Radhika Apte
Biography
Radhika Apte is an Indian actress who works mainly in Hindi films and television, with credits in several other Indian languages. She started out in theater before making her film debut in a small part in Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi! (2005), and her first lead came in the 2009 Bengali drama Antaheen. Wider attention arrived in 2015 through Badlapur (2015), Hunterrr, and Manjhi: The Mountain Man (2015), while Phobia (2016) and Parched (2015) brought praise for her leading work. In 2018 she starred in the Netflix anthology Lust Stories, the series Sacred Games, and the miniseries Ghoul, earning an International Emmy nomination for Lust Stories, a first for an Indian actress. Later credits include Raat Akeli Hai (2020), Monica, O My Darling (2022), A Call to Spy (2019) as Noor Inayat Khan, and Sister Midnight (2025), which brought a British Independent Film Award nomination. She also directed the short The Sleepwalkers and remains active in theater.
41years old
Turns 42 on September 7in 301 days
- Born Pune
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 20 years2005 to 2025
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Behind the award
In 2018, Apte appeared in three Netflix productions: Lust Stories, Sacred Games and Ghoul. Her role in Lust Stories earned her an International Emmy Award nomination, the first for an Indian actress.
Behind the camera
Apte directed her first film, The Sleepwalkers, which features Gulshan Devaiah and Shahana Goswami. The short competed at the Palm Springs International ShortFest 2020 in the Best Midnight Short category.
Early training
After returning to Pune, Apte spent a year studying contemporary dance at London's Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, an experience she called life-changing.
Big break
Rahul Bose had watched Apte act in Anahita Oberoi's play Bombay Black. He gave her name to Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, the director, who then put her in his Bengali film Antaheen.
First role
Apte's film debut was a small role in the 2005 Hindi film Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!, a project she took just for fun while still in college.
Radhika Apte movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Nawazuddin Siddiqui appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Nawazuddin Siddiqui's page
Zakir Hussain's page
Ashwini Kalsekar's page
Huma Qureshi's page
Subrat Dutta's page
Sumeet Vyas's page
Also two films together2 more actors
- Tigmanshu DhuliaRaat Akeli Hai (2020) and Manjhi: The Mountain Man (2015)
- Urmila MahantaPad Man (2018) and Manjhi: The Mountain Man (2015)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.