Minissha Lamba (born 18 January 1983) is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Hindi films. Lamba made her acting debut with Yahaan (2005). Her notable films include Corporate (2006), Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007), Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008), Well Done Abba (2010) and Bheja Fry 2 (2011). In 2014 she participated in the reality show Bigg Boss 8.
Early life Minisha Lamba was born into a Punjabi Sikh family, to Kawel Lamba and Manju Lamba in New Delhi in 1985.
She studied at Chettinad Vidyashram School, Chennai for a year and then shifted to Army Public School, Srinagar where she completed her schooling. She majored in English (Hons.) from Miranda House, University of Delhi.
Career While studying at Delhi University, Lamba began to model for ad campaigns like LG, Sony, Cadbury, Hajmola, Airtel, Sunsilk etc. She was also a part of the Femina's Generation "W" ad. During an ad shoot for Cadbury she was approached by Bollywood director, Shoojit Sircar, who signed her to act in his film Yahaan (2005). She had begun filming for Yahaan while still in Miranda House college. She subsequently began to play supporting and then leading roles in films such as Corporate, Rocky: The Rebel, Anthony Kaun Hai, Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd., Anamika, Shaurya and Dus Kahaniyaan.
In 2008, she starred as one of Ranbir Kapoor's love interest in the romantic comedy Bachna Ae Haseeno, her biggest success so far, which was produced by Yash Raj Films. Same year, she was noticed for her role in Sanjay Gadhvi's Kidnap. Her next major role was in the critically acclaimed director Shyam Benegal's film Well Done Abba (2010). "Well Done Abba" was awarded the National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues for the year 2010 and Minissha's performance as Muskaan Ali was appreciated. In 2014, she participated in Colors TV's Bigg Boss 8. She got evicted after 6 weeks on 2 November 2014 (Day 42). One of her last appearances was a role in Double Di Trouble, alongside Dharmendra, Gippy Grewal, Gurpreet Ghuggi, Kulraj Randhawa, and Poonam Dhillon. She has also appeared in the music video for Himesh Reshammiya's song "Tera Surroor" from the album Aap Kaa Surroor, which became very popular.
Theatre In 2018, Lamba made her theatre debut with the play Mirror Mirror, directed by Saif Hyder Hasan and presented by AGP World.
In 2019, she appeared in the stage play Hello Zindagi, directed by Raman Kumar and produced by Rahul Bhuchar under the banner of Felicity Theatre.
Personal life Lamba married Ryan Tham - a restaurateur, owner of Juhu nightclub "Trilogy", and cousin to actress Pooja Bedi, on 6 July 2015. They announced the finalisation of their divorce proceedings in August 2020. In July 2021, she made her relationship with businessman boyfriend, Akash Malik, public.
Filmography Films Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2005 Yahaan Adaa 2006 Corporate Megha Apte Rocky: The Rebel Priya Anthony Kaun Hai? Jia Sharma 2007 Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. Zara Dus Kahaniyaan Priya Story: "Puranmasi" 2008 Bachna Ae Haseeno Mahi Pasricha Ahluwalia Kidnap Sonia Raina Shaurya Kaavya Shastri Anamika Jia Rao 2010 Well Done Abba Muskaan Ali 2011 Bheja Fry 2 Ranjini Hum Tum Shabana Shabana Raza 2012 Joker Aanya 2013 Zilla Ghaziabad Fauji's girlfriend Heer and Hero Maahi Punjabi film Black Currency Intelligence Agent 2014 Double Di Trouble Harleen Punjabi film
Television Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2008 Chhoona Hai Aasmaan Kavya Shastri 2014 Bigg Boss 8 Contestant 2016 Comedy Nights Bachao Guest 2018 Tenali Rama Chandrakala Internet Wala Love Mahira Kapoor 2023 Badtameez Dil Hausla "Hailey" Kaur Dhillon Amazon miniTV series
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work ResultRef.2006Screen AwardsMost Promising Newcomer – FemaleYahaan2007Stardust AwardsBest Breakthrough Performance – FemaleCorporate2009Best ActressShaurya 2011Best ActressWell Done Abba
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