Vidya Balan (Tamil: விதà¯à®¯à®¾ பாலனà¯, Malayalam: വിദàµà´¯ ബാല൯, Hindi: विदà¥à¤¯à¤¾ बालन, born January 1, 1978) is an award-winning Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies.
Balan, who began her career starring in many music videos, soap operas and commercials, made her acting debut in the Bengali film, Bhalo Theko (2003), for which she won critical acclaim. She later made her Hindi film debut with Parineeta (2005), for which she received a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award, and received her first commercial success with Rajkumar Hirani's Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006). Balan has thus established herself as one of the most promising actresses of the industry.
More about Vidya Balan (From Wikipedia)
Early Life, Until 2002
She was born to a Tamil Palakkad Iyer family in Kerala. Balan grew up in Mumbai and attended St. Anthony's Girls High School in Chembur. She later attended St. Xavier's College, read more...
Breakthrough, 2003 - Present
In 2003, she appeared in the Bengali film, Bhalo Theko, for which she won the Anandalok Puraskar Best Actress award in Kolkata. Balan next made her Hindi film debut in the critically read more...
Vidya Balan (Tamil: விதà¯à®¯à®¾ பாலனà¯, Malayalam: വിദàµà´¯ ബാല൯, Hindi: विदà¥à¤¯à¤¾ read more...
Her father, P. R. Balan, is the Vice President of ETC Channel whilst her mother is a homemaker. Balan also has an older sister named Priya. In a video interview, she stated that read more...