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{{short description|Indian actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Mallika Barkur Dua
| image = Mallika Dua 2019—1.jpg
| caption = Dua in August 2019
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|07|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Barkur]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
| education =
| alma_mater = [[Franklin and Marshall College]]
| occupation = {{ublist|[[Comedian]]|[[actor|Actress]]|[[Writer]]}}
| nationality = {{IND}}
| years_active = 2016–present
| father =[[Vinod Dua]]
| mother =[[Padmavati Dua]]
}}

'''Mallika Barkur Dua''' (born 17 July 1989) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[actress]], [[comedian]] and [[writer]]. She is known for her on-point comic timing, and for the quintessential Delhi-based character, Makeup ''Didi''. The actress shot to fame with the viral video of ''Shit People Say: Sarojini Nagar Edition'',<ref>{{Citation|last=alittleanarky|title=Shit People Say: Sarojini Nagar Edition|date=2016-01-06|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJvFTqFOfI0|accessdate=2017-11-12}}</ref> which was written, styled and enacted by Dua herself. She is the daughter of [[Padma Shri]] recipient Indian journalist [[Vinod Dua]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/01/15/mallika-dua-is-making-the-world-a-funnier-place-one-dubsmash-at/|title=Mallika Dua Is Making The World A Funnier Place, One Dubsmash At A Time|website=Huffington Post India|access-date=2016-12-08}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Mallika was schooled at the [[Modern School (New Delhi)|Modern School, Barakhamba Road]], [[New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|New Delhi]]. Mallika is half-Saraiki and half-Tamil. The inspiration for her short videos on social media are from Delhi. Mallika is also a theater major from [[Franklin & Marshall College|Franklin and Marshall College]] in the US. Her advertising career started as a trainee at McCain Erickson and later at Contract Advertising.

== Career ==
From August 2016, she moved to [[Mumbai]] formally to be a full-time entertainer. She launched her own [[YouTube]] channel in 2017 and had been frequently collaborating with [[All India Bakchod]] before the channel got itself in trouble around October 2018 in the Indian #MeToo allegations .<ref name="dua">{{Cite news|url=http://scroll.in/article/813105/after-slaying-delhi-stereotypes-internet-star-mallika-dua-steps-out-of-her-comfort-zone|title=After slaying Delhi stereotypes, internet star Mallika Dua steps out of her comfort zone|last=Khurana|first=Natasha|newspaper=Scroll.in|access-date=2016-12-08|language=en-US}}</ref> Mallika has appeared in the first episode of Girliyapa with comedian Amukurajah, Why Should Hot Girls Have All the Fun?<ref>{{Citation|last=Girliyapa|title=Girliyapa Ep. 1 {{!}} Why Should Hot Girls Have All The Fun?|date=2016-03-18|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Tw62JPijg|accessdate=2017-11-12}}</ref> and in the ''[[Bindass]]'' web series ''The Trip.'' She also made a special appearance in Saket Chaudhary's ''[[Hindi Medium (film)|Hindi Medium]]'' sharing screen space with [[Irrfan Khan]] in 2017. She played a true blue Punjabi girl in the film quite similar to her real life personality.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/lisa-haydon-mallika-dua-thailand-web-series-the-trip-bindass-lifest/1/829840.html|title=Lisa Haydon & Mallika Dua are all set to take you through Thailand in this new web series|access-date=2016-12-08}}</ref> In September 2017, she appeared as one of the three mentors along with [[Zakir Khan (comedian)|Zakir Khan]] and [[Hussain Dalal]] for the fifth season of ''[[The Great Indian Laughter Challenge]]'' which is judged by the actor [[Akshay Kumar]]. In 2018, she appeared in ''[[Namaste England]]'' as Harpreet. She is also seen in Trip 2 web series as Nazia. She also appeared in [[Zero (2018 film)|Zero]] alongside [[Shah Rukh Khan]] in the same year.

== Activism ==

Mallika's videos are satirical in nature depicting the harsh reality of the society with a dash of humour. She strongly believes in the cause of Feminism and uses her social networking platforms as a tool for women's empowerment and for also expressing her liberal ideologies and open-minded opinions on social causes and issues concerning women{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}. Mallika has actively voiced her opinion against sexual harassment of women at workplace, casual sexism among others. She was also one of the pioneers of the social media movement [[Me Too (hashtag)|Me Too (Hashtag)]] where she was one of the first known faces to recount her own experience of being sexually harassed as a child to encourage her fan following (both men and women) to share their experiences as well and to stand up for the cause. She has also defied gender stereotypes through her videos and hashtag activism slamming body-shaming,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.indianwomenblog.org/in-a-chat-with-jwb-mallika-dua-shuts-the-body-shaming-mouth-of-suhel-seth-at-jlf/|title=In A Chat With JWB, Mallika Dua Shuts The Body-Shaming Mouth Of Suhel Seth At JLF|last=Khandelwal|first=Mansi|date=2017-01-23|work=Indian Women Blog - Stories of Indian Women|access-date=2017-11-12|language=en-US}}</ref> fat-shaming<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/soniathomas/mallika-dua-did-exactly-what-we-should-do-to-body-shamers-ig|title=Mallika Dua Says She Doesn't Pay Attention To Body Shamers|work=BuzzFeed|access-date=2017-11-12|language=en}}</ref> carving a niche for herself in the industry inspiring the youth.{{original research inline|date=February 2019}}

==Films==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Film
!Role
|-
|2017
|''[[Hindi Medium]]''
|Dolly
|-
|2018
|''[[Namaste England]]''
|Harpreet
|-
|2018
|''[[Zero (2018 film)|Zero]]''
|NSAR Volunteer Applicant
|-
|2020
|''[[Indoo Ki Jawani]]''
|Sonal
|}

== Web Series ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Show
!Role
!Platform
!Ref
|-
|2020
|[[Myntra#Digital Reality Show (Fashion Influencer)|Myntra Fashion Superstar]]
|Judge
|[[Myntra]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/lifestyle/article/myntra-fashion-superstar-top-looks-from-the-3-judges-that-we-are-crushing-on/506750|title=Myntra Fashion Superstar: Top looks from the 3 judges that we are crushing on|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en|access-date=2019-10-23}}</ref>
|-
|2019
| [[The Office (Indian TV series)]]
|Kitty Kataria
|Hot Star
|
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian women comedians]]
[[Category:Indian feminists]]
[[Category:1989 births]]

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