Nimrat Kaur

Nimrat Kaur is an Indian actress. She began her career as a print model and went on to act in theater. After brief appearances in a few films, Kaur starred in Anurag Kashyap production peddlers, which was screened at the 2012 cannes Film Festival She followed it with her breakthrough role in The Lunch Box a critically acclaimed drama co-starring Irrfan Khan, which was screened at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

Kaur was born in a Sikh family in Rajasthan.  Her father was an Indian Army officer, and she has a younger sister Rubina who is a psychologist in Bangalore.  After her studies, Kaur moved to Mumbai and worked as a print model. Kaur was launched in a two-part music video. Kaur made her film debut with a small role in an English film One Night with the King. Kaur came to public attention when she appeared in a Cadbury Silk commercial.  Kaur attended the Cannes festival for the second time for the epistolary romantic film The Lunchbox .