Nimrat Kaur

Film Living TMDB #1077932

Date of birth: 1982-03-13
Place of birth: Not available
Nationality: Not available
Education: Not available (TMDB does not publish education data)
Career span: 2005–2026 (from credited release years)
Known for: Homeland · Foundation · Wayward Pines · The Lunchbox · Airlift
Also known as: نیمرات کور · निमरत कौर
TMDB popularity: 2.65
Last synced: 2026-08-01 15:19 UTC

Biography

Nimrat Kaur is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films and on American television. She began her career as a print model in Mumbai and then started working as a theater actress. Kaur was launched in a two-part music video for the songs "Tera Mera Pyar" by Kumar Sanu and "Yeh Kya Hua" by Shreya Ghoshal in 2004. Kaur made her film debut with a small role in an English film - One Night with the King (2006). Kaur starred in Anurag Kashyap's production Peddlers (2012), her debut hindi film, which was screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, followed by The Lunchbox (2013) with Irrfan Khan, which was screened at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. In 2015, she starred in Showtime's TV series Homeland playing the role of Tasneem Qureshi, an ISI Agent.

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Filmography (27 titles)

The Vvaan (2026) Film

As: Not available Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes) Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller Box office: Not available

A rational urban man defies his ancestral forbidden forest & awakens a divine goddess, only to realise that some powers exist beyond logic & he must rise as the village’s only saviour to protect his people from annihilation.

Top billed cast (10)

Sidharth Malhotra Role not available
Tamannaah Bhatia Role not available
Nimrat Kaur Role not available
Maniesh Paul VP
Sunil Grover Deepak
Shweta Tiwari Sushila
Yo Yo Honey Singh Hardy Thakur
Manu Rishi Chadha Role not available
Durgesh Kumar Patrakar
Anup Soni Shashi Bhaiya

Sky Force (2025) Film

As: Preeti Ahuja Rating: 6.6/10 (46 votes) Genres: Action, Thriller, War, History Box office: Not available

In the 1965 Indo-Pak War, India faces a devastating surprise attack. Wing Commander Ahuja leads a retaliatory strike, but Squadron Leader Vijaya goes missing after a heroic solo engagement against a superior enemy jet. Ahuja spends 23 years seeking the truth and uncovering a cover-up.

Top billed cast (15)

Veer Pahariya T. Krishna Vijaya 'Tabby'
Akshay Kumar Kumar Om Ahuja 'Tiger'
Nimrat Kaur Preeti Ahuja
Sara Ali Khan Geeta Vijaya
Sharad Kelkar Ahmed Hussain
Mohit Chauhan Air Chief Marshal Arjun Sinha
Manish Chaudhary David Lawrence
Naisha Khanna Rohini (1988)
Soham Majumdar Debashish Chatterjee 'Coackroach'
Varun Badola Air Chief Marshal Amit Narang
Gurpal Singh Admin Officer Mehta
Shaesha Madan Rohini (6 years)
Rajat Kaul Balvinder Singh Sandhu 'Bull'
Ritik Ghanshani Prakash Rajput (Panther)
Jaywant Wadhkar Defence Minister

Kaalidhar Laapata (2025) Film

As: Meera Rating: 7.8/10 (12 votes) Genres: Comedy, Drama Box office: Not available

An ageing Kaalidhar escapes his family after overhearing their plans to abandon him. He meets the free-spirited Ballu, and they embark on an adventure to tick things off Kaalidhar's bucket list.

Top billed cast (6)

Abhishek Bachchan Kaalidhar (KD)
Daivik Baghela Ballu
Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub Subodh
Nimrat Kaur Meera
Vishwanath Chatterjee Role not available
Priyank Tiwari Role not available

Kull: The Legacy of the Raisingghs (2025) TV

As: Indrani Raisinggh Rating: 4.5/10 (2 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

A dysfunctional royal family implodes with the death of their diabolical patriarch. Now, the three surviving Raisingghs battle it out for power and kingship.

Top billed cast (10)

Nimrat Kaur Indrani Raisinggh
Amol Parashar Abhimanyu Raisinggh
Ridhi Dogra Kavya Raisinggh
Gaurav Arora Brij Raisinggh
Rohit Tiwari Jograaj
Rahul Vohra Chandra Pratap Raisinggh
Ankit Siwach Bhagwan Ramteke
Suhaas Ahuja Vikramaditya
Tarun Chaturvedi Veer
Arslan Goni Kabir

Sajini Shinde Ka Viral Video (2023) Film

As: Bela Barot Rating: 6.4/10 (18 votes) Genres: Mystery, Thriller Box office: Not available

While facing backlash after a video of her at a nightclub goes viral, a teacher disappears suddenly — and a tenacious cop begins a thorny investigation.

Top billed cast (15)

Nimrat Kaur Bela Barot
Radhikka Madan Sajini Shinde
Subodh Bhave Suryakant Shinde
Bhagyashree Kalyani Pandit
Soham Majumdar Siddhant Kadam
Chinmay Mandlekar Ramchandra Pawar
Sumeet Vyas Lalit Gandhi
Shruti Vyas Shraddha Oswal
Shashank Shende Sadashiv Shinde
Rashmi Agdekar Chavi Joshi
Ashitosh Gaikwad Aakash Shinde
Sneha Raikar Urmila Shinde
Kiran Karmarkar Yashwant Desai
Gurinder Pawar Manav Rathi
Akshay Tanksale Milind Sabne

School of Lies (2023) TV

As: Nandita Mehra Rating: 6.0/10 (4 votes) Genres: Drama, Mystery Box office: Not available

A young 12-year-old boy, who goes missing from a private boarding school, RISE, and how the subsequent domino effect it causes as the truth is only as complex as simple.

Top billed cast (14)

Varin Roopani Vikram Singh
Vir Pachisia Shakti Salgaonkar
Aryan Singh Ahlawat Tapan ''TK'' Kaushal
Aamir Bashir Samuel Mahinder Singh
Nimrat Kaur Nandita Mehra
Hemant Kher SHO Varun Rawat
Geetika Vidya Trisha Pandey
Divyansh Dwivedi Chanchal
Adrija Sinha Pritika Roy
Nitin Goel Bhola
Parthiv Shetty Murali Srinivasan
Sonali Kulkarni Pallavi Singh
Jitendra Joshi Anirudh Salgaonkar
Mohan Kapur Alden

Dasvi (2022) Film

As: Bimla Devi Rating: 6.1/10 (40 votes) Genres: Drama, Comedy Box office: Not available

Jailed under a tough cop, an uneducated politician decides to spend his time studying for high school while his scheming wife has plans of her own.

Top billed cast (15)

Abhishek Bachchan Ganga Ram Chaudhary
Yami Gautam Dhar Jyoti Deswal
Nimrat Kaur Bimla Devi
Manu Rishi Chadha Satpal Tomar
Chittaranjan Tripathy Tandon
Danish Husain Rai Bareilly
Shivankit Singh Parihar Kavish
Arun Kushwah Ghanti aka Balram
Dhanveer Singh Atul Chaudhary
Abhimanyu Yadav Goonga
Rohit Tiwari Inamdar
Sachin Shroff Sandeep Sangwan
Shrikant Verma Doctor
Sarthak Gambhir Sunny
Aditi Vats Bimla's Manager

Foundation (2021) TV

As: Dr. Yanna Kine Rating: 7.7/10 (1761 votes) Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama Box office: Not available

Follow a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.

Top billed cast (6)

Jared Harris Hari Seldon
Lee Pace Brother Day
Lou Llobell Gaal Dornick
Laura Birn Demerzel
Cassian Bilton Brother Dawn
Terrence Mann Brother Dusk

The Family Man (2019) TV

As: Meera Eston Rating: 7.7/10 (192 votes) Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure Box office: Not available

The story of a middle-class man who works for a special cell of the National Investigation Agency. While he tries to protect the nation from terrorists, he also has to protect his family from the impact of his secretive, high-pressure, and low paying job.

Top billed cast (12)

Manoj Bajpayee Srikant Tiwari
Priyamani Suchitra Tiwari
Sharib Hashmi JK Talpade
Vedant Sinha Atharv Tiwari
Ashlesha Thakur Dhriti Tiwari
Shreya Dhanwanthary Zoya
Darshan Kumaar Major Sameer
Vipin Sharma Sambit
Jaideep Ahlawat Rukma
Nimrat Kaur Meera Eston
Gul Panag Saloni
Seema Biswas PM Basu

The Test Case (2017) TV

As: Captain Shikha Sharma Rating: 7.0/10 (6 votes) Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure Box office: Not available

Captain Shikha Sharma (Nimrat Kaur) is the only woman in a group of Indian Army officers training to join the Special Forces. She is also the first woman to be undertaking the course making her a "test case" for inducting women into combat oriented roles in the Indian Army. The story line revolves around her journey of overcoming challenges at home to biases by her colleagues despite being an intelligent and a highly motivated individual.

Top billed cast (15)

Arshia Verma Captain Rohan Rathore’s Daughter
Saurabh Goyal Captain Vishnu Soren
Tarun Gahlot Captain 'Tank' Chauhan
Juhi Chawla Mehta Shraddha Pandit
Nimrat Kaur Captain Shikha Sharma
Akshay Oberoi Captain Bilal Siddiqui
Manit Joura Captain Avinash Walia
Atul Kulkarni Colonel Ajinkya Sathe
Rahul Dev Naib Subedar Kirpal Bhatti
Anup Soni Lt. Col Imtiaz Hussain
Bhuvan Arora Captain Rohan Rathore
Sumit Suri Captain Ranjit Surjewal
Bijou Thaangjam Tej Bahadhur Thapa
Sameer Kochhar Shivalik Ahuja
Suhail Nayyar Captain Manit Verma

Airlift (2016) Film

As: Amrita Katyal Rating: 7.1/10 (220 votes) Genres: Drama, Thriller Box office: Not available

When Iraq invades Kuwait in August, 1990, a callous Indian businessman becomes the spokesperson for more than 170,000 stranded countrymen.

Top billed cast (15)

Akshay Kumar Ranjit Katyal
Nimrat Kaur Amrita Katyal
Inaamulhaq Major Khalaf Bin Zayd
Prakash Belawadi George Kutty
Kumud Mishra Sanjeev Kohli
Feryna Wazheir Tasneem
Purab Kohli Ibrahim Durrani
Lenaa Deepti Jayarajan
Ninad Kamat Kurien
Gunjan Malhotra Meher
Sameer Ali Khan Prince
Nissar Khan Ashok
Pawan Chopra Indian Ambassador Brij
Kaizaad Kotwal Poonawalla
Avtar Gill Role not available

The Kapil Sharma Show (2016) TV

As: Self Rating: 7.0/10 (39 votes) Genres: Comedy, Talk Box office: Not available

Kapil Sharma is back with his gang - Bindu, Chandan and 'mohalle ki dhoban' Gudiya. In tow is a new character, Maski, along with Goli, Roopmati and more! Enjoy guaranteed laughter with Kapil and his antics as different celebrities join in.

Top billed cast (5)

Kapil Sharma Self - Host
Archana Puran Singh Self
Krishna Abhishek Sapna
Kiku Sharda Role not available
Sumona Chakravarti Bindu Sharma

Love Shots (2016) TV

As: Not available Rating: 6.0/10 (3 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

It's a set of six amusing short films that paint an honest and amusing picture of love. The series traces love in an unconventional way, across all ages and professions.

Top billed cast (14)

Shravani Desai Role not available
Shubham Tukaram Role not available
Tahir Raj Bhasin Nikhil
Mohit Marwah Role not available
Saqib Saleem Role not available
Shweta Tripathi Sharma Role not available
Saba Azad Role not available
Nimrat Kaur Role not available
Swanand Kirkire Role not available
Tillotama Shome Role not available
Rhea Chakraborty Role not available
Kulbhushan Kharbanda Role not available
Farida Jalal Role not available
Salim Merchant Role not available

Wayward Pines (2015) TV

As: Rebecca Yedlin Rating: 6.9/10 (929 votes) Genres: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Box office: Not available

Imagine the perfect American town... beautiful homes, manicured lawns, children playing safely in the streets. Now imagine never being able to leave. You have no communication with the outside world. You think you're going insane. You must be in Wayward Pines.

Top billed cast (6)

Jason Patric Dr. Theo Yedlin
Nimrat Kaur Rebecca Yedlin
Tom Stevens Jason Higgins
Djimon Hounsou CJ Mitchum
Josh Helman Xander Beck
Kacey Rohl Kerry Campbell

Comedy Nights Bachao (2015) TV

As: Self Rating: 5.5/10 (2 votes) Genres: Talk, Comedy Box office: Not available

Based on the format of roast comedy, the show features comic crusaders who take a jibe at celebrity guests testing their patience through slapstick humor and make unpleasant jokes about them.

Top billed cast (15)

Krishna Abhishek Role not available
Bharti Singh Role not available
Sudesh Lehri Role not available
Mubeen Saudagar Role not available
Karan Wahi Role not available
Anita Hassanandani Reddy Role not available
Puja Banerjee Role not available
Adaa Khan Role not available
Manan Desai Role not available
Nia Sharma Role not available
Balraj Sayal Role not available
Aditi Bhatia Role not available
Mona Singh Host
Amruta Khanvilkar Role not available
Sumeet Vyas Role not available

El’ayichi (2015) Film

As: Padu Rating: 7.5/10 (2 votes) Genres: Comedy, Fantasy Box office: Not available

A clingy husband haunts his irritated wife with a fossilized dodo for company. An exploration of love, way past its 'expiry' date.

Top billed cast (3)

Nimrat Kaur Padu
Divyendu Sharma Samar
Vibha Chibber Maid

Masterchef (2014) Film

As: Mother Rating: 2.0/10 (1 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

MASTERCHEF is the story of Akhil, an 11 year old boot polish boy who pliea the street corners, walkways and railway platforms on Mumbai, polishing shoes for a living. One day at a new working spot he befriends two other boot polish boys who tell him about a regular client - a celebrity - TV's favorite Masterchef. And Akhil goes on an internal journey to through his past, his aspirations, and his self doubt. Until he finally finds a place within himself where he can keep his dreams alive. - Written by Ritesh Batra

Top billed cast (3)

Omkar Santosh Amte Om
Nimrat Kaur Mother
Akil Shakil Shaikh Akil

The Lunchbox (2013) Film

As: Ila Rating: 7.4/10 (831 votes) Genres: Drama, Romance Box office: Not available

A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. Gradually, this fantasy threatens to overwhelm their reality.

Top billed cast (15)

Irrfan Khan Saajan Fernandes
Nimrat Kaur Ila
Nawazuddin Siddiqui Shaikh
Lillete Dubey Ila's Mother
Nasir Khan Ila's Father
Bharati Achrekar Mrs. Khrishnan
Nakul Vaid Rajeev
Yashvi Punneet Nagar Yashvi
Denzil Smith Mr. Shroff
Shruti Bapna Meherunissa
Lokesh Rai Dukes Owner
Vidhya Dhar Old Man in Train
Sadashiv Kondaji Pokarkar Dabbawallah at Ila's House
Aarti Rathod Saajan's Neighbor
Krishna Bai Toothless Woman

Comedy Nights with Kapil (2013) TV

As: Self Rating: 6.8/10 (22 votes) Genres: Comedy Box office: Not available

Comedy Nights with Kapil is a comedy show which provides a distinctive take on the everyday life of a common man as the show explores the story of every household and how our common man Kapil is affected by the simplest issues in life around him.

Top billed cast (9)

Kapil Sharma Role not available
Navjot Singh Sidhu Role not available
Ali Asgar Role not available
Sunil Grover Role not available
Naseem Vicky Role not available
Kiku Sharda Role not available
Upasna Singh Role not available
Chandan Prabhakar Role not available
Sumona Chakravarti Role not available

Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana (2012) Film

As: Muskaan Khurana Rating: 6.3/10 (18 votes) Genres: Comedy Box office: Not available

On-the-run from the London mafia, Omi returns to his ancestral village – a place he’d flown from with his grandad’s money and grander ‘London Dreams’. Will Omi be able to hide his failures while chasing love, and the lost recipe of the infamous dish, ‘Chicken Khurana’?

Top billed cast (15)

Kunal Kapoor Omi
Huma Qureshi Harman
Mukesh Chhabra Lovely
Vipin Sharma Kehar Singh
Rajesh Sharma Titu Mama
Rahul Bagga Jeet
Sophie Karl Bartender
John Duggan Pub customer
Herry Tangiri Manty
Dolly Ahluwalia Bua Ji
Rajendra Sethi Chacha Ji
Manish Makhija Shanty
Nimrat Kaur Muskaan Khurana
Vicky Kaushal Young Omi
Vinod Nagpal Daar Ji

Peddlers (2012) Film

As: Kuljeet Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes) Genres: Thriller, Drama Box office: Not available

The lives of a rookie cop, a streetwise orphan and a beautiful young ex-teacher collide explosively in the drug underworld of Mumbai in this edgy, powerhouse thriller that exemplifies the verve and excitement of India's new independent cinema.

Top billed cast (5)

Gulshan Devaiah Ranjit D'souza
Nishikant Kamat Role not available
Nimrat Kaur Kuljeet
Kriti Malhotra Bilkis
Siddharth Mennon Mandar

Homeland (2011) TV

As: Tasneem Qureshi Rating: 7.6/10 (2639 votes) Genres: Drama, War & Politics, Crime Box office: Not available

CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.

Top billed cast (7)

Claire Danes Carrie Mathison
Mandy Patinkin Saul Berenson
Maury Sterling Max Piotrowski
Numan Acar Haissam Haqqani
Nimrat Kaur Tasneem Qureshi
Linus Roache David Wellington
Costa Ronin Yevgeny Gromo

India's Got Talent (2009) TV

As: Self Rating: 5.7/10 (9 votes) Genres: Reality Box office: Not available

This talent show features a huge variety of talent ranging from the mundane to the bizarre from heart-stopping feats to the seemingly impossible giving Indians a platform to showcase their talents like no other.

Top billed cast (4)