She made her film debut in 1999 with the film
Tumi Ele Tai, directed by
Prabhat Roy. Some of the other films she has starred in include
Deva,
Devdas,
Inquilaab,
Prem Shakti,
Pratarok,
Dada Thakur,
Pratibad,
Utsab and
Anupama. After marriage, she took a break from her film career to focus on family life. In 2009, she returned to acting in
Ekti Tarar Khonje, directed by Abhik Mukhopadhyay. She has acted in films of directors like
Shakti Samanta and
Rituporno Ghosh and has also appeared in commercials for ITC and Saffola. In 2014, she signed for her first
Bollywood film
Shab, directed by
Onir. She has won multiple awards in Indian and international mainstream and festival circuit. The most notable of these was the Joy Filmfare Award for Best Actor Female (Critics’ Choice) in 2022 for her film
Abyakto. Her recent solo musical stage – ‘
My Name Is Jaan’ won rich accolades from critics and the media. and
Parambrata Chatterjee hosting the TV9 Bangla Ghorer Bioscope Awards in 2023 She was the host of the inaugural edition of TV9 Bangla Ghorer Bioscope Awards in 2023 along with
Parambrata Chatterjee and
Abir Chatterjee. ==Television==