# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roopa-ganguly
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:03:05.666Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roopa-ganguly"
name: "Roopa Ganguly"
slug: "roopa-ganguly"
description: "Roopa Ganguly is an Indian actress, politician, and playback singer. She is considered one of the highest-paid television actresses in India during 1980s. She is best known for her portrayal of Draupadi in B R Chopra's hit television series Mahabharat. Often promoted as the Tollywood's answer to Bollywood's Shabana Azmi, she is known for her versatility and accent adaptation. She has worked with directors such as Mrinal Sen, Aparna Sen, Goutam Ghose and Rituparno Ghosh. She is a trained Rabindra Sangeet vocalist and a classical dancer. She received several awards including a National Award and two BFJA Awards. In October 2016, she was nominated as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha by the President of India. She served as the President of BJP Mahila Morcha in West Bengal. She served as the General Secretary and the Vice-president for the West Bengal Motion Picture Artistes' Forum, a body representing cine artistes. Her films have commulatively grossed more than US$100 million worldwide."
tagline: "Indian actress and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roopa_Ganguly_at_a_Swearing-in_Ceremony%2C_at_Parliament_House%2C_in_New_Delhi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1966-11-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.35438
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "RoopaBJP"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump