Birth name Minissha Lamba
Birth date January 18, 1985
Birth place India
Occupation Actress
Years active 2005–present
Biography
Minissha Lamba is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. Her notable films include Yahaan, Bachna Ae Haseeno, Kidnap, Shaurya and Well Done Abba.
Minissha Lamba was born in a Punjabi khatri Sikh family originally from Delhi. She went to school at Sherwood Hall School and later on moved to Chettinad Vidyashram, both in Chennai. In 2004, she majored in English with honours from Miranda House, University of Delhi.
Lamba's long term ambition was to become a journalist. While studying for a degree in Delhi, she was offered to represent ad campaigns like LG, Sony, Cadbury, Hajmola, Airtel, Sunsilk etc. But it was the ad shoot for Cadbury that turned out to be lucky for her. She was approached by Bollywood director, Shoojit Sircar, who signed her to act in his film Yahaan (2005). She accepted it and moved on to acting making her film debut with Yahaan. Critics praised the movie citing Lamba's performance as one of the highlights.
In 2008, she acted in Siddharth Anand's film Bachna Ae Haseeno which also starred Bipasha Basu, Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor in the lead roles. This movie was produced by Yashraj Films. Her next major role was in the Shyam Benegal film Well Done Abba (2010), which was highly acclaimed at the Cannes Film Festival. She has also played supporting roles in Corporate, Rocky: The Rebel, Anthony Kaun Hai, Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd., Anamika, Shaurya and Dus Kahaniyaan. She also posed for Maxim India.
Lamba is currently shooting for Shirish Kunder's Joker, in which she will star opposite Shreyas Talpade.
Year Film Role
2005 Yahaan Adaa
2006 Corporate Megha Apte
2006 Anthony Kaun Hai Jia R.Sharma
2006 Rocky: The Rebel Priya
2007 Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. Zara
2007 Dus Kahaniyaan Priya
2008 Anamika Jia Rao/Jia Sesodia
2008 Bachna Ae Haseeno Mahi
2008 Kidnap Sonia Raina
2008 Shaurya Kaavya Shastri
2010 Well Done Abba Muskaan
2011 Bheja Fry 2 Ranjini
2011 Hum Tum Shabana Shabana
2012 Joker
2012 Zila Ghaziabad
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