Jennifer Winget’s Biography | Birth | Education | Family | Films | Shows | Awards

By Ishwi Singh  |  First Published Sep 19, 2023, 3:17 PM IST

Jennifer Winget is a popular Indian actress. In the year 1997, Jennifer Winget started her film career as a child artist in the Bollywood film ‘Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat’. In the year 2013, she played the role of 'Kumud' in the Hindi TV serial ‘Saraswatichandra’. The show topped the rating charts for several months.

Jennifer Winget is a popular Indian actress. She was born on 30 May 1985 in Goregaon, Mumbai. Her zodiac sign is Gemini. She completed her schooling from St Xavier’s High School, Mumbai. She earned a B Com degree from KJ Somaiya Junior College of Science and Commerce, Mumbai. 

Her father, Hemant Winget works in Reliance company. Her mother’s name is Prabha Winget. She has two elder brothers. 

Jennifer’s favourites

Jennifer likes to play with her pets. She is also fond of shopping. 

She has a tattoo on her right shoulder which says “Hakuna Matata”. She has another tattoo on her left leg, which is of a fairy. 

Jennifer likes to eat Mughlai paratha. 

Her favourite actors are Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee. 

Her favourite colour is white. 

Jennifer frequently travels to Singapore and Malaysia. 

Her favourite hotel is Pesheshwari ITC.

Her favourite food chain is McDonalds. 
 
Interesting facts about Jennifer

In the year 1997, Jennifer Winget started her film career as a child artist in the Bollywood film ‘Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat’. She was only 10 years old at the time. 

Before pursuing a career in acting, she wanted to become an air hostess. 

She acted in several Bollywood films as a child artist including, Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995), Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya (2000), and Kuch Na Kaho (2003).

Jennifer’s marriage

Jennifer was married to Karan Singh Grover for a few years. They took a divorce in the year 2014. 

Jennifer first met her Karan Singh Grover in the year 2005 on the sets of the TV serial ‘Kasautii Zindagii Kay’. 

Jennifer’s TV serials

Jennifer Winget is primarily known for her television projects. Some of her old TV serials are, Kusum (2001), Kahin To Hoga (2002), Kartika (2004), Sangam (2007) and Dil Mil Gaye (2007).

In the year 2013, she played the role of 'Kumud' in the Hindi TV serial ‘Saraswatichandra’; it was created by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The show was loved by the audience. The male lead of the film was Gautam Rode. The show topped the rating charts for several months. 

In the year 2016, Jennifer played the character of 'Maya Mehrotra' in Sony TV show ‘Beyhadh’.

Hosting reality shows

Jennifer has hosted TV reality shows like 'Dekh India Dekh', 'Laughter Ke Fatke', 'Zara Nach Ke Dikha 2', 'Comedy Ka Maha Muqabla' and 'Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan'.

She has appeared on the cover page of 'TMM' magazine.

She is a very close friend of actress Drishti Dhami. Among her friends, she is known as a cheerful and reliable friend. 

Her friends call her Jenny or JW. 

Jennifer is very fond of her pet dogs.

She likes to buy her clothes and accessories from Doha, Qatar.

Jennifer as television’s best actress

In the year 2012, Jennifer was ranked 21 on Eastern Eye's list of ‘Sexiest Asian Women’.

She was included in the list of 'Top 10 Actresses in Television' by Rediff and in the '35 Hottest Actresses in Indian Television' by MensXP.

In 2017, she worked with Kunal Kohli in her first film as a lead actress in ‘Phir Se’. Due to some reasons, the film was not released on the big screen. After a wait of three years, it was released on the OTT platform. 

Awards

In 2013, she was awarded the Most Fit Actress Gold Award.

The same year, she received Best Actress Award for her role in ‘Saraswatichandra’. In 2014, she received Best Actress Indian Telly Award for the same show.

In the year 2017, she was given the Lions Gold Award for Best Actress for TV Serial ‘Beyhadh’. 

In 2018, she was honoured with ‘Dada Saheb Phalke Award’ for Best Actress (Drama). 

The same year, she received the Gold Award for Best Actress for ‘Bepannah’.

In 2019, she received Indian Telly Award for Best Actress for her performance in the show ‘Bepannah’.

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