Wamiqa Gabbi
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Born |
Wamiqa Gabbi 29 September 1993 Chandigarh, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2007-present |
Wamiqa Gabbi is an Indian film actress, who works in Hindi, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu films. She made her screen debut in the Hindi film Bittoo Boss in 2012.
Early life
Wamiqa was born on 29 September 1993 in Chandigarh, India and was brought up there. Her father, Govardhan Gabbi is a Punjabi writer and her mother, Raj Kumari, an educationist. Her younger brother Haardik Gabbi is also a budding actor and musician. She always wanted to be an actress. Wamiqa can write, speak and understand Punjabi, Hindi and English.
Career
She is a trained kathak dancer. Her big break came with the Punjabi film with Yo Yo Honey Singh and Amrinder Gill, Tu Mera 22 Mai Tera 22. She went on to star in two other Punjabi films Ishq Brandy and Ishq Haazir Hai as a co-star to actor Diljit Dosanjh.
She has worked as first female lead as Tanisha in Sixteen.[1] She starred as lead actress in the Telugu film Bhale Manchi Roju as female lead.
Wamiqa has also starred as the female lead in a Tamil film Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam.[2] She is in the female lead role in the Malayalam film directed by Basil Joseph. The movie is titled as Godha, released on 19 May 2017, where she acted alongside Tovino Thomas.[3] In March 2017, Wamiqa signed a new Tamil film, Iravaakaalam, which is to be directed by Ashwin Saravanan, to star along with Sshivada and S. J. Suryah.[4]
Filmography
year | title | Role | Language | Remarks |
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2011 | Mausam | Lala Durgadas's daughter 1 | Hindi | directed by Pankaj Kapoor |
2013 | Sixteen | Tanisha | Hindi | directed by Raj Purohit |
2013 | Tu Mera 22 Main Tera 22 | Nikky | Punjabi | lead actress with Yo Yo Honey Singh, Amrinder Gill and Mandy Takhar |
2014 | Ishq Brandy | Kimmi | Punjabi | with Alfaaz, Roshan Prince and Japji Khaira |
2015 | Ishq Haazir Hai | Simar | Punjabi | Short film as lead actress with Diljit Dosanjh |
2015 | Bhale manchi roju | Sitha | Telugu | Debut in Telugu as lead actress with Sudheer Babu |
2016 | Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam | Manoja | Tamil | Debut in Tamil |
2017 | Godha | Adithi Singh | Malayalam | Lead actress with Tovino Thomas
Debut in Malayalam. |
2017 | Iravaakaalam | Tamil | Releasing soon | |
2017 | Nikka Zaildar 2 | Saawan Kaur | Punjabi | Lead actress with Ammy Virk & Sonam Bajwa |
2018 | Nine | Eva | Malayalam | Releasing on 16th November 2018 |
2018 | Parahuna | Maano as main lead | Punjabi | Releasing on 28th September 2018 |
2018 | Dil Diyan Gallan ( Indian) | main lead with Parmish Verma | Punjabi | Releasing in 2019 |
Awards and nominations
- Nominated Best Supporting Actress for, Tu Mera 22 Main Tera 22 at PTC Punjabi Film Awards, 2014.
- Nominated Best Actress for, Ishq Brandy at PTC Punjabi Film Awards, 2015.
- Nominated Best Ensemble Cast, Life OK Screen Awards 2014 for the movie Sixteen.
- Nominated Best Debut actress for Maalai Naerathu Mayakkam at Malaysia Edison Awards, 2017.
- Nominated Best Debut Actress for Maalai Naerathu Mayakkam at Filmfare Awards South 2017'.
- Nominated Best Debut Actress for Maalai Naerathu Mayakkam at South Indian International Movie Awards 2017'.
- Won , Flowers Indian Film awards 2018 - Best Female debutante for Godha
References
- ↑ "Wamiqa Gabbi". Clickzeal. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ↑ "Wamiqa Gabbi is Geethanjali Selvaraghavan's heroine". The Indian Express. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ↑ "Wamiqa Gabbi fondly shares her first picture with Tovino". 2017-07-03.
- ↑ "SJ Suryah-Sshivada-Wamiqa join 'Maya' director now". Top 10 Cinema. 2017-03-30. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
External links
- Wamiqa Gabbi on IMDb
- Wamiqa Gabbi on Facebook