Konkona Sen Sharma is one actress who has wowed audiences with her great performances and no-nonsense attitude. As she celebrates her birthday today, CS traces the highs and lows of her career:u00a0

Konkona made her debut as a child artist in the film Indira (1983), and debuted as an adult in the Bengali thriller Ek Je Aachhe Kanya (2000).

However, she first gained attention with the film Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002), and received the National Film Award for Best Actress.u00a0



Her appearance in Page 3 got her wider recognition from audiences, and she has since starred in a number of films, most of which have garnered her critical praise rather than commercial success.

She won two consecutive Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Awards for her performances in Omkara and Life in a Metro respectively.u00a0

Konkona has a degree in English from St Stephen's College, Delhi which she received in 2001.

She is one actress who has only been linked with one man u2014 Ranvir Shorey. Though there have been talks of the two having broken up, Ranvir recently confirmed that they were very much together.