List of Bengali actresses

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The list refers to Indian Bengali actresses who have appeared in Bengali and Hindi language cinema and television.

1920s

Year of debut	Name	Debut film	Ref.
1926	Kanan Devi	Jaidev
1929	Chandrabati Devi	Piyari
	Umasashi	Bangabala
	Molina Devi

1930s

Kanan Devi is considered to be one of the greatest actresses of Bengali cinema

Year of debut	Name	Debut film	Ref.
1931	Padma Devi	Sea Goddess
1933	Devika Rani	Karma
1936	Chhaya Devi	Sonar Sansar	[1]
1938	Sandhyarani	Sarbojanin Bibahotsab	[2]

1940s

Sumitra Devi is considered to be one of the most iconic actresses of Bengali cinema.

Year of debut	Name	Debut film	Ref.
1941	Gita Dey	Ahuti
1944	Ruma Guha Thakurta	Jwar Bhata
	Sumitra Devi	Sandhi	[3]
1948	Anubha Gupta	Bish Bachhar Age	[4]
1949	Lolita Chatterjee	Ananya

1950s

Year of debut	Name	Debut film	Note	Ref.
1950	Madhabi Mukherjee	Kankantala Light Railway	Child artist
1951	Sabitri Chatterjee	Sahajatri		[5]
1952	Arundhati Devi	Mahaprasthaner Pathe		[6]
	Supriya Devi	Basu Paribar
1953	Anita Guha	Bansher Kella
	Suchitra Sen	Saat Number Kayedi
1955	Kaberi Bose	Raikamal
	Karuna Banerjee	Pather Panchali
1956	Sandhya Roy	Mamlar Phal
1958	Basabi Nandi	Jamalaye Jibanta Manush
	Chitra Sen	Joutuk
	Kajal Gupta	Ajantrik
	Lily Chakravarty	Bhanu Pelo Lottery		[7]
1959	Sharmila Tagore	Apur Sansar

1960s

Madhabi Mukherjee is considered to be one of the greatest actresses of Bengali cinema; best remembered for her titular role in Charulata (1964), she was a reigning actress in 1960s

Year of debut	Name	Debut film	Note	Ref.
1960	Sumita Sanyal	Khokababur Pratyabartan
1961	Aparna Sen	Teen Kanya
	Kanika Majumdar	Teen Kanya		[8]
1962	Alokananda Roy	Kanchenjungha		[9]
1963	Jaya Bachchan	Mahanagar
1964	Anjana Bhowmick	Anustup Chanda
1965	Ratna Ghoshal	Raja Rammohun
1966	Debashree Roy	Pagal Thakur	Child artist
1967	Moushumi Chatterjee	Balika Badhu
	Nandini Malia	Chuti
	Rakhee Gulzar	Badhubaran

1970s

Year of debut	Name	Debut film	Note	Ref.
1970	Jayashree Kabir	Pratidwandi
1971	Devika Mukherjee	Fariyad	Child artist	[10]
	Sonali Gupta	Pratham Pratishruti
1972	Arati Bhattacharya	Ek Adhuri Kahani		[11]
	Mithu Mukherjee	Shesh Parba
	Sumitra Mukherjee	Memsaheb
1973	Anamika Saha	Ashar Alo
	Mahua Roychoudhury	Shriman Prithviraj
	Rajeshwari Roychowdhury	Strir Patra
1974	Preeti Ganguly
	Soma Dey	Haraye Khuji
	Soma Mukherjee	Asati
1976	Mamata Shankar	Mrigaya
1979	Shakuntala Barua	Sunayani
Alpana Goswami	Arun Barun O Kiranmala
	Tanusree Shankar

1980s

Year of debut	Name	First acting assignment		Note	Ref.
		Film	TV series
1980	Meenakshi Goswami	Dakshayagna			[12]
	Sreela Majumdar	Parasuram
1981	Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay	Kalankini Kankabati
1982	Moon Moon Sen	Rajbadhu
1983	Konkona Sen Sharma	Indira
1984	Piya Sengupta	Dadamani
1985	Papiya Adhikari	Sonar Sansar
	Rupali Ganguly	Saaheb		Child artist
	Swatilekha Sengupta	Ghare Baire
1986	Amala Akkineni	Mythili Ennai Kaathali
	Indrani Haldar		Tero Parban
	Kheyali Dastidar		Tero Parban
	Laboni Sarkar		Sei Samay
	Nayna Bandyopadhyay	Pathbhola		Opposite Prosenjit Chatterjee
	Roopa Ganguly	Nirupama			[13]
	Sagarika	Shyam Saheb
	Satabdi Roy	Atanka
1987	Aditi Chatterjee			Child artist
	Indrani Dutta	Nadiyar Nagor			[14]
	Pallavi Chatterjee				[15]
	Rita Dutta Chakraborty
1988	Anuradha Roy	Karoti			[16]
1989	Rituparna Sengupta		Shwet Kapot		[17]
	Chaiti Ghoshal		Dakghar
	Sudipta Chakraborty

1990s

Year of debut	Name	First acting assignment		Note	Ref.
		Film	TV series
	Churni Ganguly
1990	Chumki Chowdhury	Hirak Jayanti
1991	Anashua Majumdar	Mahaprithibi			[18]
	Anushree Das	Bourani			[19]
	Dolon Roy	Sajani Go Sajani			[20]
	Riya Sen	Vishkanya
1992	Kajol	Bekhudi
	Rita Koiral	Nabarupa			[21]
1993	Rachna Banerjee	Daan Pratidaan			[22]
	Sreelekha Mitra		Balikar Prem
1996	Aparajita Auddy		Manorama Cabin		[23]
	Debolina Dutta		Seemarekha
	June Malia		Trishna		[24]
	Lisa Ray	Nethaji
	Rani Mukerji	Biyer Phul
	Rimi Sen	Damu
	Sushmita Sen	Dastak
1997	Mahima Chaudhry	Pardes
	Priyanka Upendra	Joddha
	Locket Chatterjee
	Nandini Ghosal	Char Adhyay
	Srabanti Chatterjee	Mayar Badhon		Child artist
1999	Arpita Chatterjee	Tumi Ele Tai
	Jaya Seal	Amrita
	Manali Dey	Kali Amar Maa
	Monami Ghosh		Saat Kahon
	Raima Sen	Godmother
	Swastika Mukherjee		Debdasi
	Bidipta Chakraborty
	Mithu Chakrabarty
	Mousumi Saha
	Rimjhim Mitra

2000s

Sreelekha Mitra

Priyanka Trivedi

Swastika Mukherjee

Koel Mallick

Konkona Sen Sharma

Arunima Ghosh

Year of debut	Name	First acting assignment		Ref.
		Film	TV series
2000	Arunima Ghosh	Rinmukti		[25]
	Chandrayee Ghosh		Jamabhoomi	[26]
	Kamalika Banerjee		Ek Akasher Niche
	Koneenica Banerjee		Ek Akasher Niche
	Reema Sen	Chitram
	Samata Das		Ek Akasher Niche
	Sohini Sengupta	Paromitar Ek Din
2001	Ananya Chatterjee		Chena Mukher Sari
2001	Bipasha Basu	Ajnabee
2002	Koena Mitra	Road
	Priyanka Sarkar		Jodi Prem Chilona Prane	[27]
2003	Angana Basu	Alo
	Anjana Basu		Robir Aloy
	Koel Mallick	Nater Guru
	Paoli Dam		Jibon Niye Khela
	Payel Sarkar
	Priyanka Kothari	Jay Jay
	Tanisha	Sssshhh
	Tannishtha Chatterjee	Swaraaj
2004	Aparajita Ghosh Das	Iti Srikanta
	Kamalinee Mukherjee	Phir Milenge
2005	Nandana Sen	Black
	Tanushree Dutta	Aashiq Banaya Aapne
2006	Payel De		Ekdin Pratidin
	Ena Saha		Raat Bhor Brishti
	Mouni Ray		Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
	Shahana Goswami	Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota
	Sohini Sarkar		Ekdin Pratidin
2007	Parno Mittra		Khela
	Ridhima Ghosh	Ratparir Rupkatha
	Subhashree Ganguly	Pitribhumi
2008	Ditipriya Roy		Durga
	Puja Banerjee		Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki
	Sandipta Sen		Durga
	Shweta Bhattacharya
2009	Darshana Banik		Bou Katha Kaou
	Moubani Sorcar	Badla
	Mumtaz Sorcar	Bhorai: The Maladies of Dawn
	Rajanya Mitra		Ogo Bodhu Sundori
	Ritabhari Chakraborty		Ogo Bodhu Sundori
	Sayantika Banerjee	Ghar Sansar
	Saayoni Ghosh	Ichche Dana
	Sampurna Lahiri

2010s

Parno Mittra

Paoli Dam

Mimi

Raima Sen

Nusrat Jahan

Srabanti

Year of debut	Name	First acting assignment		Ref.
		Film	TV series
2010	Anindita Bose	Clerk
	Basabdatta Chatterjee		Gaaner Oparey
	Mimi Chakraborty		Gaaner Oparey
	Richa Gangopadhyay	Leader
2011	Amrita Chattopadhyay		Kanakanjali
	Madhumita Sarcar		Sobinoy Nibedon
	Nusrat Jahan	Shatru
2012	Sauraseni Maitra	Chittagong
2013	Jhilik Bhattacharjee	Tomay Bhalobasi
2014	Rooqma Ray		Kiranmala
2015	Koushani Mukherjee	Parbona Toke Charte Ami
	Swastika Dutta	Parbona Toke Charte Ami
2016	Ishaa Saha		Jhanjh Lobongo Phool
	Soumitrisha Kundu		E Amar Gurudakshina
	Trina Saha		Khokababu
2017	Rukmini Maitra	Chaamp
2018	Tuhina Das	Aschhe Abar Shabor
2019	Idhika Paul		Arabbya Rajani

2020s

Madhumita Sarcar

Year of debut	Name	First acting assignment		Ref.
		Film	TV series
2021	Susmita Chatterjee	Prem Tame		[28]

See also

• List of Bangladeshi actresses

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