Akanksha Puri

Akanksha Puri (born 26 July 1988 ) is an Indian actress and model, who prominently works in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films. Along with few television shows. She is best known for her role as Goddess Parvati in Vighnaharta Ganesh. Puri was a contestant on the reality TV show Bigg Boss OTT Hindi - Season 2 and entered the show in June 2023 with 12 other contestants

Career Puri took up modelling projects during her short stint as an international cabin crew member in Kingfisher Airlines, when she even got a role in one of Vasan Eye Care 2011 advertisements. She was then spotted by Studio Green who bagged her for a role in the 2013 Tamil action comedy Alex Pandian through which she made her first film debut.

She later made her Hindi film debut with Madhur Bhandarkar's 2015 drama film Calendar Girls. In 2017, she was cast as Mata AdiParashakti in Vighnaharta Ganesh TV series.

She is the winner of the show Swayamvar – Mika Di Vohti.

Controversies In 2023, Akanksha participated in Bigg Boss OTT (Hindi season 2) where she kissed Jad Hadid while Hadid side-groped one of her breasts, which caused a controversy.

Filmography Films YearTitleRoleLanguage NotesRef. 2013 Alex Pandian Kaalyan's middle sister Tamil 2014 Praise the Lord Annie Malayalam 2015 Lodde Akanksha Kannada Samrajyam II: Son of Alexander Saira IPS Malayalam Calendar Girls Nandita Menon Hindi Amar Akbar Anthony Gouri MalayalamCameo 2019 Action Kaira Tamil 2024 Rajaram Bhojpuri2025 So Long Valley Riya Hindi RishteyBhojpuri

Web series

Television YearTitleRoleNotesRef. 2015 CID Herself Guest 2017–2020 Vighnaharta Ganesh Parvati Lead Role 2019 Bigg Boss 13 HerselfGuest 2022 Bigg Boss 15 Challenger Swayamavar - Mika Di VohtiContestantWinner 2023Bigg Boss OTT 2 12th place

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