Taapsee Pannu is an Indian actress and model known for her work in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. Taapsee worked as a professional software and also pursued a career in modeling before becoming an actress. During her modeling career, she appeared in a number of commercials.

Taapsee was born on 1 August 1987 in New Delhi. She has a sister named Shagun Pannu and plans to throw her in movies too. She was educated at Mata Jai ​​Kaur Public School in Ashok Vihar, Delhi. After graduating in Computer Engineering from the Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology in New Delhi, she worked as a software engineer. She became a full-time model after auditioning and was selected for the Channel V Get Gorgeous talent show, which eventually brought her to play.

Taapsee appeared in numerous print and television commercials and won several titles during her modeling days, including “Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face” and “Safi Femina Miss Belle peau” at the 2008 Femina Miss India contest. As a model, she has supported brands such as Reliance Trends, Red FM 93.5, UniStyle Image, Coca-Cola, Motorola, Pantaloon, PVR Cinemas, Standard Chartered Bank, Dabur, Airtel, Tata Docomo, World Gold Council, Havells and Vardhman. She has also featured on the cover of Just For Women and MaaStars magazines. After a few years, she lost interest in modeling because she thought she could never be recognized by modeling, but only through films, and finally decided to act.

Taapsee made his acting debut with the 2010 Telugu film Jhummandi Naadam, directed by Raghavendra Rao. Since then, she has appeared in a number of critically acclaimed films such as Aadukalam, Vastadu Naa Raju and Mr. Perfect. His Tamil film Aadukalam won six national film awards at the 58th National Film Awards. She has also worked in a Malayalam film and has been engaged for three Telugu films and several Hindi films. She received the Most Enthusiastic Performer-Female Award at the 2014 Edison Awards for her performance in Tamil Arrambam (2013). In 2015, she starred in the critically-acclaimed and commercial movie Baby. She then starred in the Pink drama (2016), the war movie The Ghazi Attack (2017) and the comedy Judwaa 2 (2017).