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{{short description|Indian film and television actress|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Juhi Babbar
| image = Juhi Babbar at wedding reception of Prateik Babbar 2019.jpg
| caption = Babbar in 2019
| birth_date = 
| birth_place= [[Lucknow]], Uttar Pradesh, India
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2003–present| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Bejoy Nambiar]]|2007|2009|reason=divorce}}
* {{marriage|[[Anup Soni]]|2011}}
}}
| children = 1
| parents = [[Raj Babbar]]<br/>[[Nadira Babbar]]
| relatives = See [[List of Hindi film clans#Babbar family|Babbar family]]
}}

'''Juhi Babbar Soni''' ([[née]] '''Babbar''') is an Indian film and television actress. She has contributed to theatre both as an actor and director. She is the daughter of the actor [[Raj Babbar]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Dilip. |first=Soni, Anoop. Babbar, Raj. Sheen. Arora, Tarun. Shravan, Nadeem. Sameer. Kumar, Raman. Khan, Nadeem. Pandit, Ashok. Day |title=Sheen : a refuge in my own country |year=2004 |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/56516753 |publisher=Eros International |oclc=56516753 |access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Juhi Babbar and Anup Soni.jpg|thumb|right|Juhi Babbar and Anup Soni in Jan 2013]]
Juhi's first husband was [[Bejoy Nambiar]], a screenplay writer. She married Bejoy on 27 June 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2009/jan/220109-Nadira-Babbar-Raj-Juhi-Babbar-Bejoy-Nambiar-TV-show-Gateway-To-Hollywood-Ashok-Amritraj-honey.htm |title=Bejoy and Juhi are now formally divorced |publisher=Mid Day |date=22 January 2009 |access-date=13 February 2013 |author=Sonal Chawla}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Is-Juhis-marriage-in-trouble/etarticleshow/3264577.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917140538/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-07-23/news-interviews/27891735_1_juhi-babbar-rumours-young-couple |url-status=live |archive-date=17 September 2011 |title=Is Juhi's marriage in trouble? |date=23 July 2008 |access-date=13 February 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |author=Nimisha Tiwari}}</ref> The couple divorced in January 2009.<ref>{{cite web |last=Chawla |first=Sonal |url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2009/jan/220109-Nadira-Babbar-Raj-Juhi-Babbar-Bejoy-Nambiar-TV-show-Gateway-To-Hollywood-Ashok-Amritraj-honey.htm |title=Juhi Babbar is formally divorced |publisher=Mid-day.com |date=22 January 2009 |access-date=19 July 2012}}</ref> She then fell in love with the TV actor [[Anup Soni]]. She met Anup while working in a play produced by Juhi's mother Nadira Babbar. Soni was then married to Ritu, with whom he had two daughters. Juhi and Anup Soni got married on 14 March 2011, after finalizing his divorce.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/What-lead-to-Anup-Soni-Ritu-split/etarticleshow/7718985.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716051716/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-16/tv/29141064_1_juhi-babbar-anup-and-ritu-anup-soni |url-status=live |archive-date=16 July 2013 |title=What lead [sic] to Anup Soni – Ritu split? |date=16 March 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]]  |access-date=13 February 2013}}</ref> Juhi and Soni have a son, born in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Babbar grandson |url=http://www.filmfare.com/news/babbar-grandson-1527.html |date=23 October 2012 |website=Filmfare |access-date=31 August 2010}}</ref>

==Career==
Juhi made her film debut in ''[[Kash Aap Hamare Hote]]'' opposite [[Sonu Nigam]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110927110141/http://www.indiaexpress.com/news/entertainment/20030208-1.html Movies don't offer solutions to social problems: Raj Babbar]}}</ref> In 2005, she did a [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] film with [[Jimmy Shergill]], ''Yaara Naal Baharan''. The film did well in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and with the overseas Punjabi audience. Juhi then did a silent film with [[Malayalam]] actor [[Mohanlal]]. In 2006, she was seen in the film ''Unns'' with actor [[Sanjay Kapoor]] and [[Rituparna Sengupta]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/Unns/movie-review/463064.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411045137/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-11-18/hindi/27823300_1_rituparna-sengupta-sanjay-kapoor-tantrums |url-status=live |archive-date=11 April 2013 |title=''Uns'' movie |date=18 November 2006 |access-date=13 February 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |author=Nikhat Kazmi}}</ref> She appeared in her next film ''It's My Life'' as Sonia Jaisingh opposite actors [[Harman Baweja]], [[Genelia D'Souza]] and [[Nana Patekar]]. In 2009, Juhi played the role of a house wife in the TV comedy ''[[Ghar Ki Baat Hai]]'' produced by [[Shah Rukh Khan]].

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Kash Aap Hamare Hote]]'' || Amrita Singh ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2005 || ''[[Yaaran Naal Baharan]]'' || Harman Kaur || Punjabi film
|-
| ''[[Reflections (2005 film)|Reflections]]'' || Female lead || Silent short film
|-
| 2006 || ''Unns: Love... Forever'' || Advocate Natasha Patel ||
|-
| 2013 || ''It's My Life'' || Sonia Jaisingh ||
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Aiyaary]]'' || Wife of Colonel Abhay Singh ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2023 || ''[[Faraaz (film)|Faraaz]]'' || Simeen ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/faraaz-hansal-mehta-shares-poster-of-his-next-film-about-our-polarised-times-101673262727109.html|title=Faraaz: Hansal Mehta shares poster of his next film, based on our 'polarised times'| date=9 January 2023 |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]|access-date=9 January 2023}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Farrey]]'' || Zoya ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|2025
|''[[Tu Meri Poori Kahani]]''
|Swara
|-
|''[[The Great Shamsuddin Family]]''
| Humaira
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Language
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Ghar Ki Baat Hai]]'' || Hindi || Radhika Yagnik ||
|}

==Theatre==

===Actor===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Language
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Theatre
!Ref
|-
|2012 || ''Begum Jaan'' || English / Hindi || Granddaughter || Prithvi Theatre
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv/news-and-gossip/Shashank-Vyas-new-found-love/articleshow/17142835.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130426155453/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-08/tv/34993086_1_juhi-babbar-prithvi-theatre-begum-jaan |url-status=live |archive-date=26 April 2013 |title=Juhi in Begum Jaan at Prithvi theatre |date=8 November 2012 |access-date=13 February 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |author=Purva Desai}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Hindi-English-classics-to-enthral-drama-lovers-at-Prithvi/articleshow/17070501.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411034534/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-03/mumbai/34893116_1_juhi-babbar-begum-jaan-classics |url-status=live |archive-date=11 April 2013 |title=Juhi in ''Begum Jaan'' classics |date=3 November 2012 |access-date=13 February 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |author=Manoj Badgeri}}</ref>
|-
|2012 || ''Pencil Se Brush Tak''|| English / Hindi || MF Hussain's wife<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/filmi-parties/regional/An-ode-to-theatre/articleshow/10727406.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411033014/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-15/regional/30398049_1_juhi-babbar-mf-hussain-anup-soni |url-status=live |archive-date=11 April 2013 |title=Juhi plays MF hussain's wife with Anup |date=15 November 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=13 February 2013}}</ref> ||
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv/Juhi-Babbar-is-a-fantastic-co-actor-Anup-Soni/articleshow/12836974.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411033123/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-24/tv/31387518_1_juhi-babbar-anup-soni-reality-show |url-status=live |archive-date=11 April 2013 |title=Anup interview on reality show |date=24 April 2012 |access-date=13 February 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |author=Roshni Olivera}}</ref>
|}

===Director===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Language
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
!Ref
|-
| 2007 || ''Pukar''|| English / Hindi || Play created for CRY (Child Rights and You) that is based on child labour
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Juhi-turns-director-for-a-play/articleshow/2434794.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411064910/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-10-07/news-interviews/27954246_1_child-labour-juhi-babbar-child-rights |url-status=live |archive-date=11 April 2013 |title=Juhi directs Pukar |date=7 October 2007 |access-date=13 February 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |author=Raul Dias}}</ref>
|}

== Awards ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Work
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
!References
|-
|2010 || ''Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Rashtriya Puraskar'' || Under-35 || Contribution towards Indian arts and theatre ||
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Theatre-gives-me-a-high-Juhi/articleshow/6512233.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411053947/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-08/news-interviews/28215234_1_juhi-babbar-theatre-group-nadira-babbar |url-status=live |archive-date=11 April 2013 |title=Juhi won Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Rashtriya Puraskar |date=8 September 2010 |access-date=13 February 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |author=Shilpa Bansal}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=1318320}}

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