Rupali Ganguly (born 5 April 1977) is an Indian actress. Ganguly was born on 5 April 1977 in Calcutta, (present-day Kolkata), West Bengal into a Bengali Hindu family. She studied hotel management and theatre.
Rupali Ganguly started her acting career as a child, making her debut at age seven in her father’s film Saaheb (1985). Following appearances in less favourably received films; Angaara (1996), and Do Ankhen Barah Hath (1997), as a teenager, Ganguly had her career breakthrough, after venturing into television with her portrayal of medical intern Dr. Simran Chopra in the Star Plus medical drama series Sanjivani (2002).
Rupali Ganguly received further recognition with her portrayal of Monisha Singh Sarabhai in the cult sitcom Sarabhai vs Sarabhai (2004).
In 2006, she participated in Bigg Boss 1. Ganguly continued to appear in numerous successful television series, notably Baa Bahoo Aur Baby (2005), and Parvarrish – Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi (2011), following which she took a sabbatical from acting. After a seven-year hiatus, she returned in 2020 with the soap opera Anupamaa.
In 2009, she participated in Colors TV’s stunt based reality show, Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 2. She also gave voice over in an animation film Dashavatar in 2008. In 2000, she established an advertising agency in Mumbai.
Since 2020, she is portraying the titular character in StarPlus’s Anupamaa. Ganguly made her digital debut in 2022 with her ongoing show Anupamaa’s prequel web series named Anupama: Namaste America which premiered on Disney+ Hotstar in 2022.
