Mallika Dua Height, Age, Boyfriend, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Nickname	Malku
Profession(s)	Comedian, Actor, Writer
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 2" (158 cm)
Eye Colour	Brown
Hair Colour	Brown
Career
Debut	Film: Hindi Medium (2017) as Dolly TV: The Trip (2016) as Nazia; aired on UTV Bindass
Personal Life
Date of Birth	18 July 1989 (Tuesday)
Age (as of 2024)	35 Years
Birthplace	Delhi
Zodiac sign	Zodiac
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Delhi
School	The Modern School, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi
College/University	• Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi • Hindu College, Delhi University (dropped after a year) • Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Educational Qualification(s)	• A Journalism Course at Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi (dropped) • Major in Theatre at the Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Religion	Hinduism
Food Habit	Non-vegetarian
Hobbies	Making Funny Videos, Travelling
Controversy	Tiff With Akshay Kumar In 2018, she had a tiff with the Indian actor Akshay Kumar. She said that Akshay passed a sexual remark during the shoot of the Hindi TV show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge. She even made a sarcastic comment on him. [1]India Today
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • YouTube
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Affairs/Boyfriends	Tanmay Bhat (comedian; rumoured)
Family
Parents	Father- Vinod Dua (journalist; died of Covid-19-related complications on 4 December 2021) Mother- Padmavati Dua (doctor; died of Covid-19-related complications on 11 June 2021)
Siblings	Sister- Bakul Dua (clinical psychologist)
Favourites
Film(s)	Bridesmaids (2011), How To Be Single (2016)
Comedian(s)	Abhishek Upmanyu, Swati Sachdeva, Aakash Gupta
Writer	Varun Grover
Cuisine(s)	Chinese, South Indian
Sport	Cricket
Travelling Destination	Bhutan

Some Lesser Known Facts About Mallika Dua

• Mallika Dua grew up in New Delhi.
  

  Mallika Dua’s childhood picture

• In childhood, she wanted to become an astronaut.

• Her father wanted her to become a classical singer. When she was around 4 years old, she started her training in Indian classical music. Later, she decided that she would not pursue singing as her career.

• While she was studying at Franklin and Marshall College, she performed in various theatre plays.

• After returning to India, she took a break of one year.

• She then joined an advertising agency named McCann Erickson as an intern. After working there for eight months, she left the job.

• Mallika then joined Contract Advertising and worked there for around two years.

• There, she worked as an actor, voice-over artist, and scriptwriter.

• She continued performing in various theatre plays along with her jobs. Simultaneously, she auditioned for various advertisements and acting projects.

• She then appeared in a few TV commercials.

• She came into the limelight in 2016 with her comedy video Shit People Say: Sarojini Nagar.
  

  Shit People Say- Sarojini Nagar

• In the same year, the YouTube channel The Viral Fever offered her a job in Mumbai.

• She once shared that had she not been a comedian, she would be an interior designer.

• She has worked as an advertisement copywriter before making her career as a comedian.

• She has appeared in various comic videos on the YouTube channel Girliyapa.
  

  Mallika Dua in a video of Girliyapa

• In 2017, she started her self-titled YouTube channel. For her videos, she collaborated with the Indian comic group ‘All India Bakchod’ (AIB).
  

  Mallika Dua in a video of All India Bakchod

• In the same year, she appeared in the Hindi reality TV show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge.
  

  The Great Indian Laughter Challenge

• She has played small roles in various Hindi films like Namaste England (2018), Zero (2018), and Indoo Ki Jawani (2020).
  

  Mallika Dua in a still from in Indoo Ki Jawani

• Dua has appeared in a few other Hindi reality TV shows such as The Trip season 2 (2018), Myntra Fashion Superstar (2020), The Office (2019), LOL: Hasse toh phasse (2021), and Badtameez Dil (2023).
  

  The Office

• In 2022, she released a self-written poem titled ‘Mujhe Ghar Jaana Hai’ in collaboration with a poetry group named UnErase Poetry. Later, she released another poem titled ‘The Women That Make Us.’
  

  Mallika Dua in UnErase Poetry

• She considers herself as a feminist and is often vocal about her opinions on feminism.

• She regularly works out in a gym to remain fit.
  

  Mallika Dua at a gym

• On her YouTube channel, she uploads her comic videos.
  

  Mallika Dua’s YouTube channel

• She has walked the ramp in a few fashion shows.
  

  Mallika Dua in a fashion show