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Sriti Jha (born 26 February 1986) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. She made her acting debut in 2007 with Dhoom Machaao Dhoom playing Malini Sharma. Jha is best known for her portrayal of Pragya Arora in Kumkum Bhagya which earned her wider recognition and various awards including Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role and ITA Award for Best Actress Drama.[1]

Sriti Jha
Jha in 2022
Born	(1986-02-26) 26 February 1986 (age 36) Begusarai, Bihar, India
Alma mater	Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2007 - present
Notable work	Shaurya Aur Suhani Dil Se Di Dua... Saubhagyavati Bhava? Balika Vadhu Kumkum Bhagya

Jha's notable works include portraying Suhani in Shaurya Aur Suhani, Sudha/Devika in Jyoti, Jhanvi/Sia in Dil Se Di Dua... Saubhagyavati Bhava? and Ganga in Balika Vadhu.[2] She participated in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 12 and is currently seen on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10, both 2022.

Early life and education

Jha was born on 26 February 1986 in Begusarai, Bihar, India.[3] She went to live with her family in Kolkata, where they stayed for 10 years, then moved to Kathmandu, Nepal. They then moved to New Delhi, where she continued her studies at Laxman Public School.[4] She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in English at Sri Venkateswara College, New Delhi. She has an elder sister, Meenakshi.[5]

Career

Jha made her television debut in 2007 playing Malini Sharma in Disney India's teen drama Dhoom Machaao Dhoom.[6] She went on to be a part of Jiya Jale where she played Sunaina Kotak. Jha also participated in the dance reality show Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan. In 2009, she played Suhani in Star Plus's Shaurya Aur Suhani. She rose to prominence with Jyoti on NDTV Imagine playing Sudha Sharma, a split personality patient. In 2011, she played Jhanvi, a victim of domestic violence in Dil Se Di Dua... Saubhagyavati Bhava?. In 2013, she played Ganga in Colors TV's Balika Vadhu. Jha received wider critical acclaim and praise after she played Pragya Arora in Ekta Kapoor's Kumkum Bhagya opposite Shabir Ahluwalia. She became a household name with her portrayal of Pragya and won several awards.

In 2022, she participated in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 12 which was being shot in Cape Town, South Africa and ended up finishing at 10th place.[7] Since October 2022, she joined Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10 as the wildcard entry.

Off-screen work

In January 2021, Jha recited a poem "Confessions Of An Asexual Romantic", during the 2020 Kommune India Spoken Fest, in which she spoke about how the life of an asexual might be and how there is a lack of freedom in India when it comes to talking about one's sexuality.[8] In an interview, she clarified she is not an asexual and that the poem isn't about her.[9] She also recited two more poems regarding people with different sexual preferences and the problems they face such as "Choodiyaan" which talks about a gay male, [10] and "Chaabi Gum Gai Hai", based on a lesbian female.[11] In "It's Pehla Pyaar Every Time", she talks about how every time we fall in love, it feels as if it's the first time.[12]

Her other works such as "To Like? Or To Love?" differentiate between loving and liking and how liking is free of boundaries while love is limiting.[13] Jha's first open letter "A Letter To Myself" is about what she wants to tell her 15 year old self in the past and that we should never compromise under any circumstance.[14] In this collaboration with ITC Vivel, Jha inspires women to uncondition, challenge stereotypes and go forth to fulfill their dreams with confidence and say out loud, "Ab Samjhauta Nahin". She also presented a poem "Cheesy Stupid Ishq"[15] as a narrator a day before the Valentines Day in 2021.

Filmography

Films

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2020	U-Turn	Deepa	Short film	[16]
2023	Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani	TBA	Completed	[17]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2007–2008	Dhoom Machaao Dhoom	Malini Sharma		[6]
2008	Jiya Jale	Sunaina Kotak
	Kaho Na Yaar Hai	Contestant
2009	Shaurya Aur Suhani	Princess Suhani		[18]
2009–2010	Jyoti	Sudha/Devika Sharma
2010	Rakt Sambandh	Sandhya Savratkar
	Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan	Contestant
	Meethi Choori No 1
2011–2013	Dil Se Di Dua... Saubhagyavati Bhava?	Jhanvi Dobriyal/Sia Raghavendra Pratap Singh		[19]
2013	Balika Vadhu	Ganga Singh
2014–2021	Kumkum Bhagya	Pragya Arora Mehra		[20]
2022	Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 12	Contestant	10th place	[21]
2022	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10			[22]

Special appearances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega	Herself
2014	Jamai Raja	Pragya Arora Mehra
2015	Tashan-e-Ishq
	Nach Baliye 7	Herself
	Bad Company
2016	Naagin 2	Herself	Narrator
2017	Kundali Bhagya	Pragya Arora Mehra
2021	Bhagya Lakshmi		[23]
	Meet
	Darmiyaan	Sakshi Deewan	Narrator

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2015	Indian Telly Awards	Best Actress in a Lead Role	Kumkum Bhagya	Won	[24]
		Best Jodi		Won
2016	Gold Awards	Face of the Year		Won
2018		Best Actress in Lead Role		Won	[25]
		Best Onscreen Jodi		Nominated
	Indian Television Academy Awards	Best Actress (Drama)		Nominated
2019	Indian Telly Awards	Best Actress in Lead Role Female (Popular)		Nominated
		Best Onscreen Couple		Nominated
	Gold Awards	Best Actress in a Lead Role (Popular)		Nominated
	Indian Television Academy Awards	Best Actress (Drama)		Won

See also

• List of Hindi television actresses
• List of Indian television actresses

References

External links

• Sriti Jha at IMDb
• Sriti Jha on Instagram

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