Actor

Nimrat Kaur

Born March 13, 198214 films

Nimrat Kaur is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films and on American television. She began her career as a print model in Mumbai and then started working as a theater actress. Kaur was launched in a two-part music video for the songs "Tera Mera Pyar" by Kumar Sanu and "Yeh Kya Hua" by Shreya Ghoshal in 2004.

Kaur made her film debut with a small role in an English film - One Night with the King (2006). Kaur starred in Anurag Kashyap's production Peddlers (2012), her debut hindi film, which was screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, followed by The Lunchbox (2013) with Irrfan Khan, which was screened at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. In 2015, she starred in Showtime's TV series Homeland playing the role of Tasneem Qureshi, an ISI Agent.

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First watchThe Lunchbox20137.4as IlaA mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach

7.1Airlift2016

6.7One Night with the King2006

Filmography

14 films as actor

TBADetective Comedy
TBASection 84Zoya
2025Kaalidhar LaapataMeera
2025Sky ForcePreeti Ahuja
2023Sajini Shinde Ka Viral VideoBela Barot
2022DasviBimla Devi
2016AirliftAmrita Katyal
2015El’ayichiPadu
2014MasterchefMother
2013The LunchboxIla
2012Luv Shuv Tey Chicken KhuranaMuskaan Khurana
2012PeddlersKuljeet
2006One Night with the KingSarah
2005YahaanNews Anchor Interviewer