Gracy Singh
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Singh at Lagaan ten year celebrations
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20 July 1980 New Delhi, India |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
Gracy Singh (born 20 July 1980) is an Indian actress. She is best known for her role of Gauri in the 2001 epic sports-drama Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India. Singh is also a trained Bharatnatyam and Odissi dancer.
Born in Delhi, India, Singh began her career touring with the dance group "The Planets". Her first acting role was in the television soap, Amanat, which was telecast on Zee TV. She then appeared in supporting roles in the films Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain (as Kajol's younger sister) and Hu Tu Tu. This finally led her to star opposite Aamir Khan in Ashutosh Gowariker's epic sports-drama Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India, where she played a village belle. She was nominated in this role for the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut, and won the Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female.
Post Lagaan, Singh appeared in a few successful films in Hindi and Telugu including Munnabhai M.B.B.S. and Santosham. She has also starred in Punjabi films such as Lakh Pardesi Hoye and a Malayalam film Loudspeaker directed by Jayaraj.
In 2015, Singh returned to television, playing Goddess Santoshi in the series Santoshi Maa on &TV.
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