Pratibha Ranta

Biography

Pratibha Ranta (born 17 December 2000) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi films and television. She made her acting debut with the television soap opera Qurbaan Hua (2020–2021) and made her film debut with a leading role in the comedy-drama Laapataa Ladies (2024), which became her breakthrough role and earned her the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress.

== Early life == Ranta was born on 17 December 2000 in the Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh.

== Career ==

Ranta made her acting debut in 2020 with Qurbaan Hua, where she played Chahat Baig Bhatt Dhyani opposite Karan Jotwani. The series ended in 2021. Following this, she made her web debut with the romantic drama web series Aadha Ishq, where she played Rene Bhardwaj opposite Darsheel Safary and Gaurav Arora. In her review for Times of India, Archika Khurana praised her performance but found her character to be "cliched" and "confusing". Ranta made her film debut in 2024, with Laapataa Ladies, where she played a swapped bride Jaya / Pushpa. The film was released in India in 2024. Saibal Chatterjee termed her a "show-stealer", while Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express noted, "The more worldly-wise yet not-as-independent-as-she-would-like-to-be Ranta, who has the more difficult role to pull off, wins the day." Laapataa Ladies earned her several nominations and she won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress and IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female. In the same year, she played Shama, a courtesan's daughter, in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's series Heeramandi. Bollywood Hungama stated that Ranta doesn't have "much to do".

== Filmography ==

=== Films ===

=== Television ===

=== Music video appearances ===