Richa Gangopadhyay

Richa Gangopadhyay
Richa Gangopadhyay at South Filmfare Awards (2013) in Hyderabad, India.
Born	Antara Richa Gangopadhyay (1986-03-20) 20 March 1986 (age 30) New Delhi, India
Residence	Northville, Michigan, United States
Nationality	Indian
Education	MBA
Alma mater	Michigan State University, Washington University, USA
Occupation	Film actress, model
Years active	2009–2013
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Title	Miss India USA 2007
Parent(s)	Utpal Gangopadhyay, Paula Gangopadhyay

Richa Gangopadhyay (born Antara Richa Gangopadhyay on 20 March 1986) is a former Indian film actress and model who predominantly appeared in Telugu films. She has also appeared in a few Tamil and Bengali films. She is pursuing an MBA degree from Washington University, USA.

After appearing in commercials, she made her film debut with Telugu political drama film Leader (2010) and later worked on several commercially successful Telugu films like Nagavalli (2010), Mirapakaay (2011), Sarocharu (2012) and Mirchi (2013). She also played the lead in two Tamil films, including Dabangg remake, Osthe (2012), and critically acclaimed film, Mayakkam Enna (2012), directed by Selvaraghavan, for which she received numerous 'Best Actress' awards. She also appeared in the Bengali film Bikram Singha.

In October 2013, Gangopadhyay announced that she would leave the film industry and move back to the USA to pursue her MBA. In short span of four years career, she starred along with prominent Telugu, Tamil and Bengali actors like Venkatesh, Nagarjuna, Ravi Teja, Prabhas, Dhanush and Prosenjit.

Richa Gangopadhyay was born on 20 March 1986 to Utpal and Paula Gangopadhyay, in New Delhi. Her father works as the Vice President of Netshape Technologies, while her mother works as a Director of Education at The Henry Ford Museum in Detroit and in March 2012 has been nominated Member of the prestigious National Museum and Library Services Board by president Obama. Her parents settled in the USA in 1989 after spending her first year in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, with Gangopadhyay being brought up in Pennsylvania and Michigan. While attending Okemos High School, as a Junior, she was featured in the local media for founding a youth-tutoring program for at-risk children in Lansing, which she ran for four years. She went on to major in Dietetics and Health Administration at Michigan State University.