Jaya Ahsan

Biography:

Jaya Ahsan is a Bangladeshi actress, producer, model, and playback singer who has carved out a niche for herself as one of the most popular performers of Bangladeshi and Indian Bengali cinema. She started her career with modeling and television acting roles, before moving on to successful film careers and achieving widespread recognition with her powerful performance skills and versatility.

Some of the acclaimed films in which she starred include Guerrilla (2011), Chorabali (2012), Zero Degree (2015), Debi (2018), Ek Je Chhilo Raja (2018), Bijoya (2019), Robibaar (2019), The Beauty Circus (2022), Ardhangini (2023), and Dawshom Awbotaar (2023). She has won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress six times and several Filmfare Awards East, becoming one of the most honored actresses of Bangladeshi cinema in its history. She has widened her horizons to Hindi cinema and digital mediums.

She made her debut in Hindi feature films with Kadak Singh (2023) starring alongside Pankaj Tripathi, and headlined an acclaimed Bengali thriller web series, Jimmi (2025). Producing Debi (2018) further proved her love for content-based movies while continuing her support for women-centric stories. Known for her talent of playing layered characters in dramas, thrillers, romances, and psychological films, Jaya Ahsan has become one of South Asia’s greatest contemporary actresses.