Divya Dutta Age, Boyfriend, Husband, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Profession(s)	Actress, Model, Writer
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 158 cm in meters- 1.58 m in feet inches- 5’ 2”
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Career
Debut	Film Debut: Ishq Mein Jeena Ishq Mein Marna (1994) as 'Sapna' Film Debut (Punjabi): Shaheed-E-Mohabbat (1998) as 'Zainab' Film Debut (Malayalam): Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (2005) as Police Officer Film Debut (English): The Last Lear (2007) as 'Ivy' Film Debut (Nepali): Basanti (2000) as 'Malaki' Debut TV: Samvidhaan (2014) as 'Purnima Banerjee'
Awards, Honours, Achievements	• Aashirwad Award (1997) • Divya Bharti Award (1997) • Smita Patil Award (1998) • Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Female for the film Veer-Zaara (2005) • GIFA Best Supporting Actress Award for the film Veer-Zaara (2005) • Star Sabse Favorite Kaun Award for the film Welcome to Sajjanpur (2009) • Big Punjabi Entertainment Award for Entertainer Of The Year (2010) • IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film Delhi-6 (2010) • Apsara Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2014) • Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Female for the film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2014) • National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film Irada (2018)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	25 September 1977 (Sunday)
Age (as of 2024)	47 Years
Birthplace	Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Zodiac sign	Libra
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Ludhiana, Punjab, India
School	Sacred Heart Convent, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Educational Qualification	Not Known
Religion	Hinduism
Hobbies	Travelling, Reading
Controversies	• In May 2019, When Divya posted the in-between shots of her interview on her Instagram handle, an Instagram user, on one of her pictures made a lewd comment. He wrote, "Big t**ts." However, the actress decided to call out the practice of shaming women's body and made sure he learnt a lesson. She replied, "Yes man!! Big t**s!! So?? Shut up. N stop being obsessed n objectifying women.. there's so much more to a woman. Did u ever see t smile o the glint in the eyes??? No am sorry expecting too much!! disgusting. Pls don't post here,(sic)."
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Affairs/Boyfriends	Not Known
Family
Husband/Spouse	N/A
Parents	Father- Not Known (Deceased) Mother- Late Dr. Nalini Dutta (Government Officer)
Siblings	Brother- Rahul Dutta (Doctor) Sister- None
Favourite Things
Favourite Food	Punjabi Cuisine, Aaloo Tikki, Dal-Rice
Favourite Actors	Sanjeev Kumar, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Amitabh Bachchan
Favourite Colours	Red
Favourite Actress	Shabana Azmi
Favourite Apparel	Saree
Favourite Filmmakers	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Sriram Raghavan and Neeraj Pandey
Favourite Travel Destination	Kashmir

 Some Lesser Known Facts About Divya Dutta

• Divya Dutta is an Indian film actress and model who is noted for playing a wide variety of roles in various film genres.

• She was born and raised in Ludhiana, Punjab.

• She lost her father when she was just 7 years old.

• She made her acting debut in 1994 with the superhit film Ishq Mein Jeena Ishq Mein Marna.

• When she was young, she witnessed the Punjab insurgency and she described herself as hiding behind her mother’s dupatta “praying nobody shoots us”.

• She has played more than 60 roles in Hindi cinema, which also includes two international films.

• She was engaged to Lt. Commander Sandeep Shergill in May in the year 2005 and the couple did not get married but they were spotted together many times.

• When Divya moved to Mumbai, she developed a habit of writing a diary as she was living alone there, without her family. Slowly, she started writing columns for Hindustan Times and Express Tribune.

• She considers Amitabh Bachchan as her idol.

• In 2017, she launched her book “Me and Ma” which is based on her relationship with her mother, a doctor who raised the family singlehandedly after her father’s death.

• In her initial days in the film industry, Divya was often called the look-like of Manisha Koirala and was offered only dance songs in the films.

• She considers Juhi Chawla, Sonali Bendre, and Rajat Kapoor as his closest friends in Bollywood.

• As a child, Divya was good at studies and forbade everyone to act.

• She had a crush on Aamir Khan after watching his film “Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak.”

• When she was in school, she received Rs. 100 for doing a TV serial. This was her first salary.

• Divya revealed during an interview that she used to be a quiet child.

• She shared an incident of her school days, she told that once she locked up her classroom, and went to the garden area of her school with her classmates. She received a scolding from her teachers.

• When asked if she was ever propositioned at work, Divya said her refusal resulted in the loss of many film roles, which went to actors who were ready to compromise. She said, “I will be lying if I say no. Every woman has been propositioned at some point or the other. But I was never directly propositioned but I lost a lot of movies because I didn’t have a sugar daddy and somebody else did.”