Taapsee Pannu (born 1 August 1987) is an Indian actress and model known for her phenomenal performances on both Bollywood and Tollywood film industry. She is born and brought up in the capital city of India, Delhi. Taapsee did her debut with Telugu Movie Jhummandi Naadam in the year 2010 as the character of Sravya.
Pannu has worked in films of four different languages such as Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. She is a Software Engineer and has worked as a Software Professional too. Before entering the film industry, she auditioned for Channel V’s talent show Get Gorgeous and got selected. She received many Modeling projects thereafter and was also featured in various TV advertisements.
Taapsee has been a part of many successful movies wherein she has managed to mark her presence with her great acting and communication skills. She has bagged many awards in her 9 years of an acting career and is signed for many promising upcoming movie projects as well. Her next releases for the year 2020 are Womaniya, Tadka, Dare and Lovely, Rashmi Rocket and Thappad.
Her strong and intense performances made her receive a huge fan following. She has over 14.2 million followers on Instagram and 3.9 Million followers on Twitter.
Childhood, Parents, Sister & Education
Taapsee Pannu with her dad Dilmohan Singh Pannu, mom Nirmaljeet Kaur Pannu & sister Shagun Pannu
Taapsee Pannu was born to her Punjabi parents in 1987 (age 32 years; as in 2019). She celebrates her birthday on 1 August every year. Taapsee has some unique nicknames such as Maggie, glam dog and, Goddess of flop heroes.
In her family, she is the second daughter of her father Dilmohan Singh Pannu, and her mother Nirmaljeet Kaur Pannu.
She spent her childhood along with her younger sister “Shagun Pannu”. Taapsee’s hometown is in Ludhiana, Punjab. She belongs to the Sikh religion and Punjabi caste.
Maggie has done her schooling from Mata Jai Kaur Public School, Ashok Vihar, Delhi. Afterward, she opted for B.Tech in Computer Sciences and completed her graduation in the same from Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology, New Delhi.
After starting her career as an actress she started residing in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Figure Measurements, Height & Weight
Being one of the attractive Bollywood Actresses, Taapsee has got an amazing hourglass-shaped body with measurements 34-27-36. The star has an appropriate figure and a tall personality.
Actress Taapsee Pannu stands at a height of 5 ft 7 inches (170 cm) and her body weight is 55 Kg or 120 lbs.
Taapsee Pannu’s physical statistics
She has got gorgeous naturally curly hair with black color and captivating dark brown colored eyes. For more specifications, she has Feet Size 8 (US) and Dress Size 4 (US).
Personal Life, Boyfriend & Husband
Pannu is known for her honesty and straightforwardness. She has openly disclosed about her affairs and boyfriends in her interviews. According to Taapsee’s interview with TOI, Taapsee Pannu first fell in love when she was in the 9th standard but did not last for long.
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When her acting career was begun, it was rumored that she dated the Indian Actor Amit Sadh. They both also appeared together in a TV Advertisement of Wildstone during that period. Amit is one of his interactions with media in 2014 has also shared his feelings for Maggie.
After Amit Sadh, Taapsee was rumored to be going around with actor Saqib Saleem in 2016. They get to meet each other during the shoot of a music video “tum ho to lagta hai’. They were spotted together in many events thereafter till 2017.
From the last two years, Taapsee Pannu is regularly making public appearances with Mathias Boe, a Danish badminton star. Though she has never confirmed the news of her dating Mathias Boe in an interview with India Today, she has asserted that she is very happy in her current relationship status.
Career, Filmography & Awards
The Badla girl made her acting debut in Tollywood in the year 2010 and has appeared in around 35 movies so far.
Just after her first film, Taapsee Pannu received roles in many films such as Vastadu Naa Raju, Mr. Perfect, and Aadukalam. In 58th National Film Awards, Aadukalam won six National Film Awards and gave acknowledgment to her performance.
She won the best actress award for Mr. Perfect by Santosham Film Awards. Taapsee has won numerous awards in her short span of a career. For Bollywood film ‘Chashme Baddoor’ she also won the best debut Actor of the year – Female in 2013.
She was also recognized for her enthusiastic performance in a Tamil movie Arramban in 2013 and was awarded the Most Enthusiastic Performer-Female Award at the 2014 Edison Awards.
In 2015, Taapsee Pannu was signed for a short appearance in Akshay Kumar starrer Hindi film Baby, wherein also she managed to leave her mark and impress the audience with her power pack performance.
Taapsee never looked back since then and gave some of the major hits back to back. In 2016, she made a major appearance in drama film Pink along with Superstar Amitabh Bachchan and received Lux Golden Rose Awards for Rising Star of the Year and Films of India Online Award.
In 2017, she gave super hit The Ghazi Attack and the box office hit comedy film Judwaa 2 and a serious drama Mulk (2018).In 2018, she won Lux Golden Rose Awards for her breakthrough Performer of the year Award, Hindustan Times most stylish award, GeoSpa AsiaSpa Awards for Best Actress Critics (Female), Zee Cine Awards for Extraordinary Impact Award for her action thriller film Naam Shabana.
Her list of hit movies for 2019 is Badla with Amitabh Bachchan, Mission Mangal with Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan, Saand ki Aankh with Bhumi Pednekar. Being a critically acclaimed actress Taapsee Pannu gets around 80 lakhs to 1 crore per movie and her total net worth is over $ 2 million.
She recently has bought a BMW in her car collection.
Some Hidden Facts about Taapsee Pannu
- The versatile actress is passionate about dancing and has learned Kathak and Bharatnatyam since she was in 4th She has also won many dancing competitions.
- This beauty with brains cleared CAT with scoring 88 percentile, but couldn’t get into her desired college.
- Taapsee Pannu was very studious and mathematics was her favorite subject to study.
- She loves the color Yellow.
- When it comes to food, she loved to relish Chinese delicacies, Chhole puri, and Danish Pastries.
- Pannu’s favorite pastime is riding bikes, playing squash, reading, and dancing.
- Taapsee’s favorite actresses are Priyanka Chopra and Priyamani.
- Her favorite actors are Hritik Roshan, Aamir Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Suriya, and Prabhas.
- The movie she can watch a number of times is Rockstar and Twilight Series.
- Maldives and Europe are her favorite destinations to visit.
- The critically acclaimed actress is also known for her witty replies and
- Her Zodiac sign is Leo.
