Monica Bedi
| Monica Bedi (I'm Potato) | |
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at the 8th Aap Ki Awaz Media Excellence Awards
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| Born |
18 January 1975 Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India |
| Residence | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation | Cinema/ TV Actress |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Website | www |
Monica Bedi (born 18 January 1975, in Hoshiarpur, Punjab) is an actress and television presenter. She debuted in Hindi films in the mid-1990s. She is well known after participating in Bigg Boss 2 and also for playing a negative character in Star Plus' Saraswatichandra from 2013-2014.
Bedi was born to Dr. Prem Kumar Bedi and Shakuntala Bedi in 1975 in the village Chabbewal, district Hoshiarpur, Punjab. Her parents moved to Drammen, Norway in 1979. At the end of her under-graduation in India, she joined Oxford University, United Kingdom for reading literature; simultaneously, her acting education got completed at Delhi University in 1995.
In September 2002, Bedi and Abu Salem were arrested and served jail sentence in Portugal for entering the country on forged documents. In 2006, an Indian Court convicted Bedi for procuring a passport on a fictitious name. In November 2010, the Supreme Court of India upheld her conviction but reduced the jail term to the period that she had already served.
Bedi got her first role was in Telugu language film Taj Mahal (1995), produced by D. Ramanaidu. Ramanaidu also cast her in Sivayya and Speed Dancer. She debuted in Bollywood in 1995 with Surakshaa.
Bedi was a participant in Big Boss Season 2, a television reality show. She was one of the contestants of the reality shows Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3 and Desi Girl.
She sang the chants "EkOnkar" for a spiritual music album on Universal Music.
Bedi acted in the Punjabi movie Sirphire (2012), directed by Harjit Singh Ricky.
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