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{{short description|Indian actress}}
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| name = Geetanjali Thapa
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| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2011–present
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| awards = Best Performance, Los Angeles Film Festival 2013.<ref name="LAFilmAward">{{cite web|title=20th LA Film Fest Award |url=http://www.lafilmfest.com/winners-announced-for-2013/#.U6_E_vmSwvV |access-date=29 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425020656/http://www.lafilmfest.com/winners-announced-for-2013/ |archive-date=25 April 2014 }}</ref> Best Actress, ImagineIndia 2013, Madrid.<ref name="ImagineIndiaAward">{{cite web|title=ImagineIndia 13th International Film Festival Award|url=http://www.imagineindia.net/2014/eng/News/News.php?id=242388676991724102|access-date=29 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529051903/http://www.imagineindia.net/2014/eng/News/News.php?id=242388676991724102|archive-date=29 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Best Actress, 61st National Film Award.<ref name="NationalFilmsAward">{{cite press release|title=61st National Film Awards Announced|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=104863|format=PDF|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date=16 April 2014|archive-date=16 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416182538/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=104863|url-status=live}}</ref> Best Actress, 14th Annual New York Indian Film Festival.<ref name="NewYorkFilmAward">{{cite web|title=14th Annual New York Indian Film Festival|url=http://www.iaac.us/nyiff2014/press.htm|access-date=29 June 2014|archive-date=11 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111090153/http://www.iaac.us/nyiff2014/press.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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'''Geetanjali Thapa''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] film actress. She won the [[National Film Award for Best Actress]] (2013) for her performance in ''[[Liar's Dice (film)|Liar's Dice]]''.

==Career==
A professional model before joining the film industry, in 2010 she made her feature film debut with ''Tina Ki Chaabi''. Her next film, ''[[I.D. (Hindi film)|I.D.]]'', directed by Kamal KM won her best actress awards at [[Los Angeles Film Festival]] and the Madrid Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-04/news-interviews/42716292_1_danis-tanovic-emraan-hashmi-white-lies|title=I auditioned for White Lies so I could meet Danis: Geetanjali Thapa|access-date=19 January 2014|archive-date=1 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201235824/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-04/news-interviews/42716292_1_danis-tanovic-emraan-hashmi-white-lies|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film premiered at Busan International Film Festival and was selected for several other reputed international festivals. She starred next in ''Monsoon Shootout'', a Hindi noir thriller by Amit Kumar, which was screened at Cannes Film Festival 2013 as part of the Midnight Screenings section, to rave reviews from several international critics. She also appeared in Anurag Kashyap's short film ''That Day After Everyday'', which gathered over 6 million views on YouTube within weeks of release. Her next feature, Geetu Mohandas' ''[[Liar's Dice (film)|Liar's Dice]]'', premiered at the Mumbai Film festival in October 2013 and was screened at Sundance Film Festival and International Film Festival Rotterdam in January 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/liars-dice-mumbai-review-649639/|title=Liar's Dice: Mumbai Review|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=25 January 2014|archive-date=18 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218013909/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/liars-dice-mumbai-review-649639|url-status=live}}</ref> Geetanjali, who played the female lead won the best actress award at the 61st National Film Awards. The film was also India's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, winning several other awards at international film festivals that year.

Thapa's latest release was [[Academy Awards|Academy award]] winning director [[Danis Tanovic]]'s Indian film, ''[[Tigers (2014 film)|Tigers]]'', along with [[Emraan Hashmi]], where she plays a Pakistani Muslim woman, Zainab who is also his newly wedded wife.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/geetanjali-thapa-i.d--liars-dice-geethu-mohandas-mumbai-film-festival/1/313209.html|title=Making a Mark|publisher=India Today|access-date=25 January 2014|archive-date=3 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203005029/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/geetanjali-thapa-i.d--liars-dice-geethu-mohandas-mumbai-film-festival/1/313209.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Geetanjali Thapa: I wouldn't want to be cast just because I'm a 'North Easterner' | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Geetanjali-Thapa-I-wouldnt-want-to-be-cast-just-because-Im-a-North-Easterner/articleshow/41845023.cms | author = Ankur Pathak | date = 6 September 2014 | access-date = 20 October 2014 | newspaper = The Times of India | archive-date = 9 September 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140909024844/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Geetanjali-Thapa-I-wouldnt-want-to-be-cast-just-because-Im-a-North-Easterner/articleshow/41845023.cms | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Emraan Hashmi's turn as an anti–infant formula activist |website=The Caravan |url=https://caravanmagazine.in/vantage/emraan-hashmi-turn-anti-infant-formula-activist |date=15 September 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Geetanjali Thapa heads to Toronto to promote her new film with the Oscar-winning director Danis Tanovic |website=India Today |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/20140908-geetanjali-thapa-toronto-new-film-oscar-winning-director-danis-tanovic-805109-2014-08-29 |date=29 August 2014 }}</ref> It was selected to screen in the Contemporary World Cinema Section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Apart from films, she has also appeared in several iconic commercials, her most recent ones including jewelry brand Tanishq and [[L'Oréal|L'Oreal]] with [[Aishwarya Rai Bachchan]].<ref name=mid>{{cite web|title=Yet to learn how things work in Bollywood: Geetanjali Thapa|work=MiD DAY|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/yet-to-learn-how-things-work-in-bollywood-geetanjali-thapa/15640193|author=Shaheen Parkar|date=28 September 2014|access-date=20 October 2014|archive-date=29 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140929061005/http://www.mid-day.com/articles/yet-to-learn-how-things-work-in-bollywood-geetanjali-thapa/15640193|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2016, Thapa starred in the movie Land of the Gods (Dev Bhoomi), playing the role of a young progressive schoolteacher Shaanti, who wants to bring modernity to the village and emphasised on education.<ref>{{cite web |title=Film Review: 'Land of the Gods' (Dev Bhoomi) |publisher=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/land-of-the-gods-review-1201863665/ |date=25 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Land of the Gods: A universal story highlighting that some things never change |publisher=Cineuropa |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/325825/ |date=21 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Serbian director puts Uttarakhand on world cinema map |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/Serbian-director-puts-Uttarakhand-on-world-cinema-map/article14637913.ece |date=14 September 2016}}</ref>
She also starred in [[Vikramaditya Motwane]]'s survival drama ''[[Trapped (2016 Hindi film)|Trapped]]'', where she starred alongside [[Rajkummar Rao]].

In 2018, she starred alongside [[Zain Khan Durrani]] in the romantic drama [[Kuchh Bheege Alfaaz]], where she played the role of Archana Pradhan, who works in a creative agency which designs branded memes and lives life to her fullest. She also starred as Minnie Basu, in the drama film [[Bioscopewala]], an adaptation of Tagore's Kabuliwala.

Thapa's latest release in 2019 is the American crime film, [[Stray Dolls]], whose cast includes [[Olivia DeJonge]] and [[Cynthia Nixon]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/stray-dolls-review-1204979 |title='Stray Dolls' Review |last=Lowe |first=Justin |date=27 April 2019 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=27 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/stray-dolls-samuel-goldwyn-films-cynthia-nixon-1203345826/ |title=Samuel Goldwyn Takes North American Rights to 'Stray Dolls' |last=Donnelly |first=Matt |date=23 September 2019 |website=Variety |access-date=27 September 2019}}</ref> She currently starred for the short drama movie ''Frayed Lines'', which is the story about two individuals who don't speak a common language but connect and take a step away from a life they have known. She plays the role of an Assamese migrant worker named Tabu.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frayed Lines (2019) |website=IMDB |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10400200/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1 |access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Award-winning short film Frayed Lines explores the complexity of identity at the backdrop of NRC |website=Firstpost |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/award-winning-short-film-frayed-lines-explores-the-complexity-of-identity-at-the-backdrop-of-nrc-8789241.html |access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Born and raised in [[Sikkim]], a Himalayan state in India and did her schooling in Sikkim from Don Bosco School, [[Malbasey]] and Tashi Namgyal Academy, Gangtok and thereafter, she moved to Kolkata to pursue her graduation. She was a professional [[Model (profession)|model]], and won the Mega Miss North East 2007 beauty pageant held at [[Guwahati]], [[Assam]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nenanews.com/ANE%20Oct%201-15,%2007/oh4.htm|title=Geetanjali Thapa wins Mega Miss North East|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107154608/http://www.nenanews.com/ANE%20Oct%201-15%2C%2007/oh4.htm|archive-date=7 January 2010}}</ref> before entering the film industry.<ref name=mid/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131008/jsp/t2/story_17434586.jsp|title=Geetanjali Thapa on being low-key and letting her work speak|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=20 January 2014|archive-date=1 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201191528/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131008/jsp/t2/story_17434586.jsp|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Interview: Geetanjali Thapa, Actor [I.D., Monsoon Shootout] |publisher=DearCinema.com |url=http://dearcinema.com/interview/interview-geetanjali-thapa-actor-i-d-monsoon-shootout/4229 |date=15 July 2013 |access-date=20 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421082259/http://dearcinema.com/interview/interview-geetanjali-thapa-actor-i-d-monsoon-shootout/4229 |archive-date=21 April 2014 }}</ref>

Thapa's debut short film was the English language project ''Myth'' (2006) directed by Prashant Rasaily, when she was still in school.

==Awards==

* 2013 - [[Los Angeles Film Festival]] - Best Performance - ''[[I.D. (2012 film)|I.D.]]''
* 2013 - ImagineIndia Film Festival - Best Actress - ''[[I.D. (2012 film)|I.D.]]''
* 2013 - [[National Film Award for Best Actress]] - ''[[Liar's Dice]]''
* 2014 - 14th New York Indian Film Festival - Best Actress - ''[[Liar's Dice]]''
* 2019 - [[Tribeca Film Festival]] - Special Jury Mention - ''[[Stray Dolls]]''

==Filmography==

===Films===
{| class="wikitable"
| style="width:15%; background:#FFFFCC; text-align:center;"|{{double-dagger}}
| Denotes films that have not yet been released
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Film
!scope="col"| Role
!scope="col"| Language
!scope="col"| Notes
|-
|2012
!scope="row"| ''[[I.D. (Hindi film)|I.D.]]''
| Charu
|Hindi
| Best Performance, Los Angeles Film Festival 2013<ref name="LAFilmAward"/> Best Actress, ImagineIndia Award 2013, Madrid<ref name="ImagineIndiaAward"/>
|-
| rowspan="2"|2013
!scope="row"| ''[[Monsoon Shootout]]''
|Anu
|Hindi
|
|-
!scope="row"| ''[[That Day After Every Day]]''
|Girl who hits the 'goon in the bus'
|Hindi
|
|-
|2013
!scope="row"| ''[[Liar's Dice (film)|Liar's Dice]]''
|Kamla
|Hindi
|[[National Film Award for Best Actress]]<ref name="NationalFilmsAward"/> Best Actress, 14th Annual New York Indian Film Festival<ref name="NewYorkFilmAward"/>
|-
| 2014
!scope="row"| ''[[Tigers (2014 film)|Tigers]]''
|Zainab
|Hindi-Urdu English German
| credited as Geetanjali [[2014 Toronto International Film Festival]] (TIFF)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tigers |work=TIFF |url=http://www.tiff.net/festivals/thefestival/programmes/contemporary-world-cinema/tigers |access-date=20 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028014351/http://www.tiff.net/festivals/thefestival/programmes/contemporary-world-cinema/tigers |archive-date=28 October 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|2016
!scope="row"| ''Land of the Gods (Dev Bhoomi)''
|Shaanti
|Hindi
|
|-
!scope="row"| ''[[Trapped (2016 Hindi film)|Trapped]]''
| Noorie
|Hindi
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|2018
!scope="row"| ''[[Kuchh Bheege Alfaaz]]''
|Archana Pradhan
|Hindi
|
|-
!scope="row"| ''[[Painting Life]]''
|The Lady in the Guest House
|English
|
|-
!scope="row"| ''[[Bioscopewala]]''
|Minnie Basu
|Hindi
|
|-
|2019
!scope="row"| ''[[Stray Dolls]]''
|Riz
|English
|[[Tribeca Film Festival]] - Special Jury Mention
|-
|2020
!scope="row"| ''Frayed Lines''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frayed Lines |website=Frayed Lines |url=https://www.frayedlinesfilm.com/ |access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref>
|Tabu
|Kodava Assamese
|Short film
|-
|}

===Television===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" width=60%
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Role
!scope="col"| Network
!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
!scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Sacred Games (TV series)|Sacred Games]]''
| Nayanika Sehgal
| [[Netflix]]
| Season 1
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|4990417}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama person|geetanjali-thapa}}

{{National Film Award Best Actress}}

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