Paoli Dam profile
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Paoli Dam

4th October 1980 Kolkata, West Bengal, India Acting

Paoli Dam (born 4 October 1980) is an Indian actress who started her career with the Bengali television serial Jibon Niye Khela (2003). She then worked in Bengali television serials such as Tithir Atithi and Sonar Harin; the former ran for six years on ETV Bangla. Dam spent her childhood in Kolkata, earning a postgraduate degree in chemistry from Rajabazar Science College. Initially, she wanted to become a chemical researcher or a pilot. Her debut Bengali film—Teen Yaari Katha, directed by Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha—began in 2004, but was not released until 2012. Dam's first film release was Agnipariksha, directed by Ravi Kinagi. Between 2006 and 2009, she appeared in five Bengali films, coming into prominence with the 2009 Kaalbela, directed by Goutam Ghose. In 2011, she received international recognition for her role in the Bengali film Chatrak. The film was screened at the Cannes film festival and also at film festivals in Toronto and the U.K. In 2012, Dam made her Bollywood debut in Hate Story and also appeared in Vikram Bhatt's Ankur Arora Murder Case, directed by Sohail Tatari. She won the Viewers' Choice Award for Best Actress for her performance in Natoker Moto at the Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival in 2016.

76 Movies 8 TV Shows 84 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Palan poster
Palan 22nd September 2023 as Paoli Sen
Dui poster
Dui 24th February 2023
Konttho poster
Konttho 10th May 2019 as Pritha Mallick
Halkaa poster
Halkaa 7th September 2018 as Shobha
Maati poster
Maati 13th July 2018 as Meghla Chowdhury
Devi poster
Devi 10th February 2017
Zulfiqar poster
Zulfiqar 7th October 2016 as Karishma Ahmed
Khawto poster
Khawto 22nd July 2016 as Damayanti Chakraborty / Antara
Tara poster
Tara 5th November 2010 as Madhuja
Kaali poster
Kaali 13th November 2018 as Kaali