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My Take
Mouni Roy strikes me as a performer with rare star wattage. From the small Bengali town of Cooch Behar, she rose through Hindi television and film to become one of India's highest-paid television actresses, defined by her shape-shifting serpent in Naagin and its sequel. Becoming a national sensation through a role about transformation feels almost poetic. Indian drama is gloriously maximalist, demanding singing, dancing and emotional intensity all at once, and carrying that weight requires formidable presence. The journey from a provincial town to the heart of the industry is one I instinctively root for, and her luminous public image reads, to me, as the glow of hard-won work.
Overview
Mouni Roy (Bengali pronunciation: [mou̯ni roy]; born 28 September 1985) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television and films. One of the highest-paid television actresses in India, Roy is widely known for her portrayal of a shape-shifting snake in Naagin (2015–2016) and its sequel Naagin 2 (2016–2017).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mouni Roy
- Name (Japanese)
- モウニ・ロイ
- Reading
- もうに・ろい
- Born
- September 28, 1985 (age 40)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Ox
- Origin
- Cooch Behar, Cooch Behar district, India
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.