Nia Sharma
Nia Sharma
Born name: Neha Sharma
Date of Birthday: 17 September 1990
Place of Birth: NewDelhi, India
Occupation: Actress, Model
Height: 1.63 m
Parents: Usha Sharma
Siblings: Vinay Sharma
Notable work: Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai, Jamai Raja, Ishq Mein Marjawan
Neha Sharma, (born 17 September 1990), better known by her stage name Nia Sharma, is an Indian television actress and model. She is known for acting in Star Plus's Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai as Manvi Chaudhary, Zee TV's Jamai Raja as Roshni Patel, Colors TV's Ishq Mein Marjawan as Aarohi Kashyap and Naagin 4: Bhagya Ka Zehreela Khel as Brinda. In 2017, she participated in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 8 and emerged as a finalist. In 2020, she participated in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi – Made in India and emerged as the winner.
She entered the digital world in 2017 with Vikram Bhatt's web series Twisted. She was most recently seen in the second season of her web series Jamai 2.0, which released digitally on ZEE5 in March 2021.
Early life
Sharma was born on 17 September 1990. She is the youngest child in her family. She did her graduation in mass communication from Jagan Institute of Management Studies, New Delhi.
Career
2010–2013: Debut and breakthrough
Sharma started her acting career into television in 2010 with Star Plus's Kaali - Ek Agnipariksha, appearing as Anu. She then played Nisha Mehta in the channel's multi starrer Behenein.
Sharma got her first break when she signed the parallel main lead role of Manvi Chaudhary alongside Krystle D'Souza, Karan Tacker and Kushal Tandon in Star Plus's Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai which had a successful run of 2 years, from 2011 to 2013.
2014–2020: Establishment and awards success
Sharma then signed Zee TV's Jamai Raja portraying the role of Roshni Patel opposite Ravi Dubey, produced by Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar, which she was a part of from 2014 until she quit the show in 2016. In 2017, she marked her debut on digital platform with Vikram Bhatt's web series Twisted, an erotic thriller where she co-starred with Rrahul Sudhir and Namit Khanna as Aliyah Mukherjee, a supermodel.
In July 2017, Sharma participated in eighth season of Colors TV's popular stunt-based reality show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi hosted by Rohit Shetty. She was eliminated from the show two times, before re-entering again, and survived until the show ended, emerging as the first finalist. From October 2017 to January 2018, she was seen in Star Plus show Meri Durga as Palasha Trivedi.
Sharma next reprised her character in the second and third season of Twisted In July 2018 she found her next character in Colors TV's suspense thriller series Ishq Mein Marjawan, in which she had the double role of Aarohi Kashyap and Anjali Sharma opposite Arjun Bijlani until the show ended in June 2019, which had a successful run of 2 years. Later she reunited with Dubey in the web series Jamai 2.0 on ZEE5.
In November 2019, she joined Naagin 4: Bhagya Ka Zehreela Khel, the fourth season of Colors TV's supernatural revenge franchise Naagin produced by Ekta Kapoor, in which she starred as shape shifting serpent Brinda opposite Vijayendra Kumeria until it went off air in August 2020. Just after its culmination, she participated in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi – Made in India and became winner.
2021–present: OTT projects and Bigg Boss
The second season of ZEE5's Jamai 2.0 was launched in 2021, where Sharma and Dubey united for the fourth time. In September 2021, she was a guest for just one day in the OTT version of popular game reality show Bigg Boss.
In the media
Sharma's acting performances in Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai, Jamai Raja, Ishq Mein Marjawan and Naagin: Bhagya Ka Zehreela Khel established her as a leading actress of Indian television industry.
Sharma was ranked No. 3 in 2016 and No. 2 in 2017 in the Top 50 Sexiest Asian Women List by British-based Eastern Eye newspaper.
In 2020, Sharma was ranked at No. 2 in The Times Most Desirable Women on TV 2020.