Priya Banerjee

Priya Banerjee

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Priya Banerjee is an Indian actress born and brought up in Canada, but of Indian origin. In 2013 she made her film debut through south Indian films and in 2015 she made her Bollywood debut with Aishwarya Rai starrer Jazbaa. 2013 Telugu film – Kiss was her debut film, where she played the lead role opposite Adivi Sesh of Panjaa fame. In 2014, she made her Tamil debut with thriller film, Ula, where she was seen in a supporting role. She was declared Miss Photogenic at the Miss World Canada in 2011 before her entry to films. A successful model and TV host, she is a trained classical singer (Rabindra Sangeet) who regularly performed in Canada.

 

Her family originally hails from Kolkata, West Bengal. But she was born and brought up in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Her father, an engineer is interested in singing and a mother, a homemaker. Her schooling and college studies were completed in Canada. She pursued modelling and also learnt music and performed musical shows. She is also a trained Kathak dancer. She finished her degree in international marketing and computer science. She got drawn to theatre, drama and pageants and decided to move to India.

 

It was her first visit to India in 2012. She reached Mumbai and studied at Anupam Kher’s Acting school, before she returned back. She also auditioned for a south Indian film. She made her film debut with Telugu film, Kiss. She was selected from a long list of 150 girls. After her debut in Tamil films in 2014, she also debut in Bollywood with Jazbaa. In 2014, she acted in two Telugu films – Joru and Asura. She played female lead opposite Nara Rohit in the box office hit – Asura.

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Updated: February 05, 2016

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