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Ananya Panday (born 30 October 1998) is an Indian actress who primarily works in . Born to actor , she began her acting career in 2019 with roles in the romantic comedies Student of the Year 2 and Pati Patni Aur Woh. These performances earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. In 2025, she was featured in 's 30 Under 30 list.

Panday's two subsequent theatrical releases were poorly received, but she had a commercial success with a brief role in the comedy Dream Girl 2 (2023). On streaming, her performances as young women navigating the perils of urban life and technology in the drama films (2022) and Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (2023), the thriller film CTRL (2024), the comedy series Call Me Bae (2024) were well-received. She earned further praise for her role as a lawyer in the courtroom drama Kesari Chapter 2 (2025).

Early life and family
Panday was born on 30 October 1998 to actor and costume designer Bhavana Pandey (née Khosla) in , . Her mother is . She has a younger sister named Rysa. Her grandfather , was an Indian heart surgeon. Her uncle Chikki Panday is a businessperson and her aunt Deanne Panday is a wellness coach, and their children, Alanna Pandey is a , and Ahaan Panday is an actor. She has described her childhood as "very privileged and cushioned", and has said that she aspired to be an actress from a young age.

Panday studied at Dhirubhai Ambani International School until 2017. She participated in Vanity Fairs Le Bal des débutantes event in in 2017. When asked if she missed out on higher education, Panday described film sets as her film school.

Career
Early work (2019–2022)
Panday made her acting debut in 2019 with the teen film Student of the Year 2, co-starring and , which was produced by 's studio Dharma Productions. Writing for Scroll.in, Nandini Ramnath felt that Panday showed potential in an unremarkable film. The film did not perform well at the box-office. Panday next starred in Pati Patni Aur Woh (2019), a remake of the 1978 film of the same name, alongside and . She played a secretary who indulges in an affair with a married man, which was portrayed by in the original. mentioned that Panday is "bland and boring with no spice." With a worldwide gross of , it emerged as a commercial success. Panday won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for her performance in both Student of the Year 2 and Pati Patni Aur Woh.

In 2020, Panday appeared in the action film , starring . The film was released digitally on . She next appeared alongside , Siddhant Chaturvedi and in the 2022 romantic drama , which released on Amazon Prime Video. Her performance was well-received, with Anna M. M. Vetticad from writing, "The surprise in this ensemble is Panday who brings a gravitas to Tia's confusion and innocence that makes you wonder why she chose to debut with the hollow gloss of Student of the Year 2". Her final release of the year came with Vijay Deverakonda in 's action film Liger, a bilingual production in Hindi and . Panday's father revealed that she was initially hesitant to accept the film, as she felt she was too young for the role, but he convinced her to take on the project. The film was a critical and commercial failure, with Panday's performance being panned.

Recognition in streaming projects (2023–present)
In the spiritual sequel Dream Girl 2 (2023), Panday played the brief role of the love interest of Ayushmann Khurrana's character. The Times of Indias Dhaval Roy dismissed her role and accent. The Indian Express concurred that Panday didn't "have much to do" but observed that she is "getting better when there’s not too much pressure on her to deliver". It emerged as one of the year's highest-grossing Hindi films. She then starred in Kho Gaye Hum Kahan, a coming-of-age drama about the negative effects of social media, alongside Chaturvedi and . Saibal Chatterjee of wrote that she "does a fair enough job of a character stuck in a single-note loop", while Scroll.in's Udita Jhunjhunwala found her "highly convincing as the jilted obsessive stalker seeking social media validation". The Indian Express evaluated that her urban roles in Gehraiyaan and Kho Gaye Hum Kahan suited the actress better than the ones she performed in commercial cinema such as Dream Girl 2. Panday was awarded a Filmfare OTT Award for Best Actor in a Film – Critics (Female) for her performance in Kho Gaye Hum Kahan.

In September 2024, she portrayed an ostracised fashion in the Amazon Prime Video comedy series Call Me Bae, produced by Johar. Panday expressed how her foray into the comedic genre was "challenging", and emphasised the difficulty in having to headline a project rather than play a "reacting" role to the lead star. The series had a mixed reception from critics, but her performance was better received. of Rediff.com praised her comic timing in a role that mirrored the actress' own privilege. Shilajit Mitra analysed that her privileged characters in Gehraiyaan, Kho Gaye Hum Kahan and Call Me Bae were all "in her proximate wheelhouse". The following month, Panday starred in Vikramaditya Motwane's thriller CTRL for Netflix, which is about an influencer targeted by a malicious AI app. Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in believed that after Kho Gaye Hum Kahan, she was once again "wholly convincing" as a woman negatively affected by technology.

Acknowledging her previous three releases as urban-set, social media-centred projects, Panday returned to commercial cinema in 2025 with Dharma Production's sequel Kesari Chapter 2, starring as C. Sankaran Nair. Set against the backdrop of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919, she portrayed a fictional lawyer who assists Nair in his legal battle against the . In preparation, she took dialect classes in Punjabi for over a year and shadowed female lawyers in practice. A critic for wrote that Panday "surprises with her restraint and grace" in an against-type role. Kesari Chapter 2 emerged as a moderate commercial success. She will next star opposite Lakshya in Chand Mera Dil and reunite with Aaryan in Tu Meri Main Tera, Main Tera Tu Meri, both romantic dramas under the banner of Dharma Productions.

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Panday has frequently combated negative attention and online trolling, for being a beneficiary of within the Hindi film industry. She said, "It isn't as easy as people say it is. If you have access and don't have the talent to back it up, people won't invest their money in you. Having said that, I do believe nepotism exists and it exists in all industries, not just Bollywood." She received backlash for comments made during CNN's 2019 Newcomers Roundtable, where she spoke about her struggles as a , noting that her father had never been on Johar's talk show Koffee with Karan as a sign of his limited success. Her remarks prompted a now-viral response from actor Siddhant Chaturvedi, in which he highlighted the disparity between insiders and outsiders in the film industry. The Hollywood Reporter India reported that after the intense social media trolling she received for being a , "all the noise and early backlash faded once she proved herself with films like Gehraiyaan (2022) and CTRL (2024)". noted that she has carved a niche for herself as Bollywood’s star by portraying characters that resonate deeply with her generation.

In 2019, she launched an initiative named So Positive to create awareness about social media bullying, prevent negativity and build a positive community. At the Economic Times Awards in 2019, the project was named Initiative of the Year.

Panday has featured in The Times of India "50 Most Desirable Women" list. She ranked 37th in 2019, and 31st in 2020. In 2025, featured her in their 30 Under 30 list. The same year, GQ India listed her among the nation's most influential young people and The Business of Fashion featured her in their BoF 500 list of people shaping the global fashion industry. Panday is a celebrity endorser for several brands, such as Puma, Lakmé, , TRESemmé, , , Vega, , Fastrack, and . She is the brand ambassador for international brands like and Jimmy Choo. In 2025, she was named the first Indian global ambassador for the luxury brand . Panday's brand value was estimated by Kroll Inc. (formerly Duff & Phelps) to be US$35.2 million in 2024.

Filmography
Films
  • All films are in Hindi unless otherwise noted.
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2019Student of the Year 2Shreya Randhawa
Pati Patni Aur WohTapasya Singh
2020Pooja SharmaReleased on Zee5
2022Tia KhannaReleased on Amazon Prime Video
LigerTanya PandeyHindi- billingual film
2023Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem KahaaniUnnamedSpecial appearance in the song "Heart Throb"
Dream Girl 2Pari Srivastava
Kho Gaye Hum KahanAhana SinghReleased on
2024Bad NewzHerselfSpecial appearance
Khel Khel MeinRehanaVoice appearance
CTRLNella AwasthiReleased on
2025Kesari Chapter 2Dilreet Gill
RumiPost-production
2026 Filming

Television
2020–presentFabulous Lives of Bollywood WivesHerselfGuest role
2024Call Me BaeBella "Bae" Chowdhary
2025The Ba***ds Of BollywoodHerselfCameo

Music video
2020"Kudi Nu Nachne De", Sachin–JigarPromotional song for the film

Dubbing role
2024

Awards and nominations
+ !Year !Award !Category !Work !Result !
201926th Screen AwardsBest Female DebutStudent of the Year 2
Fresh Face of the Year
202065th Filmfare AwardsBest Female DebutStudent of the Year 2rowspan="2"
Pati Patni Aur Woh
Zee Cine AwardsBest Female DebutStudent of the Year 2
Best Supporting ActressPati Patni Aur Woh
21st IIFA AwardsStar Debut of the Year – FemaleStudent of the Year 2
2021Lokmat Stylish AwardsBest Stylish Glamorous Icon
2022Most Stylish Gen Z Star
22nd Indian Television Academy AwardsBest Debutant Actress of the Year - OTT
2023Zee Cine AwardsBest Supporting Actress
Bollywood Hungama Style IconsStylish Actor People's Choice (Female)
Pinkvilla Style Icons AwardsMost Glamorous Icon
Lokmat Stylish AwardsStylish Glam Icon
2024Zee Cine AwardsPerformer of the YearKho Gaye Hum Kahan
Pinkvilla Screen and Style Icons AwardsMost Stylish Performer of the Year (Female)
News18 Reel AwardsBreakthrough Performance of the Year – Female
Bollywood Hungama Style IconsMost Stylish Leading Entertainer of the Year (Female)
Filmfare OTT AwardsBest Actor in a Film – Critics (Female)Kho Gaye Hum Kahan
Bollywood Hungama OTT India FestBest Actress – People's Choice
Best Actress – Popular Choice
NDTV Indian of the YearYouth Icon of the Year
2025Pinkvilla Screen and Style Icons AwardsBest Actress (OTT) – Popular ChoiceCTRL
Performance in a Leading Role – Female
Performance in a Leading Role – Female (Series)Call Me Bae
News18 Reel AwardsBest Actor OTT (Female)

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