---
name: "Sakshi Tanwar"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sakshi-tanwar"
fi1m_id: "sakshi-tanwar"
imdb_id: "nm2799219"
tmdb_id: 1238200
wikidata_id: "Q2003940"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 January 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:15:58.512470+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sakshi Tanwar

## Identity

Sakshi Tanwar

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sakshi-tanwar
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sakshi-tanwar
- **IMDb ID:** nm2799219
- **TMDB ID:** 1238200
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2003940
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakshi_Tanwar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2003940, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2799219/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1238200

Actor. Born 12 January 1973 in Alwar, India.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 January 1973, Alwar, India
- **Also known as:** Saakshi Tanwar
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakshi_Tanwar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2003940, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2799219/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1238200

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Dangal*](https://film.one/film/dangal.md) (78)

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## Biography

Sakshi Tanwar is an Indian actress and television presenter. She began her career as a presenter on the Doordarshan programme *Albela Sur Mela* after graduating from Lady Shri Ram College in New Delhi.

She rose to prominence playing Parvati Agarwal in the long-running soap *Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii* (2000–2008) and later Priya Sharma in *Bade Achhe Lagte Hain* (2011–2014). In 2016 she appeared in the film *Dangal* as Daya Kaur, the wife of the central character played by Aamir Khan.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, indiatoday.in.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dangal* (2016), Fi1m 78, as Daya Kaur — [page](https://film.one/film/dangal.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Royals* (2025), series, as Padmaja Devi/Paddy
- *Ulajh* (2024), as Roshni Sengupta (Special Appearance)
- *Sharmajee Ki Beti* (2023), as Jyoti Sharma
- *Samrat Prithviraj* (2022), as Kamala Devi
- *Mai: A Mother's Rage* (2022), series, as Sheel Chaudhary
- *Taken For Granted* (2022), as Seema Batra
- *Dial 100* (2021), as Prerna Sood
- *Mission Over Mars* (2019), series, as Nandita Hariprasad
- *Mohalla Assi* (2018), Actor
- *Half the Sky* (2018), Actor
- *Karrle Tu Bhi Mohabbat* (2017), series, Actor
- *Dangal* (2016), as Daya Kaur — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/dangal.md)
- *Shor Se Shuruaat* (2016), as Zainab
- *Katyar Kaljat Ghusali* (2015), as Nabila
- *24: India* (2013), series, as Shibani Mallick
- *Haunted Nights* (2012), series, as Victim of supernatural incidences
- *Bade Achhe Lagte Hain* (2011), series, as Priya Sharma
- *Crime Patrol* (2003), series, Actor
- *Devi* (2002), series, as Gayatri Vikram Sharma / Goddess Durga
- *Kutumb* (2001), series, as Maya Sanjay Mittal
- *Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii* (2000), series, as Parvati Agarwal

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