Taapsee Pannu is an Indian model and a popular actress who mainly works in the South Indian film industry. She has appeared in movies across different languages including Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam and has enjoyed great success. A software engineering graduate, Taapsee began her career as a model and won several titles such as Pantaloons Femina Fresh Face and Safi Femina Miss Beautiful Skin in 2008. The actress who made her acting debut with the Telugu film, Jhummandi Naadam in 2010 has appeared in several critically acclaimed and commercially successful movie like Vastadu Naa Raju (2010), the six National Film Awards winning movie Aadukalam (2011), Mr. Perfect (2011) and Baby (2015).Born and brought up in New Delhi, Taapsee Pannu comes from a Jat family. The actress has a younger sister, Shagun Pannu and shares a very close bond with her. She completed her schooling from Mata Jai Kaur School in Ashok Vihar, Delhi and later pursued her graduation in software engineering from Guru Tegh Bahadur Insitute of Technology in New Delhi. Before the actress forayed into the film industry, she worked as a software engineer. While she was working, she auditioned for the Channel V's talent show, Get Gorgeous and was selected to become a full-time model, which eventually lead the way for a career in acting. During her modeling days, she has modeled for various brands like Coca-Cola, Motorola, Standard Chartered Bank, Tata Docomo, Havells, PVR Cinemas, Airtel, and Dabur.
