Born in Jamshedpur, Bihar, cusp-born (Pisces/Aries) Tanushree comes from a conservative Hindu Bengali family, and had her personality groomed according to strict social norms, resulting in her being shy and very introvert. Her dad's name is Tappan, who works for the Life Insurance Corporation of India.
She was employed with Oracle Institute for 3 months in event management and market survey and report making, her assignments included ramp, print campaign, videos, & commercials. She also was stage artist, doing concerts in various parts of India as well as abroad (Dubai).
She went to participate in Miss World and ended up amongst the 10 ten finalists.
Tanushree easily got used to the limelight and of having her photos taken, so much so that at the end of her tenure as Miss India, handing over the title to Amrita Thapar, she still felt the need to continue to be popular, and this is what motivated her to join Bollywood.
Her career as an actress started with 'Chocolate' in 2006, and then went on to star in 'Aashiq Banaya Aapne', '36 China Town', & 'Risk'. She has done a dancer number in 'Bhagam Bhaag', and also acted in a Telugu movie 'Veerabhadra'. She is currently involved in the shooting of 'Raqeeb', and has been signed up to act in 'Speed', 'Rokda', 'Dhol', 'Good Boy Bad Boy', 'Dus Kahaniyan' and 'Mr. Fraud'.
She even anchored a Bengali show on Televions titled 'Hoi Hullod'.
When not working, she is a a very lazy person, loves taking a long bath, treats herself to a 7 course meal, take an afternoon nap, wake up have dinner or go to a movie. She is not afraid to be wear swimsuits.
She has a degree in Commerce and had studied in Bombay based Brihan Maharashtrian College.
This charming and tall (5'7") actress, who weighs around 55 kilos, measures 31-26-35, wants her work to be appreciated, hopes to be eventually settled in Bollywood, and act in better films.
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