Name - Manisha Koirala
Birth Sign - Leo
Birth - 16 August 1970, Kathmandu Nepal
Height: 1.65 m
Spouse: Samrat Dahal (m. 2010–2012)
Parents: Sushma Koirala, Prakash Koirala
Siblings: Siddharth Koirala
Debut Movie - Pheri Didhora (Nepali), Saudagar (Hindi)
Manisha was born in the Nepali Koirala family on August 16, 1970. Her dad, B.P. Koirala, was Nepal's Prime Minister before her birth, while two of her paternal grandfather's brothers, Girja Prasad Koirala, and M.P. Koirala were also Nepali Prime Ministers during the 1990s.
Manisha grew up with her paternal grandmother in Varanasi, India. She studied in Vasant Kanya Mahavidhyalay. Then she re-located to New Delhi and was enrolled in Army Public School. After completing her school, Manisha had planned to study medicine and become a doctor.
Instead of becoming a doctor, fate led her to modeling, and then onto the tinsel screen in Nepal in a 1989 movie 'Pheri Betaula'. She then re-located to Bombay and debuted in a Bollywood movie titled 'First Love Letter' which was released in 1991.
Manisha has won five awards for her performance in 'Bombay', 'Khamoshi: The Musical'(two awards), 'Company', and 'Escape from Taliban'.
She has obtained a Diploma in Film Making from New York, U.S.A., and is a member of the Independent Film-Makers Society. She is also the goodwill ambassador on U.N.F.P.A.. She is actively involved in bettering the status of women, women's rights, prevention of violence against women, as well as in the active prevention human trafficking, especially Nepali women, who are abducted and sold as prostitutes. She is well versed in the Bharatnatyam and Manipuri dance forms.
Manisha is engaged to Christpin Conroy, the Australian ambassador to Nepal
Manisha Koirala made her debut as an actress in a Nepali movie Pheri Bhetaula (1989). Her debut in Bollywood was with the hit Saudagar (1991) about two lovers caught in a family feud. Her role as Rajjo opposite Anil Kapoor in 1942: A Love Story (1994) was again a critical and commercial success.
In 1995, she won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for her role in Bombay (1995). She played a Muslim woman who marries a Hindu man and they get caught in the communal riots in Mumbai. In Akele Hum Akele Tum(1995) she played a woman who is forced to choose between her husband and her career.
She was seen with Nana Patekar in Agni Sakshi and Khamoshi: A Musical in 1996. Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Khamoshi: A Musical saw her as Annie, a girl whose parents are deaf mute. She won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance. Gupt: The Hidden Truth (1997) was another hit in which she acted with Bobby Deol and Kajol. She played a terrorist opposite shah Rukh Khan in Mani Rathnam’s Dil Se (1998).
Grahan (2001) saw her as a rape victim. While the movie failed, Lajja (2001) won a lot of praise. Her role in Ram Gopal Varma’s Company (2002) won her the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance.
Her release in 2002, Ek Choti Si Love Story got caught up in a lot of controversy as Manisha Koirala accused the director of using a body double without her permission. She continued to experiment as an actress and was seen in Escape from Taliban (2003) which was based on a true story.
After studying film making in New York, she directed the movie Paisa Vasool (2004) in which she starred along with Sushmita Sen. The movie had an average run. She did not have any major hits. Some of her movies were Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story (2005), Anwar (2007), Sirf (2008) and Khela (2008).
In 2009, she has appeared in Partho Ghosh’s Ek Second Jo Zindagi Badal De with Jackie Shroff and Farah Khan’s Happy New Year.
Awards
FilmFae Critics Award (Best Performance) - 1995 (Bombay)
FilmFae Critics Award (Best Performance) - 1996(Khamoshi)
| Year | Film Name | Cast |
| 2012 | Bhoot Returns | Manisha Koirala, Alayana Sharma, Madhu Shalini, J. D. Chakravarthy |
| 2011 | My Friend Pinto | Prateik Babbar, Kalki Koechlin, Manisha Koirala, Naseruddin Shah, Divya Dutta |
| 2011 | I Am | Sanjay Suri, Radhika Apte, Shernaz Patel, Anurag Kashyap, Pooja Gandhi, Manisha Koirala |
| 2010 | Raavan | Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Govinda, Manisha Koirala, |
| 2010 | Ek Second... Jo Zindagi Badal De? | Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala, Nikita Anand, Muammar Rana, Roza Catalano |
| 2010 | Rann | Amitabh Bachchan, Paresh Rawal, Ritesh Deshmukh, Sudeep, Manisha Koirala |
| 2008 | God Tussi Great Ho | Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Manisha Koirala, Rukhsar, Sohail Khan |
| 2008 | Mehbooba | Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt, Manisha Koirala |
| 2008 | Sirf | Kay Kay Menon, Sonali Kulkarni, Rituparna Sengupta, , Shilpa Anand, Manisha Koirala |
| 2008 | Tulsi | Irfan Khan, Manisha Koirala, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Tinu Anand, Kulbhushan Kharbanda |
| 2006 | Anwar | Manisha Koirala, Rajpal Yadav, Vijay Raaz, Yashpal Sharma, Hiten Tejwani |
| 2006 | Darwaza Bandh Rakho | Aftab Shivdasani, Isha Sharvani, Chunky Pandey, Manisha Koirala, Nitin Raikwar |
| 2005 | Mumbai Xpress | Kamal Hassan, Manisha Koirala,Hardik, Dheena, Om Puri |
| 2005 | Chaahat Ek Nasha | Aryan Vaid,Sharad Kapoor, Manisha Koirala, Preeti Jhangiani |
| 2005 | Anjaane | Sanjay Kapoor, Manisha Koirala, Tejaswini Kolhapure, Helen, Mushtaq Khan |
| 2004 | Tum | Manisha Koirala, Rajat Kapoor, Karan Nath, Nataneya Singh, Aman Verma |
| 2004 | Taj Mahal | Kabir Bedi, Manisha Koirala, Pooja Batra, Arbaaz Ali, Kim Sharma |
| 2003 | Market | Manisha Koirala, Suman Ranganathan, Shweta Menon, Aryan Vaid, Anupam Shyam |
| 2003 | Calcutta Mail | Anil Kapoor, Manisha Koirala, Rani Mukherjee, Sayaji Shinde, Saurabh Shukla |
| 2003 | Escape From Taliban | Manisha Koirala, Nawab Khan, Aly Khan, Ferozeh, Pritvhi Zutshi |
| 2002 | Jaani Dushman | Sunny Deol, Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Arshad Warsi, Manisha Koirala |
| 2002 | Company | Ajay Devgan, Manisha Koirala, Mohan Lal, Antara Mali, Seema Biswas |
| 2002 | Ek Chhotisi Love Story | Manisha Koirala, Aditya Seal |
| 2001 | Moksha | Manisha Koirala, Arjun Rampal, Kalpana Pandit, Suresh Oberoi, Kamal Chopra |
| 2001 | Abhay | Kamal Hassan,Raveena Tandon, Manisha Koirala, Srivallabh Vyas, Milind Gunaji |
| 2001 | Lajja | Manisha Koirala, Madhuri Dixit, Mahima Choudhary, Rekha, Anil Kapoor |
| 2001 | Raja Ko Ranise Pyar Ho Gaya | Arvind Swamy, Goga Kapoor, Manisha Koirala, Dina Pathak |
| 2000 | Khauff | Sanjay Dutt, Manisha Koirala, Sharad Kapoor, Simran, Jaspal Bhatti |
| 2000 | Baaghi | Sunjay Dutt, Manisha Koirala, Aditya Pancholi, Inder Kumar, Jackie Shroff |
| 2000 | Dil Lagake Deho | Govinda, Manisha Koirala |
| 2000 | Kanyadaan | Manisha Koirala, Anu Agarwal, Rishi Kapoor |
| 2000 | Champion | Sunny Deol, Manisha Koirala, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Dev, Kashmira Shah |
| 1999 | Hindustan Ki Kasam | Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan, Manisha Koirala, Sushmita Sen Farida Jalal, Prem Chopra |
| 1999 | Mann | Aamir Khan, Manisha Koirala, Sharmila Tagore, Deepti Bhatnagar, Anil Kapoor |
| 1999 | Laawaris | Akshaye Khanna, Manisha Koirala, Jackie Shroff, Dimple Kapadia, Govind Namdev |
| 1999 | Kachche Dhaage | Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan , Manisha Koirala, Namrata Shirodkar, Maya Alagh |
| 1999 | Grahan | Jacky Sharof, Manisha Koirala, Anupama Verma |
| 1999 | Ghulami | Akshay Kumar, Manisha Koirala |
| 1998 | Angaarey | Akshay Kumar, Manisha Koirala, Nagarjuna, Pooja Bhatt, Sonali Bendre |
| 1998 | Achanak | Govinda, Manisha Koirala, Farha Naaz, Rahul Roy, Johnny Lever |
| 1998 | Yugpurush | Nana Patekar, Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala, Ashwini Bhave, Mohnish Bahl |
| 1998 | Dil Se | Shahrukh Khan, Manisha Koirala, Preity Zinta, Malaika Arora |
| 1998 | Maharaja | Govinda, Manisha Koirala, Shakti Kapoor, Aruna Irani |
| 1998 | Salaakhen | Sunny Deol, Raveena Tandon, Manisha Koirala |
| 1998 | Lal Badshah | Amitabh Bachchan, Manisha Koirala, Shilpa Shetty, Nagma |
| 1998 | Das Numbri | Akshay Kumar, Manisha Koirala, Monica Bedi |
| 1998 | Dil Deewana Mane | Govinda, Manisha Koirala, Jaspal Bhati |
| 1998 | Jai Hind | Kunal Goswami, Raveena Tandon, Manisha Koirala |
| 1998 | Kartoos | Sanjay Dutt, Manisha Koirala, Jackie Shroff |
| 1998 | Chuppa Rustam | Manisha Koirala, Sanjay Kapoor, Raj Babbar, Mamta Kulkarni, Navneet Nishan |
| 1997 | Gupt | Bobby Deol, Manisha Koirala, Kajol, Om Puri, Paresh Rawal |
| 1997 | Sanam | Sunjay Dutt, Vivek Mushran, Manisha Koirala |
| 1997 | Dil Ke Jharoke Mein | Manisha Koirala, Vikas Bhalla, Mamik |
| 1996 | Khamoshi | Nana Patekar, Manisha Koirala, Salman Khan, Seema Biswas, Helen |
| 1996 | Majhdhaar | Salman Khan, Manisha Koirala, Rahul Roy |
| 1996 | Aanandam | Mohan Lal, Aishwarya Rai, Arvind Swamy, Manisha Koirala |
| 1996 | Agni Sakshi | Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Manisha Koirala, Ravi Behl, Divya Dutt |
| 1996 | Charitra | Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar |
| 1996 | Dushmani | Sunny Deol, Manisha Koirala, Jackie Shroff |
| 1996 | Ek Ke Peeche Ek | Manisha Koirala, Atul |
| 1996 | Hindustani | Kamal Hassan, Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar |
| 1995 | Akele Hum Akele Thum | Aamir Khan, Deven Verma, Manisha Koirala, Master Adil, Paresh Rawal |
| 1995 | Ram Shastra | Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala, Deepti Bhatnagar, Anupam Kher, Aditya Pancholi |
| 1995 | Guddu | Shahrukh Khan, Deepti Naval, Manisha Koirala, Mukesh Khanna |
| 1995 | Anokha Andaz | Manisha Koirala, Asrani, Dalip Tahil |
| 1995 | Milan | Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala, Sudha Chandran |
| 1994 | 1942: A Love Story | Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala, Anupam Kher, Danny Denzongpa |
| 1994 | Milan | Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala, Sudha Chandran, Paresh Rawal, Gulshan Grover |
| 1994 | Sangdil Sanam | Salman Khan, Manisha Koirala, Kiran Kumar, Reema Lagoo, Raza Murad |
| 1994 | Yuhi Kabhi | Manisha Koirala, Archana Puran Singh, Tinu Anand, Anil Dhawan, Bhagwan |
| 1994 | Bombay | Arvind Swamy, Manisha Koirala, Tinnu Anand |
| 1994 | Criminal | Nagarjuna, Manisha Koirala, Ramya |
| 1993 | Dhanwan | Ajay Devgan, Karishma Kapoor, Manisha Koirala, Avinash Wadhavan, Kader Khan |
| 1993 | Anmol | Manisha Koirala, Rishi Kapoor, Saeed |
| 1992 | Yalgaar | Feroz Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Kabeer Bedi, Nagma, Manisha Koirala |
| 1991 | First Love Letter | Vivek Mushran, Manisha Koirala, Dilip |
| 1991 | Saudagar | Dilip Kumar, Raaj Kumar, (intr.) Vivek Mushran, Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala |
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