
1981-01-24
name in native language
রিয়া সেন
start of work period
1991-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Riya Sen ( Bengali pronunciation: [rija ʃen]; born Riya Dev Varma; 24 January 1981) is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appears in Hindi, Bengali, English, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Odia films.

Born to actress Moon Moon Sen and Bharat Dev Varma, Sen comes from a royal background. Her father hails from the royal family of the erstwhile Tripura State. He was the son of Ila Devi, a princess of Cooch Behar State and nephew of Gayatri Devi, Maharani of Jaipur State. Sen's grandmother Suchitra Sen was a veteran actress. She began her acting career when she was five years old, playing her mother's daughter on screen for the first time. Later in 1991 she worked as a child actress in the film Vishkanya. Her first commercial success in her film career was with Style, a 2001 Hindi low-budget comedy directed by N. Chandra. Some of her other notable films include producer Pritish Nandy's musical film, Jhankaar Beats (2003) in Hinglish, and Malayalam horror film Ananthabhadram (2005). She won the Star Guide Award as best actress for her performance in Noukadubi.

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