Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya ( Tripathi; ; born 14 December 1984) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. One of the highest-paid television actresses in India, She is a recipient of several accolades including three ITA Awards, nine Indian Telly Awards and seven Gold Awards. She has appeared in Forbes India Celebrity 100 list since 2017.
She is known for playing the double roles of Vidya Pratapsingh and Divya Shukla in Zee TV's Banoo Main Teri Dulhann and Dr. Ishita Bhalla in Star Plus's Yeh Hai Mohabbatein, both of these show earned her ITA Award for Best Actress - Popular and Best Actress - Jury. In 2017, participated in the dance reality show Nach Baliye 8 and emerged as the winner. In 2021, she participated at Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 11 as a contestant where she emerged as the runner-up.
Early life and education Tripathi was born on 14 December 1984 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. She was educated at Carmel Convent School, Bhopal. She then graduated from the Sarojini Naidu Government Girls PG College in Bhopal. She completed a mountaineering course from Nehru Institute of Mountaineering in Uttarkashi.
Career Tripathi started her career as an anchor on All India Radio, Bhopal. She participated in Pantene Zee Teen Queen in 2003 and won the title of Miss Beautiful Skin. In 2004, Tripathi participated in India's Best Cinestars Ki Khoj and ended up being in top 8 from Bhopal zone. She again contested from the Indore zone where she was declared the runner up. This ensured her qualification for phase 2 of the contest where she lost eventually. In 2005, she was crowned Miss Bhopal.
Tripathi made her acting debut in a telefilm for Doordarshan and later presented a show called Akash Vani. In 2005, she acted in Star One's Yeh Dil Chahe More as Payal followed by Viraasat as Melanie in 2006. In August 2006, Tripathi was roped in for Zee TV's drama fiction Banoo Main Teri Dulhann by playing the dual roles of Vidya and Divya. She received recognition for the role of Vidya and her onscreen pair with Sharad Malhotra. She won many awards for her performance in the show including the Indian Television Academy Award for Best Actress in Drama Category and the Indian Telly Award for Fresh New Face. The show ran for three years and ended in 2009. She participated in Zee TV's Khana Khazana as a contestant in 2006.
In 2007, Tripathi participated in Sahara One's reality show, Jjhoom India as a contestant. In 2008, she participated in Imagine TV's Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan. In the same year she presented 9X's Jalwa Four 2 Ka 1. In 2009, Tripathi featured in the second season of StarPlus's horror thriller Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai. In 2010, she played the role of Rashmi Sharma, a housewife in SAB TV's comedy drama Mrs. & Mr. Sharma Allahabadwale. In 2011 Tripathi participated in Imagine TV's Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout. She later played the lead in SAB TV's Chintu Chinki Aur Ek Badi Si Love Story as Suman, followed by appearing in an episodic appearance in Adaalat. In 2012, she acted in Star Plus's Teri Meri Love Stories as Nikita opposite Iqbal Khan.
In 2013, she portrayed the character of Dr. Ishita Bhalla, an infertile dentist who marries a chief executive officer, in order to provide maternal affection to his daughter in Ekta Kapoor's show Yeh Hai Mohabbatein opposite Karan Patel. The show premiered in December 2013 and ran successfully for six years until it ended at the end of 2019. Her portrayal of Ishita won her many awards and nominations such as the Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role, the Lions Gold Award for Best Actress in Lead Role, and the Boroplus Gold Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role. In 2015, she received a Shan-E-Bhopal Award. In 2016, she received two awards at the Gold Awards for Face of The Year and Best Actress in a Lead Role.
In 2016, Tripathi participated in Colors TV's sports reality show, Box Cricket League 2. Later in the same year, she made a cameo appearance in Life OK's Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant along with Anita Hassanandani, Hina Khan and Karanvir Bohra. In 2017, she participated in Nach Baliye 8 with her husband Vivek Dahiya and emerged as the winner while Mohit Sehgal, Sanaya Irani became finalists.
In 2018, Tripathi made an appearance on Kanpur Wale Khuranas. In early 2019, Tripathi presented Star Plus's singing reality show The Voice 3. In June 2019, Tripathi made a cameo appearance in Kahaan Hum Kahaan Tum starring Dipika Kakar. In 2020, she made an appearance on The Greedy Closet. In December 2020, Tripathi presented Sony TV's crime show, Crime Patrol until March 2021. In 2021, she participated in Colors TV's stunt based reality show, Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 11 as a contestant.
Personal life
Tripathi dated actor Sharad Malhotra, her co-actor from Banoo Main Teri Dulhann for 8 years, but they broke up in 2015.
On 16 January 2016, she got engaged to her Ye Hai Mohabbatein co-actor Vivek Dahiya. They got married on 8 July 2016 in Bhopal. The couple had twin sons on 26 May 2026.
Media image In 2014, Tripathi was ranked 23 among the "35 Hottest Actresses In Indian Television" by MensXP.com, an Indian lifestyle website for men. In 2017, she became the first Indian television actress to appear in the Forbes Celebrity 100 list, a list based on the income and popularity of India's celebrities, ranking 96th. For the next two years, she was ranked 94th & 79th respectively. In 2017, for her performance as Ishita, The Indian Express placed her at second position in its "Top 10 television actresses" list. In 2018, Times ranked her 3rd in the Top 10 Popular Actress in Television.
In 2017, Tripathi posted some emotional tweets condemning the rape of a 12-year-old girl in Chandigarh on Independence Day (15 August), some of which she addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to take strict action against the rapist.
In the same year, Tripathi was trolled for her character Haryanavi from the serial Yeh Hai Mohabbatein. She was called pathetic and disgusting for using dark brown makeup for this role. About this Tripathi replied to the troll by saying:
In 2020, Tripathi won the title of "International Iconic Most Popular Face Of Indian Television 2020". Tripathi honored with Champions of Change in 2021.
Filmography
Television Year Title Role Notes Ref(s) 2006 India's Best Cinestars Ki KhojContestant 2006–2008 Banoo Main Teri Dulhann Vidya Sagar Pratapsingh Main role 2008–2009 Divya Amar Shukla 2006 Khana Khazana Contestant 2008 Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan Jalwa Four 2 Ka 1 Presenter 2009 Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai – Intezaar Radhika Meera 2010 Mrs. & Mr. Sharma Allahabadwale Rashmi SharmaMain role2011 Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout ContestantChintu Chinki Aur Ek Badi Si Love StoryChinkiMain role Adaalat Kumud Sharma / Flavia Golmes 2012 Teri Meri Love Stories Nikita Ramayan Devi Apsara 2013 Savdhaan India Resham Comedy Circus Contestant 2013–2019 Yeh Hai Mohabbatein Dr. Ishita Bhalla Main role 2014–2015 Box Cricket League 1 Contestant 2017 Nach Baliye 8 Winner 2019 The Voice 3 Host2021Crime PatrolPresenter 2021 Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 11 Contestant 1st runner-up2023Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 13Challenger
Special appearances YearTitleRoleRef.2005ViraasatMelanie Kapoor2007Kasamh SeVidyaSaat Phere: Saloni Ka Safar2008Chotti Bahu2010F.I.R.Rashmi2011Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah ChashmahSuman2013Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?Ishita2015Tere Sheher MeinNach Baliye 7Kuch Toh Hai Tere Mere Darmiyaan2016Diya Aur Baati HumBahu Hamari Rajni Kant2018Kundali BhagyaHerself Kanpur Wale Khuranas2019Kahaan Hum Kahaan TumNach Baliye 9Yeh Hai ChahateinIshita2020The Greedy ClosestHerself2022Mika Di Vohti2023Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 11
Films YearTitleRoleRef. 2012 Lala Hardaul Rani Padmavati 2014 A Divorce to Remember Zara
Web series YearTitleRoleRef. 2019 Coldd Lassi Aur Chicken Masala Chef Nithya Sharma 2023 Adrishyam – The Invisible Heroes Parvati 2024 The Magic Of Shiri Shiri
Music videos +YearTitleSingerLabelRef.2022Babul Da VehdaAsees KaurMB Music
Awards and nominations
See also List of Hindi television actresses List of Indian television actresses
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