Radhika Apte

Radhika Apte is an Indian actress who works mainly in Hindi films and series, with roles in Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam cinema. She is best known for Lust Stories (2018), Sacred Games (2018) and Andhadhun (2018). Her work in Lust Stories made her the first Indian actress ever nominated for an International Emmy Award. Apte started on the stage. After a small part in Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi! (2005), she played her first lead in the Bengali drama Antaheen (2009). Supporting turns in Badlapur, Hunterrr and Manjhi: The Mountain Man, all from 2015, got her noticed, and her leads in the independent films Phobia and Parched (2016) drew praise. She also played the female lead in hit mainstream films such as Kabali (2016), Pad Man (2018) and Andhadhun (2018). In 2018, she appeared in three streaming titles: Lust Stories, Sacred Games and the horror series Ghoul. Her later films include A Call to Spy (2019), an American production in which she took on the role of Noor Inayat Khan, Raat Akeli Hai (2020), Vikram Vedha (2022) and Monica, O My Darling (2022). She is admired for moving easily between small independent stories and large commercial releases, and she wrote and directed The Sleepwalkers (2020). Along with the Emmy nomination, she was nominated for a British Independent Film Award for Sister Midnight (2024) and for a South Indian International Movie Award in 2012, for the Tamil film Dhoni.