# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/disha-vakani
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:58:45.244Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/disha-vakani"
name: "Disha Vakani"
slug: "disha-vakani"
description: "Disha Vakani Padia ; known professionally as Disha Vakani, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Hindi films and television. Vakani is widely known for her portrayal of Daya Jethalal Gada in India's longest-running sitcom, Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah. She is also known for her role in the films Devdas, Mangal Pandey: The Rising and Jodhaa Akbar."
tagline: "Indian actress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Disha_Wakani_on_the_sets_of_KBC_07.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1978-08-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.845614035087719
  historical:           17.286144
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump