Divya Agarwal
Divya Agarwal
Born/Date of Birthday: 4 December 1992
Place of Birth: Navi Mumbai, India
Nationality: Indian
Occupation: Actress, model, dancer
Siblings: Prince Agarwal
Parents: Sanjay Agarwal, Rosy Agarwal
Television: MTV Splitsvilla 10, Ace of Space 1, Bigg Boss OTT
Divya Agarwal is an Indian television actress, model and dancer known for participating in several MTV India reality competition shows. She is the runner-up of MTV Splitsvilla 10 and winner of Ace of Space 1. She made her acting debut through the horror web series Ragini MMS: Returns 2. In 2021, she participated and won Bigg Boss OTT.
Background and early career
Agarwal got her master's degree in journalism. She trained in dance from Terence Lewis Dance Academy, and then opened her own dance academy called Elevate Dance Institute. She has choreographed several actresses like Ileana D'Cruz, Sunny Leone and Shilpa Shetty. In 2010, she and a Pakistani choreographer worked on choreography for the IPL 2010.
She had also participated in several beauty pageants. In 2015, she won the title of "Miss Navi Mumbai". In 2016, she was crowned the winner of the Indian Princess pageant She also won Miss Tourism International.
Career
Agarwal rose to fame in 2017 when she participated in MTV India's Splitsvilla 10 wherein she finished as the runner-up with Priyank Sharma.
In 2018, she would act as a mentor in MTV India's Date To Remember show. In March 2018, Agarwal and Splitsvilla 10 contestant Baseer Ali guest co-hosted an episode of On Road With Roadies. In October, she participated in MTV India's Ace of Space 1 where she emerged as the winner.
In January 2019, Agarwal starred in her first international project by participating in Travel With A Goat, broadcast on Insight TV, where she and television celebrity chef Dean Edwards travel across Bulgaria with a sheep and must decide whether to have it slaughtered or save its life. In December, she starred opposite Sood to play Ragini/Savitri Devi in season 2 of Alt Balaji's horror web series Ragini MMS: Returns. In 2020, Agarwal and Sood co-hosted the Ace of Space spinoff MTV Ace the Quarantine.
In 2021, Agarwal participated in Voot's Bigg Boss OTT and emerged as the winner. She also portrayed a mysterious make-up artist character named Grissy in the action-drama web series Cartel.
Personal life
In 2018, she met actor and former MTV Roadies contestant Varun Sood. They worked together on Roadies: Real Heroes and MTV Ace of Space. Following Ace of Space, she and Sood confirmed they are dating. On 6 March 2022, she announced on social media that they had split.
On 28 October 2020, Agarwal's father died due to complications from COVID-19.
Media perception
Agarwal was listed sixth among Times of India's Top 20 Most Desirable Women On Indian Television List in 2019, and nineteenth in 2020.