Achint Kaur

• Name — Achint Kaur

• Birthplace — Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Occupation — Actress

• Years Active — 1994–present

Achint Kaur is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films and television, particularly known for her roles as Mandira and Pallavi in Ekta Kapoor's soap operas, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii, respectively. She also voiced the character Shenzi in the Hindi version of The Lion King. She portrayed the roles of a mother and a mother-in-law in the TV series Jamai Raja.

Achint Kaur was born and raised in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, into a Punjabi Sikh family. She studied at Sophia Girls' School.

Achint started her career with Zee TV's popular show Banegi Apni Baat in 1994 and worked in Swabhimaan in 1995 in which she played the role of 'Soha'.

Besides working in some of the popular drama series, she has also played many roles in Bollywood movies, such as Om Jai Jagadish, Corporate, & Julie. She has also won numerous awards for her strong character driven roles. These include the ITA Award for "Best Actress in Supporting Role" for her series Virrudh. As of 2014 she is working in Zee TV's Punjabi/Gujarati theme serial Jamai Raja (2014 TV series).

She is a theatre actress and recently appeared in the play Two to Tango, Three to Jive. Kaur has also acted in a few Pakistani television serials.

List of Achnit Kaur film credits

• Year — Title — Role — Notes

• 2002 — Om Jai Jagadish — Tanya Malhotra

• Sur – The Melody of Life — Pooja

• 2004 — Julie

• 2006 — Corporate — Chhaya V. Seghal

• 2008 — Anamika — Vishaka Pratap Rajput

• 2009 — Three: Love, Lies, Betrayal — Officer Smith

• 2010 — Guzaarish — News Reader

• 2011 — Haunted – 3D — Margaret Malini

• Jo Hum Chahein — Amrita Singhania

• 2012 — Heroine — Mahis therapist

• Riwayat — Deepika Desai

• 2014 — 2 States — Shipra Mehra

• Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans — Forest Warden

• 2015 — Black Home

• Guddu Rangeela

• 2016 — Zorawar — Major Zorawar Singh's Mother

• 2019 — The Lion King (Hindi Version) — Shenzi — Voiceover

• Kalank — Saroj

• The Tashkent Files — Mrs. Natarajan

• Chopsticks — Zacharia — Netflix film

• 2021 — Koi Jaane Na — Kabir's Friend — Amazon Prime Video film

• 2024 — Ghudchadi — Sunita — JioCinema film

• 2026 — Do Deewane Seher Mein — Mandy

List of Achnit Kaur television credits

• Year — Show — Role — Notes

• 1994 — Banegi Apni Baat

• 19951997 — Swabhimaan — Soha

• 19971998 — Aahat — Mansi / Holy Ghost / Naina — (Episode 96 & 97 The Tresspasser), (Episode 110 & 111 Jungle), (Episode 148 & 149 The scarecrow)

• 19982001 — Saaya — Kamiya

• 19912002 — Maan — Sanjana Maan

• 2001 — Talaash — Episode 46

• 2002 — Parchhaiyan — Archana

• 2002 — Dhadkan — Mallika Sareen

• 20022003 — Kittie Party — Pixie

• 20032008 — Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi — Dr. Mandira Kapadia / Priyanka Dutta / Mandira Kiran Virani / Mandira Aditya Gujral

• 20042005 — Piya Ka Ghar — Amba

• 20052008 — Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii — Pallavi Bhandari / Pallavi Kamal Agarwal / Pammi Balraj Nanda

• 2006 — Piya Kay Ghar Jana Hai — Pakistani TV serial

• 20062008 — Karam Apnaa Apnaa — Nikhila Mahen Kapoor

• 20072008 — Virrudh — Vedika Rai Singhania — Won:ITA Award for Best Supporting Actress

• 20082009 — Ranbir Rano — Preet Behenji

• 2011 — Jhansi Ki Rani — Ladai Sarkar / Queen of Orchha

• 20142016 — Jamai Raja — Durga Devi "DD" Patel

• 20172019 — The Good Karma Hospital — Mala Pradeep — 7 episodes

• 20192020 — Jamai 2.0 — Durga Devi "DD" Patel — Web series on Zee5

• 2025–2026 — Binddii — Bharati Khanna

• 2025 — Ganesh Kartikey — Diti