Biography and filmography

Tannishtha Chatterjee

Tannishtha Chatterjee (born 23 November 1980) is an Indian actress. She is best known for her performance in the British film Brick Lane (2007), the film adaptation of Monica Ali's best selling novel of the same name. She has been the only Indian to be nominated for the British Independent Film Awards (BAFTA) as the best actress for Brick Lane. Her other notables roles have been in Academy Award-winning German director Florian Gallenberger's film, Shadows of Time, Road, Movie with Abhay Deol and Bibar for which she won Best Actress at the 2006 Osian Film Festival and the 2007 BFJA awards.

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Movies (51)

Full Plate

Full Plate

2025 · Director, Writer

باص 22

باص 22

2024 · Ananda Ishwar

Joram

Joram

2023 · Vaano

Dahini - The Witch

Dahini - The Witch

2022 · Kamala

The Storyteller

The Storyteller

2022 · Suzy Fibert

Rani Rani Rani

Rani Rani Rani

2022 · Rani

Unpaused

Unpaused

2020 · Director

Interdependence

Interdependence

2019 · Megha's lawyer (segment "Megha's Divorce")

Roam Rome Mein

Roam Rome Mein

2019 · Director

Jhalki

Jhalki

2019

Lihaaf: The Quilt

Lihaaf: The Quilt

2019 · Ismat Chugtai

Rakkhosh

Rakkhosh

2019 · Shoma Sekhri

Beyond the Clouds

Beyond the Clouds

2018 · Chotu's Mom

Monsoon Shootout

Monsoon Shootout

2017 · Rani

Guy in the Sky

Guy in the Sky

2017 · Chhaaya

Un camino a casa

Un camino a casa

2016 · Noor

Miles of Sand

Miles of Sand

2016 · Durga

Island City

Island City

2016 · Aarti

Rough Book

Rough Book

2016 · Santoshi

Feast of Varanasi

Feast of Varanasi

2016 · Inspector Rajveer Saxsena

Chauranga

Chauranga

2016 · Dhaniya

Angry Indian Goddesses

Angry Indian Goddesses

2015 · Nargis Nasreen

Parched

Parched

2015 · Rani

unINDIAN

unINDIAN

2015 · Meera

Gour Hari Dastaan

Gour Hari Dastaan

2015 · Anita

I Love NY

I Love NY

2015 · Riya

Sunrise

Sunrise

2015 · Leela

A Prayer for Rain

A Prayer for Rain

2014 · Leela

Chhoti Moti Batein

Chhoti Moti Batein

2014 · Chhoti

Meena

Meena

2014 · Meena Hasina

Water

Water

2014 · Kajri

Gulaab Gang

Gulaab Gang

2014

Siddharth

Siddharth

2013

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

2012 · Masha

Jalpari

Jalpari

2012

Dekh Indian Circus

Dekh Indian Circus

2011 · Kajaro

Road, Movie

Road, Movie

2010 · The Woman

Bombay Summer

Bombay Summer

2009 · Geetha

Barah Aana

Barah Aana

2009 · Rani

Brick Lane

Brick Lane

2007 · Nazneen Ahmed

Calcutta Unabashed

Calcutta Unabashed

2006

Strings

Strings

2006 · Krishna

Divorce: Not Between Husband and Wife

Divorce: Not Between Husband and Wife

2005 · Kamla

Shadows of Time

Shadows of Time

2005 · Masha (Adult)

Let the Wind Blow

Let the Wind Blow

2004 · Mona

Monkey Bastard!

Monkey Bastard!

2003

Notes on her

Notes on her

2003 · Draupadi

Bas Yun Hi

Bas Yun Hi

2003

The Little Republic

The Little Republic

2002

Ek Ruka Hua Faisla

Ek Ruka Hua Faisla

Doctor Rakhmabai

Doctor Rakhmabai

· Rakhmabai

TV shows (7)