Personal:
This extremely talented actress is born on 12th of January in
the village of Alwar in Rajasthan but has completed her education from
the capital of the Indian subcontinent. She completed her graduation
from Delhi. After her graduations she was preparing for the entrance
tests to the administrative services and mass communications when a
close friend of her suggested that she should go and audition for the
national broadcaster Doordarshan's film songs based program 'Albela Sur
Mela'. To her surprise she was selected and from there begins her
journey towards tellydom. On the other hand her traditional career graph
had come to a standstill as she failed to clear both the tests. But she
did not stop there. Acting was not a new experience for this Delhi
lass. During her college days she was the secretary and president of the
dramatic society and had her fair share of stage. Facing the camera
however was altogether a different experience for her. But she was
encouraged to pursue her acting career after her experience in
anchoring. Initially the acting bug smote her mainly for the money and
popularity. She used to pick serials that did not require much
commitment but gradually she excelled her acting skills and developed
into a fine actress.
Career:Television:Tanwar started her career as an anchor in Doordarshan. She anchored the film songs-based program
Albela Sur Mela.
She was then seen acting in soaps such as
Ehsaas,
Dastoor,
Bhanwar, and
X-Zone before she got her big break of playing the central role in
Rajdhani.
She had to work on her voice while playing the character of Sher Bano, in
Dastoor.
The major turning point of her career came when she was offered the role of Parvati in
Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki.
Sakshi has worked in other serials, including
Devi, where she played the central character of Gayatri, who is a spiritually inclined woman with a strong connection to
Goddess Durga.
She worked on
Colors'
Balika Vadhu in the role of Teepri.
Since 2011, she plays the character Priya Kapoor in
Ekta Kapoor's
Bade Achhe Lagte Hain on
Sony TV.
In November, 2011 Tanwar made an appearance during the
Diwali episode of
Kaun Banega Crorepati with Ram Kapoor where they won Rs. 25,00,000. In December 2012, she made an appearance in the
Christmas episode of
Kaun Banega Crorepati (season 6) with
Ram Kapoor and Amruta Mukherjee where she won Rs. 12,50,000.
In January 2013, she was voted #1 with
Ram Kapoor, by the poll conducted by matrimonial website
Shaadi.com which revealed that 42.3% of Indians consider them as the
perfect jodi.
In April 2013, she featured as a 'nauch girl' in one of the stories of eight episodic mini-series
Ek Thhi Naayka produced by
Ekta Kapoor of
Balaji Telefilms for the promotion of their upcoming film
Ek Thi Daayan.
Other:She appeared in few movies in 2008, one of them being
Coffee House, in which she was the main protagonist. She appeared in a cameo role in
Ekta Kapoor's
C Kkompany.
Tanwar has played the role of a municipal officer in the movie Saluun. She appeared in two short films, O Re Manva and Bawra Mann. O Re Manva won the best International Narrative Short at the New York International Film Festival in 2009.
She worked as a creative director in the production company Positive Thinkerz and tried her hands directing
Sammaan Ek Adhikaar.