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{{short description|Indian television actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Ashlesha Sawant
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|09|24|df=y}}<ref name= "Anupamaa">{{cite web |title=Ashlesha Sawant all set to enter Anupamaa as Barkha Kapadia. Know the complete history about her career |url=https://www.timesnowhindi.com/entertainment/television/article/aslesha-sawant-to-play-barkha-bhabh-in-aupamaa-see-here-her-career-tv-shows-family-education/411557 |access-date=4 June 2022 |website=Times Now Hindi |date=June 2022 |language=hindi}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2002–present
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Sandeep Baswana]]|2025}}
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}
}}

'''Ashlesha Sawant''' (born 24 September 1984) is an Indian actress who primarily works in [[Hindi]] television. She made her acting debut with ''[[Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi]]'' portraying Teesha Mehta Virani. Sawant is best known for her portrayal of Tara Singh in ''[[Saat Phere – Saloni Ka Safar]]'', Preeti Diwan Deshpande in ''[[Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara]]'', Meera in ''[[Kumkum Bhagya]]'' and Barkha Mehta Kapadia in ''[[Anupamaa]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ashlesha Savant strikes a bold pose |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/ashlesha-savant-strikes-a-bold-pose/articleshow/65742115.cms |website=[[The Times of India]]|date=10 September 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv/Revelations-and-marred-relations-in-Pyaar-Ka-Dard-/articleshow/21781907.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817052840/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-12/tv/41331157_1_disha-parmar-pankhuri-pyaar-ka-dard-hai |url-status=live |archive-date=17 August 2013 |title=Revelations and marred relations in Pyaar Ka Dard.. |date=12 August 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=3 February 2014}}</ref> She made her film debut with ''[[Haryana (film)|Haryana]]'' (2022).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/events/mumbai/launch-superdry-store/articleshow/17611038.cms |title=Sumit Vats, Sandeep Baswana and Ashlesha Sawant during the launch of 'Superdry' store, held at Palladium in Mumbai on December 13, 2012 |work=The Times of India |date=13 December 2012 |access-date=3 February 2014}}</ref>

==Early life==
Sawant was born on 24 September 1984 in [[Pune]]; she completed her T.Y.B.Com in 2003. Her father is in the [[Indian Air Force]].<ref name= "Anupamaa"/>

==Career==
After Standard XII, she got into local modelling for about a year. Then she started training for the Gladrags contest.<ref name= "Anupamaa"/> During that time, Balaji's auditions were taking place in Pune and she went to the auditions for a lark. They shortlisted her for ''[[Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat]]'', and she had to move to Mumbai. The KHKH shoot did not happen, and she played a small role in ''[[Kasautii Zindagii Kay (2001 TV series)|Kasautii Zindagii Kay]]'' as Rishab Bajaj's associate. [[Ekta Kapoor]] informed Sawant that she was keen to cast her in ''[[Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi]]'' (Star Plus) and ''[[Kammal]]'' (Zee TV). She accepted both offers. Sawant also played the role of Rohit Sharma's wife in ''[[Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand]]''. She played the role of Preeti in ''[[Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara]]''. She played the role of Meera, Riya Mehra's governess in ''[[Kumkum Bhagya]]''. Since 2022, she has been portraying Barkha Kapadia opposite [[Rohit Bakshi (actor)|Rohit Bakshi]] in ''[[Anupamaa]]''.

==Personal life==
Sawant met actor [[Sandeep Baswana]] in 2002, on the sets of ''[[Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi]]'' and they eventually began dating.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Payal Rohatgi-Sangram Singh to Hina Khan-Rocky Jaiswal; TV couples who have been in relationship for years but did not marry|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/payal-rohatgi-sangram-singh-to-hina-khan-rocky-jaiswal-tv-couples-who-have-been-in-relationship-for-years-but-did-not-marry/etphotostory/91150410.cms |access-date=4 June 2022 |website=The Times of India |date=28 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> After being together for 23 years, Sawant and Baswana married on 16 November 2025 in [[Vrindavan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi actors Sandeep Baswana and Ashlesha Savant tie the knot in a beautiful Vrindavan ceremony after 23 years of relationship |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/kyunki-saas-bhi-kabhi-bahu-thi-actors-sandeep-baswana-ashlesha-savant-tie-knot-beautiful-vrindavan-ceremony-23-years-relationship/ |access-date=24 November 2025 |website=Bollywood Hungama |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Exclusive! After being in a relationship for 23 years...Baswana & Ashlesha Sawant tie the knot |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/exclusive-after-being-in-a-relationship-for-23-years-sandeep-baswana-ashlesha-sawant-tie-the-knot/articleshow/125521628.cms |access-date=24 November 2025 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
! class="unsortable"| Ref.
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Haryana (film)|Haryana]]''
| Bimla
|
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/ashlesha-savant-to-make-big-screen-debut-in-film-directed-by-husband-sandeep-baswana/articleshow/83714850.cms |title=Ashlesha Savant to make big screen debut in film directed by boyfriend Sandeep Baswana |website=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=21 June 2021 }}</ref>
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
! class="unsortable"| Ref.
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2002–2003
| ''[[Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi]]''
| Teesha Mehta Virani
|
| <ref>{{Cite web|title=A question of female identity|url=https://m.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010304/spectrum/main2.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210209170809/https://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010304/spectrum/main2.htm|archive-date=9 February 2021|website=The Tribune|access-date=6 July 2020}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Kammal]]''
| Anita Bhatia Jajoo
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2003
| ''[[Kasautii Zindagii Kay (2001 TV series)|Kasautii Zindagii Kay]]''
| Rishabh Bajaj's associate
| Cameo appearance
|
|-
| ''[[Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat]]''
| Sonia Mehra
| Episode: "Karzz"
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2003–2004
| ''[[Kahiin to Hoga]]''
| Mouli Sinha
|
|
|-
| ''[[Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand]]''
| Anjali Sharma
|
|
|-
| 2004–2005
| ''Baal Baal Bacche''
| Menaka
|
|
|-
| 2005–2009
| ''[[Saat Phere – Saloni Ka Safar]]''
| Tara Singh
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Two new shows propel Zee TV back into the soap game, unveil new traditional woman|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/20060626-kasamh-se-and-saat-phere-boost-trp-of-zee-tv-785197-2006-06-26|website=India Today|date=26 June 2006|accessdate=27 August 2012}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2006
| ''[[Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai]]''
| Sheetal
|
|
|-
| ''[[Vaidehi (2006 TV series)|Vaidehi]]''
| Bhumija Jaisingh Singhania
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2009–2010
| ''[[Pavitra Rishta]]''
| Urmila Sagar
|
|<ref>{{Cite news|title=As Pavitra Rishta clocks 10 years, Ekta Kapoor, says the show revived her career|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/as-pavitra-rishta-clocks-10-years-ekta-kapoor-gets-nostalgic-says-the-show-revived-her-career/articleshow/69612598.cms|website=The Times of India|accessdate=18 December 2019}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Bayttaab Dil Kee Tamanna Hai]]''
| Lekha
|
|
|-
| 2010–2011
| ''[[Dil Se Diya Vachan]]''
| Urmila Rajadhyaksha
|
|
|-
| 2012–2014
| ''[[Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara]]''
| Preeti Diwan Deshpande
|
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/tv/news/Pyaar-Ka-Dard-Hai-to-go-off-air/articleshow/44771318.cms|title=Pyaar Ka Dard Hai... to go off-air?|work=The Times of India|access-date=10 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Phir Bhi Na Maane...Badtameez Dil]]''
| Nishi Sahni
|
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Vishkanya Ek Anokhi Prem Kahani]]''
| Mandira / Kala Saaya
|
|
|-
| 2017–2018
| ''[[Porus (TV series)|Porus]]''
| Pritha
|
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/what-s-hot/story/porus-review-laksh-lalwani-thoroughly-entertaining-if-you-love-your-history-with-masala-lifetv-1095812-2017-11-28|title=Porus review: Thoroughly entertaining, if you love your history with masala|access-date=28 November 2017|website=India Today}}</ref>
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Mayavi Maling]]''
| Mandari
|
|
|-
| 2019–2021
| ''[[Kumkum Bhagya]]''
| Meera
|
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/tv/news-interviews/Kumkum-Bhagya-a-passionate-story-of-love-Ekta-Kapoor/articleshow/29845111.cms|title='Kumkum Bhagya' a passionate story of love: Ekta Kapoor|work=The Times of India|access-date=1 April 2014|archive-date=20 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620153034/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/tv/news-interviews/Kumkum-Bhagya-a-passionate-story-of-love-Ekta-Kapoor/articleshow/29845111.cms|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2022–2023; 2024
| ''[[Anupamaa]]''
| Barkha Mehta Kapadia
|
|
|-
| 2024
| ''Gudiya Rani''
| Aruni
|
|
|-
| 2025–present
| ''[[Jhanak]]''
| Arshi Mukherjee Bose
|
|
|-
|}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! width=5%| Year
! style="width:28%;"| Award
! style="width:30%;"| Category
! style="width:17%;"| Serial
! style="width:10%;"| Outcome
|-

| 2007
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Indian Telly Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Best Actress in a Supporting Role
| style="text-align:center;" | ''[[Saat Phere: Saloni Ka Safar|Saat Phere]]''
| {{nom}}
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|2269732}}
*{{instagram|ashleshasavant}}
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[[Category:Actresses from Pune]]
[[Category:Actresses from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Indian television actresses]]
[[Category:Indian soap opera actresses]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses in Hindi television]]
[[Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian actresses]]

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