Birthday: 1st January, 1978
Zodiac: Capricorn
Marital Status: Single
Born in a Tamil speaking Iyer family,
,Balan finished her schooling and college at St. Anthony’s Girls School and St. Xavier’s College respectively and thereafter went on to do her Masters.Although, she got her first offer to act in a Malayalam movie, Chakram, Vidya Balan’s career could not take off hence she turned her attention to television. She appeared in a number of advertisements, also acted in a television serial, ‘Hum Paanch’ and appeared in music videos.Vidya Balan made her debut in the Bengali film, Bhalo Theko (2003). Her role was much appreciated. She then made her debut in Bollywood in Parineeta (2006) and excelled in her role, winning the Award for Best Female Debutant. She appeared in the blockbusterLage Raho Munna Bhai (2006). In 2007, she acted in Mani Ratnam’s Guru as a girl suffering from multiple sclerosis, Salaam-e-Ishq, Eklavya: The Royal Guard, Heyy Babyy and Bhool Bhulaiyaa. All these films proved her versatility and her defiance to not fit into the glam doll mould of Bollywood actresses.
Her latest movie, No One Killed Jessica (2011), did well at the box-office and her role in the movie was appreciated too. She will be appearing in Chenab Gandhi, a Sanjay Leela Bhansali film, Dirty Picture. Recenetly she married with Siddarth Ray kapur.
