Known For: Indian actress (born 1974)
Category: Actresses
Occupation: presenter, actor
Country: India
City: Mumbai
Date of Birth: Monday, 04 February 1974
Language Malayalam, Hindi
Urmila Matondkar is an Indian actress and politician. Known for her work primarily in Hindi films, in addition to Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi and Tamil films, she has received numerous accolades, including the Filmfare Award and the Nandi Award. Having established a distinctive on-screen persona, she is known for her acting skills, style statements and dancing skills.
BirthPlace | Mumbai |
Education | Q17075274, Q7380212 |
Spouses | Mir Mohsin Akhtar |
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Matondkar was born on 4 February 1974 to Shrikant and Sunita Matondkar in Bombay (present-day Mumbai) in a Hindu Maharashtrian family. She studied at DG Ruparel College, Mumbai. She married Kashmir based businessman and model Mohsin Akhtar Mir on 3 March 2016. Matondkar joined the Indian National Congress on 27 March 2019. She contested from Mumbai North constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha Election, but lost. On 10 September 2019, she resigned from the party, citing petty internal politics. On 1 December 2020, she joined Shiv Sena in presence of party president Uddhav Thackeray. Shiv Sena hoped to add a nationally recognised face and voice, well conversant in Marathi, Hindi as well as English, to represent the party.