Shweta Tiwari

Shweta Tiwari (born 4 October 1980) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television.^[1] One of the highest paid television actress,^[2] Tiwari is widely known for her portrayal of Prerna Sharma in Kasautii Zindagii Kay.^[3] In 2010, she participated in Bigg Boss 4 and emerged as the winner, thus becoming the first female winner of the series.^[4][5]

Shweta Tiwari
Tiwari in 2024
Born	(1980-10-04) 4 October 1980 (age 44) Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupations	Actress model
Years active	1999–present
Known for	Kasautii Zindagii Kay Bigg Boss 4
Spouses	Raja Chaudhary ​ ​ (m. 1998; div. 2012)​ Abhinav Kohli ​ ​ (m. 2013; sep. 2019)​
Children	2
Awards	Full list

Tiwari has also worked in several other television shows and is known for playing Sweety Ahluwalia in Parvarrish, Bindiya Thakur in Begusarai, Guneet Sikka Sharma in Mere Dad Ki Dulhan and Aparajita Singh in Main Hoon Aparajita. Other reality shows to her credit include Nach Baliye, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa and Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi.^[6]

Life and family

Tiwari and her daughter Palak, in 2012

Tiwari was born on 4 October 1980^[1] in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh.^[7]

Tiwari married actor Raja Chaudhary in 1998 and they have a daughter Palak Tiwari, born on 8 October 2000.^[8] She filed for a divorce in 2007 after nine years of marriage.^[9] Tiwari reported she suffered a troubled relationship characterised by Chaudhary's alcoholism and domestic violence. She complained that he used to beat her up daily. He used to turn up on the sets of her shows and misbehave with her.^[10] Their divorce was granted in 2012.^[11]

Tiwari and actor Abhinav Kohli married on 13 July 2013 after dating for three years.^[12][13] On 27 November 2016, Tiwari gave birth to their son Reyansh Kohli.^[12][14] Reports of problems in their marriage first emerged in 2017.^[15] In August 2019, she filed a complaint of domestic violence against Kohli alleging harassment by him towards her and her daughter. Kohli was taken into police custody.^[16][17] Tiwari and Kohli separated in 2019.^[18][19]

In the media

Tiwari at &TV Launch along with Shahrukh Khan

Tiwari is considered among the highest–paid television actresses.^[2][20] She was termed as one of the hottest television actress by Rediff.com.^[21] Her character Prerna Sharma is recognised among the strongest female characters on television.^[22] In 2023, she ranked 1st in Times Now "Popular Television Actresses" list.^[23]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2004	Madhoshi	Tabbasum	Hindi		[24]
	Aabra Ka Daabra	Shivani R. Singh
2008	Trinetra	Un­known	Nepali
	Hamar Sayian Hindustani	Radha	Bhojpuri
	Kab Aibu Anganwa Hamar	Naina
2009	Ae Bhouji Ke Sister	Un­known
	Apni Boli Apna Des	Satkar Kaur	Punjabi
	Devru	Un­known	Kannada	Cameo appearance
2010	Benny and Babloo	Sheena	Hindi
2011	Bin Bulaye Baraati	Rajjo / Rosie
	Miley Naa Miley Hum	Herself		Special appearance in a song	[25]
2012	Married 2 America	Mrs. Singh
	Yedyanchi Jatra	Bakula	Marathi	Special appearance in a song
2014	Sultanat		Urdu	Pakistani film
2023	Mitran Da Naa Chalda	Advocate Indu Mittal	Punjabi
	The Purple Scarf	Devyani	Hindi	Short film	[26]
2024	Singham Again	ACP Devika Singh			[27]

Television

Tiwari's Bigg Boss 4 winning moment

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2000	Aane Wala Pal
2001	Kaleerein
	Karam
	Kaahin Kissii Roz	Anita
2001–2008	Kasautii Zindagii Kay	Prerna Sharma / Prerna Basu / Prerna Bajaj		[28]
2002	Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat	Sunita Menon
2005	Dost	Mashal	Pakistani serial
2006	Nach Baliye 2	Contestant	6th place
2007	Jjhoom India	Contestant
	Naaginn	Queen Surmaya
2008	Jalwa Four 2 Ka 1	Contestant
2008–2009	Jaane Kya Baat Hui	Aradhna Sareen
2009	Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao	Contestant
	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3	Host
	Aaja Mahii Vayy	Judge
2010–2011	Bigg Boss 4	Contestant	Winner	[29][30]
2011	Comedy Circus Ka Naya Daur	Contestant	Winner
2011–2013	Parvarrish – Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi	Sweety Kaur Khanna Ahluwalia
2012–2015	Rangoli	Host
2013	Ek Thhi Naayka	Juhi		[31]
	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6	Contestant	12th place	[32]
2014	Baal Veer	Mahabhasm Pari		[33]
2015–2016	Begusarai	Bindiya "Maa Thakurain" Thakur		[34]
2019–2020	Mere Dad Ki Dulhan	Guneet Sikka Sharma		[35]
2021	Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 11	Contestant	5th place	[36]
2022–2023	Main Hoon Aparajita	Aparajita Singh		[37]
2024	Aapka Apna Zakir	Shweta Tiwari

Special appearances

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2002	Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan	Prerna Sharma
2003	Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
	Khichdi
2004	Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii		[38]
	Kahiin to Hoga
2005	Kesar
	Kkavyanjali
2006	Kandy Floss	Herself
	Karam Apnaa Apnaa	Prerna Bajaj
2007	Kasturi
	Kayamath
2008	Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat	Prerna Sharma
	Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil
	Sapna Babul Ka... Bidaai
	Ajeeb
2009	Seeta Aur Geeta	Raka's dream girl	[39]
2011	Adaalat	Revati Amrit Nagpal
	Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo	ACP Archana
	Bigg Boss 5	Herself
2012	Bigg Boss 6	Herself
2013–2015	Comedy Nights with Kapil	Various Characters
2014	Mad In India	Herself
2020	India's Best Dancer	Guneet Sikka
2021	Dance Deewane 3	Herself	[40]
2022	Bigg Boss 15
	Bhabhi Ke Pyaare Pritam Hamare

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019	Hum Tum And Them	Shiva		[41]
2024	Womaniya			[42]
	Indian Police Force	Shruti Bakshi		[43]
TBA	Untitled next †	TBA	Filming	[44]

Music videos

Year	Title	Singer	Ref.
2022	Jado Main Tere Kol Si	Raj Barman	[45]

Accolades

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Shweta Tiwari

Tiwari is a recipient of several accolades including eight Indian Television Academy Awards, nine Indian Telly Awards and two Gold Awards.^[46][47]