Shreya Dhanwanthary

Shreya Dhanwanthary is an Indian actress, model, director, and author associated with Hindi and Telugu language films and web series. In 2019, she played Zoya in the Amazon Prime Video web series The Family Man and in 2020, she played Sucheta Dalal in Sony LIV's web series Scam 1992.[2]

Shreya Dhanwanthary
Dhanwanthary in 2019
Born1990/1991 (age 30–31)[1]
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, (now Telangana), India
Alma materNIT Warangal
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]

Early life

Shreya Dhanwanthary was born in Hyderabad in a Telugu-speaking family. Brought up in West Asia and Delhi, Dhanwanthary graduated from NIT Warangal in Engineering.[3]

Career

Dhanwanthary participated in Femina Miss India South 2008 when she was a third year engineering student.[1] She placed 1st Runner-Up in the event. After that she went on to compete at Miss India 2008 as a finalist.[4]

Popular brands endorsed by her include Airtel, Pantaloons, Safi, Provogue, Vogue Eyewear, Gitanjal Maya Gold jewellery, D’damas jewellery, Jashn Sarees and Liberty Footwear.[1]

Soon after Miss India 2008, she was offered a role in the Telugu film Sneha Geetham.[1] She made her Bollywood debut with Why Cheat India opposite Emraan Hashmi.[5][6]

She has also authored a book titled Fade To White.[7]

In 2020, she played Sucheta Dalal in the webseries Scam 1992 .[8]

In 2021, Dhanwanthary will star in the Amazon Prime web series Mumbai Diaries 26/11. Directed by Nikkhil Advani and produced by Emmay Entertainment, it will also feature Konkona Sen Sharma, Mohit Raina and Tina Desai in the lead roles.[9]

Filmography
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Project Character Role Notes
2009 Josh Bhavna Actor Telugu film
2010 Sneha Geetham Shailu Actor Telugu film
2012 The Girl in Me Tina/Tara Actor Short film
2017 Anti-Cyberbullying PSA (in Association with Mumbai Police) Battered Girl Director; Writer; Producer; Actor PSA Short
2019 Why Cheat India Nupur Actor Hindi film

Web Series
Year Film Role Platform Notes
2016 Ladies Room Radhika Khanna YFilms 6 Episodes
2018 The Reunion Devanshi Tailor The Zoom Studios 10 Episodes
2019The Family ManZoya Prime Video 10 Episodes
2020 A Viral Wedding Nisha Ahuja Eros Now Director; Writer; Producer; Actor
2020 Scam 1992 Sucheta Dalal SonyLIV 10 Episodes on Sony Liv

References
  1. "Shreya Dhanwanthary". The Times of India. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  2. "Seven times Scam 1992 actor Shreya Dhanwanthary impressed us with her personal style". The Indian Express. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. "స్టార్స్‌ చెప్పే దాంట్లో నిజం ఉండదు". Sakshi (in Telugu). 6 September 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. "PFMI South '08". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  5. TNN (3 August 2018). "Shreya Dhanwanthary to star opposite Emraan Hashmi in 'Cheat India'". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  6. "Shreya Dhanwanthary: I Am Open to Doing Commercial Movies That Have Good Stories". News18. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  7. "Fade to White". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  8. Cyril, Grace (9 December 2020). "Scam 1992 tops IMDb's Top 10 Indian Web Series of 2020 list with 9.2 rating". India Today. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  9. "Mumbai Diaries 26/11 teaser: The story of first responders". The Indian Express. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.


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