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{{Short description|Indian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Amrita Puri
| image = Amrita Puri at '8th Annual Gemfields RioTinto Retail Jeweller India Awards 2012' meet 14.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Puri in 2012
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|8|20|df=yes}}
| occupation = Actress
| height =
| yearsactive = 2010–present
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| spouse = {{marriage|Imrun Sethi|2017}}
| parents = [[Aditya Puri]] (father)
}}

'''Amrita Puri''' (born 20 August 1983) is an Indian actress who mainly works in [[Hindi]] films and web shows. She made her acting debut with the romantic comedy-drama ''[[Aisha (2010 film)|Aisha]]'' (2010), which earned her the [[Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance – Female]] and also received [[Filmfare Awards|Filmfare Award]] nominations for [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut|Best Female Debut]] and [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]. She had her first commercial success with the 2013 buddy sports drama ''[[Kai Po Che!]]''.

Puri received [[ITA Award for Best Actress Drama]] nomination, for her portrayal in the television show ''[[P.O.W. - Bandi Yuddh Ke]]'' (2016-2017). She has since appeared in the web series, ''[[Four More Shots Please!]]'' (2019), ''[[Jeet Ki Zid]]'' (2021), ''Ranjish Hi Sahi'' (2022) and the film ''[[Neeyat (2023 film)|Neeyat]]'' (2023).

==Early life==
Puri was born on 20 August 1983<ref name=AmritaB>{{Cite web |title=Amrita Puri's Birthday Special - See 10 beautiful pictures of the Aisha fame actress |accessdate=20 August 2022 |url=https://hindi.news18.com/photogallery/entertainment/bollywood-amrita-puri-birthday-special-see-10-beautiful-pictures-of-actress-an-4483680.html |work=News18 |language=hindi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.amarujala.com/amp/photo-gallery/entertainment/bollywood/bollywood-film-actress-amrita-puri-birthday-special-here-know-about-facts |title=Happy Birthday Amrita Puri - A look at her journey in Bollywood and some unknown facts |work=Amar Ujala |access-date=20 August 2022}}</ref> in [[Mumbai]]. Her father [[Aditya Puri]], has been the [[Managing director|MD]] of [[HDFC Bank]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/interviews/Life-is-not-all-about-success--money-Aditya-Puri/articleshow/6493474.cms |title=Life is not all about success & money: Aditya Puri |work=The Economic Times |date=5 September 2010 |access-date=21 May 2011}}</ref> She has a brother named Amit Puri. Puri said in an interview that after her graduation, her father made her work with [[Ogilvy and Mather|Q & M]] as a copywriter for a year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/I-survived-because-I-am-headstrong-like-my-father-Amrita-Puri/articleshow/19060945.cms|title=I survived because I am headstrong like my father: Amrita Puri|last=Gupta|first=Priya|work=The Times of India|date=19 March 2013|accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Amrita puri forest success party.jpg|thumb|upright|Puri at an event]]

Puri started her career through writing and doing theatre.<ref>{{cite web |title=Abhay is a fab co-star: Amrita Puri |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-07/news-interviews/28298665_1_aisha-sonam-beauty-parlour |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609143949/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-07/news-interviews/28298665_1_aisha-sonam-beauty-parlour |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 June 2012 |access-date=21 May 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=7 July 2010}}</ref>

Puri made her Bollywood film debut with [[Rajshree Ojha]]'s [[Aisha (2010 film)|''Aisha'']] in 2010. The ensemble romantic comedy-drama, co-starring [[Sonam Kapoor]], [[Abhay Deol]], [[Ira Dubey]], [[Cyrus Sahukar]], [[Anand Tiwari]], [[Arunoday Singh]] and [[Lisa Haydon]], saw Puri portray Shefali Thakur, a friend of Kapoor's eponymous lead. The film proved to be a semi-hit at the box-office and earned Puri two nominations at the [[56th Filmfare Awards]] – [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut|Best Female Debut]] and [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]. After the moderate response of ''Aisha'', Puri appeared opposite [[Kunal Khemu]] in Vishal Mahadkar's directorial debut—the crime thriller [[Blood Money (2012 film)|''Blood Money'']] (2012)—in which she portrayed the wife of Khemu's character.

Puri next appeared in [[Abhishek Kapoor]]'s buddy drama ''[[Kai Po Che!]]'' (2013) alongside [[Sushant Singh Rajput]], [[Amit Sadh]] and [[Rajkummar Rao]]. An adaptation of the novel ''[[The 3 Mistakes of My Life]]'', she was cast as Vidya Bhatt, a district level cricketer's younger sister who falls in love with his best friend. Puri made her television debut with the series ''[[Stories by Rabindranath Tagore]]'' in 2015 in which she had an episodic role. In 2016, she portrayed the lead role of Harleen Kaur opposite [[Purab Kohli]] in the series ''[[P.O.W. - Bandi Yuddh Ke]]'' that aired on [[StarPlus]] and ended in 2017.

In 2019, she was a part of two web series – ''[[Four More Shots Please!]]'' as Kavya Arora and [[Made in Heaven (TV series)|''Made In Heaven'']] as Devyani Singh. In 2021, she played the role of Maeher Saluja in the family drama short film ''Clean'' which premiered on Amazon Mini and received critical acclaim for her performance. In 2022, she played the lead role of Anju Bhatt in the web series ''[[Ranjish Hi Sahi (web series)|Ranjish Hi Sahi]]'' on [[Voot]] along with [[Tahir Raj Bhasin]] and [[Amala Paul]].

In 2023, she played a businessman's assistant in [[Anu Menon]]'s mystery thriller ''[[Neeyat (2023 film)|Neeyat]]''. Puri will be seen playing the lead in ''Ek Aur Ghazab Kahani'' with [[Arjun Kapoor]] and [[Aditya Seal]].

==Personal life==
Puri got engaged to her long time restaurateur boyfriend Imrun Sethi in November 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://m.rediff.com/movies/report/pix-aisha-actress-amrita-puri-gets-married/20171113.htm |title=PIX: Aisha actress Amrita Puri gets married to her beau |work=Rediff.com |date=13 November 2017 |access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref> Puri married Sethi in an intimate [[Anand Karaj]] ceremony in [[Bangkok]], on 11 November 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/its-a-lavish-bangkok-wedding-for-aditya-puris-actress-daughter-amrita-and-beau-imrun-sethi/articleshow/61686626.cms |title=It's a lavish Bangkok wedding for Aditya Puri's actress daughter Amrita Puri and beau Imrun Sethi|work=The Economic Times |date=17 November 2017 |access-date=15 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/aisha-actor-amrita-puri-wedding-inside-photos-4936751/lite/ |title=Inside photos of Kai Po Che actor Amrita Puri’s Bangkok wedding with beau Imrun Sethi|work=Indian Express |accessdate=14 November 2017}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{{Pending films key}}
=== Films ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"|Notes
! class="unsortable"|Ref.
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Aisha (2010 film)|Aisha]]''
| Shefali Thakur
|
|<ref>{{cite web|date=16 August 2010|title=Aisha Reviews|url=http://www.reviewgang.com/movies/75-Aisha-Reviews|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816152508/http://www.reviewgang.com/movies/75-Aisha-Reviews|archive-date=16 August 2010|access-date=5 September 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Blood Money (2012 film)|Blood Money]]''
| Aarzoo Kadam
|
|
|-
| 2013
| scope="row"|''[[Kai Po Che!]]''
| Vidya Bhatt Patel
|
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kai-po-che-film-based-on-bhagats-3-mistakes/252023-8-66.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428050013/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kai-po-che-film-based-on-bhagats-3-mistakes/252023-8-66.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 April 2012 |title=Kai Po Che: Film based on Chetan Bhagat's 'The 3 Mistakes of My Life' |work=IBN Live |access-date=25 April 2012}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|2019
| ''[[Judgementall Hai Kya]]''
| Megha Kumar
|
|
|-
| ''Suno''
| Wife
| rowspan="2"|Short film
|
|-
| 2021
| ''Clean''
| Maeher Saluja
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Neeyat (2023 film)|Neeyat]]''
| Kay Patel
|
|<ref>{{Cite news|title=Vidya Balan returns to theatres with the murder-mystery Neeyat; film to release in July 2023
|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/vidya-balan-returns-theatres-murder-mystery-neeyat-film-release-july-2023/|date=8 May 2023|access-date=21 June 2023|work=Bollywood Hungama}}</ref>
|-
| TBA
| {{Pending film|Ek Aur Ghazab Kahani}}
| {{TBA}}
| Completed
|<ref>{{Cite news|title=Ek Aur Ghazab Kahani
|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/fashion/sunsets-and-abstract-prints-alaya-f-stuns-in-shirt-and-mini-shorts-worth-rs-16k-101611563570074-amp.html|quote=Alaya will be seen sharing screen space with Arjun Kapoor, Amrita Puri and Aditya Seal in the film.|access-date=21 February 2022|work=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"|Notes
! class="unsortable"|Ref.
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Stories by Rabindranath Tagore]]''
| Charulata
| Episode: "Broken Nest"
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/498036/an-epic-discovery.html |title=An 'epic' discovery |last=Kumar |first=Melanie P. |date=30 August 2015 |work=Deccan Herald |accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2016-2017
| ''[[P.O.W. - Bandi Yuddh Ke]]''
| Harleen Kaur
|
|<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Singh|first=Anvita |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/amrita-puri-homeland-nikhil-advani-star-lifetv/1/756630.html|title=Amrita Puri to play the lead role in Indian remake of Homeland|date=4 September 2016|magazine=India Today|access-date=4 September 2016}}</ref>
|}

=== Web series ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"|Notes
! class="unsortable"|Ref.
|-
| 2019–present
| ''[[Four More Shots Please!]]''
| Kavya Arora
| 3 seasons
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 March 2021 |title=Amrita Puri starts shooting for 'Four More Shots Please!' Season 3 |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/amrita-puri-starts-shooting-for-four-more-shots-please-season-3-3533468.html |access-date=9 July 2021 |website=News18 India|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Made in Heaven (TV series)|Made in Heaven]]''
| Devyani Singh
| Episode: "A Royal Affair"
|
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Mentalhood]]''
| Anjali Patel
|
|
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Jeet Ki Zid]]''
| Jaya Singh
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 January 2021 |title=Jeet Ki Zid actor Amrita Puri: Amit Sadh has grown so beautifully as a human being and as an actor |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/actor-amrita-puri-on-jeet-ki-zid-amit-sadh-7150187/ |access-date=10 February 2021 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Ranjish Hi Sahi (web series)|Ranjish Hi Sahi]]''
| Anju Bhatt
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/binge-watch/story/amrita-puri-tahir-raj-bhasin-s-ranjish-hi-sahi-is-a-dramatic-love-story-set-in-70s-trailer-out-1895850-2022-01-04|title=Amrita Puri and Tahir Raj Bhasin's Ranjish Hi Sahi is a dramatic love story set in 70s. Trailer out|website=India Today|accessdate=14 January 2022}}</ref>
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Work
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="5"|2011
| rowspan="2"|[[56th Filmfare Awards]]
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| rowspan="5"|''[[Aisha (2010 film)|Aisha]]''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite news|title=Udaan, Dabangg top winners at Fimfare Awards|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-29/news-interviews/28356373_1_udaan-yash-chopra-dabangg|access-date=29 January 2011|date=29 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104134729/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-29/news-interviews/28356373_1_udaan-yash-chopra-dabangg|archive-date=4 November 2012|work=The Times of India|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut|Best Female Debut]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Screen Awards]]
| [[Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web|date=3 January 2011|title=Nominations for 17th Annual Star Screen Awards 2011|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/nominations-for-17th-annual-star-screen-awards-2011/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204141248/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/nominations-for-17th-annual-star-screen-awards-2011/|archive-date=4 February 2018|access-date=4 February 2018|website=Bollywood Hungama}}</ref>
|-
| [[Stardust Awards]]
| [[Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance – Female|Breakthrough Performance – Female]]
| {{Won}}
|<ref>{{cite web|date=9 February 2011|title=Stardust Awards Winner 2011|url=http://www.magnamags.com/content/view/7594/358/lang,english/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110212170913/http://www.magnamags.com/content/view/7594/358/lang,english/|archive-date=12 February 2011|access-date=4 February 2018|work=Stardust}}</ref>
|-
| [[Zee Cine Awards]]
| [[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Female|Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Female]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web|date=1 January 2011|title=Nominations for Zee Cine Awards 2011|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/nominations-for-zee-cine-awards-2011/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204152713/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/nominations-for-zee-cine-awards-2011/|archive-date=4 February 2018|access-date=4 February 2018|website=Bollywood Hungama}}</ref>
|-
| 2017
| [[Indian Television Academy Awards]]
| [[ITA Award for Best Actress Drama|Best Actress - Drama]]
| ''[[P.O.W. - Bandi Yuddh Ke]]''
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/ita-awards-2017-winners-list-jennifer-winget-nakuul-mehta-vivian-dsena-see-photos-videos-4924530/|title=ITA Awards 2017 winners list: Jennifer Winget, Vivian Dsena and Nakuul Mehta take home the trophies|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=14 September 2019}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Amrita Puri}}
*{{IMDb name|3629670}}
*{{Bollywood Hungama person|amrita-puri}}

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