Pooja Banerjee (born 8 November 1991) is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi television. She began her television career as a contestant in MTV Roadies and subsequently starred as Tejal Majumdar in her first lead show, Ek Doosre Se Karte Hain Pyaar Hum.
She gained initial fame by teaming up with Ekta Kapoor for few temporary supporting roles in Chandrakanta, Chandra Nandini and Dil Hi Toh Hai. Shortly thereafter, Banerjee became a household name and gained wider popularity with her roles in Kapoor's hugely successful shows Kasautii Zindagii Kay as Nivedita Basu and Kumkum Bhagya as Rhea Mehra. Since 2018, she was also playing the pivotal character of Bani Mehra in 3 seasons of Kapoor's web series Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain.
Career Banerjee started her acting career in 2011, participating in MTV Roadies season 8. Her 1st fiction show came in 2012 with Ek Doosre Se Karte Hain Pyaar Hum on StarPlus, in which she portrayed the lead role of Tejal Majumdar.Pooja Banerjee to enter EK Dusre Se Karte Hain -Times Of India In 2013, she was cast in fantasy show The Adventures of Hatim on Life OK as Perizaad.
That year Banerjee acted in Sahara One show Ghar Aaja Pardesi in the role of Rudraani. Shortly thereafter, she went on to be a contestant in the first season of Box Cricket League and appear as Rewa Mathur in Channel V's youth drama Swim Team.
In 2016, Banerjee found her first break as Noorie Shastri opposite Pearl V Puri in Life OK drama show Naagarjuna.
In 2017, she was cast in supporting roles as the antagonistic Vishakha in the historical romance Chandra Nandini and as Suryakanta in the fantasy drama Chandrakanta.
She next returned to reality television as a contestant in fourth season of Box Cricket League and was cast in June 2018 to play Aarohi Verma in the romance Dil Hi Toh Hai, a character that she later reprised in season 2 that was streamed directly on ALT Balaji. She also had a cameo appearance as Sonprabha in the fantasy drama Vikram Betaal Ki Rahasya Gatha. In September 2018, Banerjee appeared as the stylish yet married Nivedita Basu in Kasautii Zindagii Kay, that ended after a successful two years run in October 2020.
From 2018 to 2020, she was also seen starring as Bani Mehra in the web series Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain, and participated in Nach Baliye season 9 in 2019. In 2020 she featured in the web series The Casino.
From 2020 to 2022, Banerjee played the grey-shaded lead character of Rhea Mehra in the daily soap Kumkum Bhagya.
Personal life Banerjee married professional Indian Swimmer, Sandeep Sejwal on 28 February 2017. The couple had their first child, a baby girl who they named Sana on 12 March 2022. The couple welcomed their second child, a son Tavas on 7 June 2025.
Filmography Television Year Title Role Ref. 2011 MTV Roadies Contestant 2012 Ek Doosre Se Karte Hain Pyaar Hum Tejal Mazumdar 2013–2014 The Adventures of Hatim Perizaad 2013 Ghar Aaja Pardesi Rudrani 2014–2015 Box Cricket League 1 Contestant 2015–2016 Swim Team Rewa Mathur 2015 Halla Bol 2 Meera Maan Na Maan Main Tera Mehmaan Anarkali 2016-2017 Naagarjuna – Ek Yoddha Noori Shastri 2017 Chandra Nandini Vishakha Chandrakanta Soorya 2018 Box Cricket League 3 Contestant Dil Hi Toh Hai Aarohi Vikram Betaal Ki Rahasya Gatha Sonprabha 2018–2020 Kasautii Zindagii Kay Nivedita Basu Sengupta 2019 Box Cricket League 4 Contestant Nach Baliye 9 2020–2022 Kumkum Bhagya Rhea Mehra 2023 Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 2 Pihu Kapoor
Web series Year Title Role Ref. 2018 Kehne Ko Humsafar HainBani Mehra2019 Only for singlesAppu 2020The CasinoRiya Marwah
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