# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kiran-rao
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:01:33.050Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kiran-rao"
name: "Kiran Rao"
slug: "kiran-rao"
description: "Kiran Rao is an Indian filmmaker who works in Hindi cinema. She has directed the films Dhobi Ghat (2011) and Laapataa Ladies (2024). In 2016, Rao co-founded Paani Foundation, a non-profit organisation."
tagline: "Indian film director, screenwriter and film producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kiran_Rao_on_Day_3_of_Lakme_Fashion_Week_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1973-11-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           60.61
  momentum:             10
  historical:           23.01248133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump