Known For: Indian actress, entrepreneur and politician
Category: Actresses
Occupation: actor, politician
Country: India
City: Kolkata
Date of Birth: Monday, 02 October 1978
Language Odia
Rachna Banerjee is an Indian actress, entrepreneur, television presenter and politician. She is known primarily for her works in Bengali and Odia films, besides a few Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada films.
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Banerjee was born on 2 October 1972 in Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, and was her parents' only child. Her father was Rabindranath Banerjee. Her original name was Jhumjhum Banerjee, and was changed to Rachana by Sukhen Das, the director of her debut film Daan Pratidaan (1993). She completed her higher secondary education from National Girls' High School. Banerjee contested as All India Trinamool Congress candidate from the Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency seat against Bharatiya Janata Party's sitting M.P Locket Chatterjee in the 2024 Indian general election and won by a margin of 76,853 votes.