Preeti Panigrahi Height, Age, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Nickname	Juliet
Profession(s)	• Actress • Director
Famous Role	As Mira in the film Girls Will Be Girls (2024)
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 4" (163 cm)
Eye Colour	Light Brown
Hair Colour	Light Brown
Career
Debut	Film: Girls Will Be Girls (2024) as Mira
Awards, Honours, Achievments	• National Balshree Award (2015), issued by the Ministry of Human Resource Development for excellence in creative and performing arts • Sarvashresht Abhinetri (Best Actress) Award (2016), issued by Delhi Public School, Greater Noida, for outstanding performance in theatre • Theatrical Extravaganza (2017), awarded by Theatron, Delhi Public School RK Puram, for excellence in stage performance • Late Baljit Shastri Award for Best All-Rounder (2019), issued by Amity International School, Sector 44, Noida, for academic, cultural, and leadership excellence • Best Actress Award (2020) at Rajnigandha, awarded by Dyal Singh Evening College, associated with Ibtida, The Dramatics Society of Hindu College, University of Delhi • Best Performer Award (2020), issued by Akaar – The Street Play Society of Lady Irwin College, associated with Ibtida, The Dramatics Society of Hindu College, University of Delhi. • Sundance Film Festival Award (2024) in the category Special Jury Award for Acting for the film Girls Will Be Girls (2024) • News18 Showsha Reel Awards 2025 in the category Best Debut for the film Girls Will Be Girls(2024) • Hollywood Report Indian award in the category Best Breakthrough artist of the year for the film Girls Will Be Girls (2024) • Filmfare OTT Award (2025) in the category Best Actor (Critics’ Choice – Female) for the film Girls Will Be Girls (2024)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	Year, 2002
Age (as of 2025)	23 Years
Birthplace	Kottayam, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Noida, Uttar Pradesh
School	Amity International School, Sector 44, Noida
College/University	• Hindu College, University of Delhi, New Delhi • Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI), Kolkata
Educational Qualification(s)	• A bachelor of Arts in History (2019-2022) • A post graduate diploma in Animation Cinema (2022)
Religion	Hinduism
Hobbies	Writing, Traveling, Dancing, Singing, Photography
Social Media	• Instagram • LinkedIn
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Family
Parents	Father- Surya Narayan Panigrahi (Government Official) Mother- Nandini Panigrahi (Teacher)
Siblings	Brother- None Sister- Trupti Panigrahi (Assistant Professor)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Preeti Panigrahi

• Preeti Panigrahi was born and grew up in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

• She belongs to a family with no prior film and entertainment industry background. She has started participating in theatre plays since a very young age.
  

  Preeti Panigrahi as a child artist in a theatre play

• While studying at the Amity International School, Preeti was an all-rounder and excelled in academics, arts, and leadership.

• She also served as the head girl of the school.

• During her school years, Preeti was recognised for her acting, dancing, singing, photography, and public speaking skills.

• Her passion for creativity led her to join Bal Bhawan at National Thermal Power Corporation, Noida.

• In 2015, Preeti was honoured with the National Balshree Honour by India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), making her the only child in her age group to receive the award that year.

• After completing school, Preeti refined her acting skills by participating in various productions by the National School of Drama pass-outs and the prestigious Asmita Theatre Group, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi. She has earned numerous best actor awards in theatre.

• While studying at Hindu College, University of Delhi, she was deeply involved in the college theatre group and enhanced her acting skills.

• She has also directed and assisted various theatre productions at the Ibtida The Dramatics Society of Hindu College.
  

  Preeti Panigrahi’s still from one of her theatre plays

• In 2021, Preeti featured in the list of 21 notable students of the Delhi University.

• After her graduation in 2022, she pursued a postgraduate diploma in Animation and Cinema from the renowned Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata.

• She has attended a film appreciation workshop at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and a course Film, Images & Historical Interpretation in the 20th Century: The Camera Never Lies from the University of London.

• Panigrahi’s major breakthrough came in 2022, when she bagged the lead role of Mira in the film Girls Will Be Girls (2024), after responding to an open call in 2022.

• For the audition, she had to send a video showing what she was like in high school. Since she had been the head girl at school, she used her own experiences to play the character of Mira.

• Before film shooting began, she prepared for the role by participating in workshops with casting director Dilip Shankar.

• In 2024, her film Girls Will Be Girls (2024) premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The film was one of only 16 selected worldwide films for the festival’s prestigious World Cinema Dramatic Competition.
  

  Preeti Panigrahi with the team of Girls Will Be Girls (2024)

• Preeti’s performance in the film gained her worldwide recognition. She also won a special jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
  

  Preeti Panigrahi with her Sundance Film Festival special jury prize

• After seeing her performance, Critic Anupama Chopra wrote,

Panigrahi is the find of the year. Without a trace of strain or drama, she captures the myriad emotionc coursing through Mira as she discovers passion, sexuality, unbridled rage, a twisted sort of jealousy, resentment, disappointment, and eventually, comfort”.

• Along with acting, Preeti is also interested in writing and film direction. In an interview, she mentioned that,

 I love direction and making things. I’m also collaborating with a lot of photographers and, with each shoot, I’m realising how powerful image making is. There are a couple of ideas and write-ups on the way. In the coming months, I would want to shoot something, maybe a short film.”

• In December 2025, at the Filmfare OTT Awards 2025, Preeti Panigrahi won the Best Actor (female) Critics’ Web Original Film award for the film Girls Will Be Girls (2024).
  

  Preeti Panigrahi with her Filmfare award