Konkona Sen Sharma who turn 38-years-old today and she is an Indian actress, writer, and director. She has received two National Film awards and three Filmfare awards. The daughter of veteran filmmaker and actress Aparna Sen, Konkona appears primarily in Indian art house and independent films, and her achievements in the genre have established her as one of the leading actresses of contemporary parallel cinema.

Konkona Sen making her debut as a child artist in the film Indira (1983), Sharma debuted as an adult in the Bengali thriller Ek Je Aachhe Kanya (2000). She first gained attention with the English-language film Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002), which was directed by her mother, and received the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film. Her appearance in the drama Page 3 (2005) got her wider recognition from audiences, and she has since starred in a number of films, most of which have garnered her critical praise rather than commercial success. She won two consecutive Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Awards for her performances in Omkara (2006) and 'Life in a... Metro' (2007), respectively. Her performance in the former won her a second National Award under the Best Supporting Actress category. She was the first recipient of the Best Actress award at the Filmfare Awards East for her work in the Bengali film Goynar Baksho (2014). In 2017 her directorial debut film A Death in the Gunj was released. She also starred in the critically acclaimed Lipstick Under My Burkha in the same year