Gender

Female

Birthday, Age

1971 November 04 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Hyderabad, India

Tabu

Biography

Tabassum Fatima Hashmi (born November 4, 1971), known professionally as Tabu, is an Indian actress known for playing troubled women in both mainstream and independent films of Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi, and English languages, although she primarily works in the former. Renowned as one of Hindi cinema's most accomplished actresses, her accolades include two National Film Awards, seven Filmfare Awards, two Filmfare Awards South, and the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour.

Known For

Actress ( 1 )

Drishyam IG Meera Deshmukh

Full Filmography

Khanjar (The Knife)

as Shilpa

Movie • 2003-06-27

Khufiya

as Krishna "KM" Mehra

Movie • 2023-10-05

Saathiya

as Savitri Rao

Movie • 2002-12-20

Maqbool

as Nimmi

Movie • 2003-01-30

Chandni Bar

as Mumtaz P. Sawant

Movie • 2001-09-28

Hera Pheri

as Anuradha Shivshankar Panikar

Movie • 2000-03-31

Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha

as Vasudha

Movie • 2024-08-02

Fanaa

as Nafisa Ali Begum

Movie • 2006-05-26

Kadhal Desam

as Divya

Movie • 1996-08-23

Border

as Kuldip Singh's wife

Movie • 1997-06-13

Main Hoon Na

as Special Appearance

Movie • 2004-04-30

Hum Saath Saath Hain

as Sadhna Sharma Chaturvedi

Movie • 1999-11-05

Cheeni Kum

as Nina Verma

Movie • 2007-05-25

The Namesake

as Ashima Ganguli

Movie • 2006-09-02

Kandukondain Kandukondain

as Sowmya

Movie • 2000-05-05

Toh Baat Pakki!

as Rajeshwari

Movie • 2010-02-18

Thakshak

as Suman Dev

Movie • 1999-12-02

Hanuman

as Anja

Movie • 1998-10-28

Life of Pi

as Gita Patel

Movie • 2012-11-20

Astitva

as Aditi Pandit

Movie • 2000-10-06

Vijaypath

as Mohini "Mona"

Movie • 1994-07-01

Jeet

as Tulsibai

Movie • 1996-08-23

Aavida Maa Aavide

as Actress

Movie • 1998-01-14

Andarivaadu

as Shanthi

Movie • 2005-06-04

Urumi

as Dancing woman (cameo)

Movie • 2011-03-31

Chachi 420

as Janki Paswan

Movie • 1997-12-19

Bholaa

as IPS Diana Joseph

Movie • 2023-03-30

Ninne Pelladatha

as Mahalakshmi/Pandu

Movie • 1996-10-04

David

as Frenny

Movie • 2013-02-01

Biwi No.1

as Lovely Khuranna

Movie • 1999-05-28

Virasat

as Gehna

Movie • 1997-05-30

Saajan Chale Sasural

as Divya

Movie • 1996-04-11

Silsiilay

as Rehana

Movie • 2005-06-17

Meenaxi: Tale of 3 Cities

Movie • 2004-04-01

Jai Ho

as Geeta Agnihotri

Movie • 2014-01-24

Kaalapani

as Parvathi

Movie • 1996-04-06

Coolie No. 1

as Ranjani

Movie • 1991-07-12

Shock

as Geeta

Movie • 2006-02-09

Idhi Sangathi

as Swarajyalakshmi

Movie • 2008-02-22

Pandurangadu

as Amrita

Movie • 2008-05-30

Haider

as Ghazala Meer

Movie • 2014-10-02

Phir Hera Pheri

as Anuradaha (archive footage)

Movie • 2006-06-09

Haqeeqat

as Sudha Ravi Malhotra

Movie • 1995-12-29

Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!!

as Kamya Lal

Movie • 2000-09-29

Drishyam 2

as IG Meera Deshmukh

Movie • 2022-11-18

Thaayin Manikodi

Movie • 1998-08-29

Maachis

as Virender Kaur a.k.a. Veeran

Movie • 1996-10-25

Hu Tu Tu

as Panna Barve

Movie • 1999-01-22

Crew

as Geeta Sethi

Movie • 2024-03-29

Khuda Kasam

as Neetu Singh

Movie • 2010-10-26

Trisha 68

Movie •

Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya

as Meena

Movie • 2001-12-21

Drishyam

as IG Meera Deshmukh

Movie • 2015-07-30

Hawa

as Sanjana

Movie • 2003-07-04

Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya

as Roshni Batra

Movie • 2001-09-07

In the Forest... Again

Movie • 2003-05-03

Jaal: The Trap

as Neha Pandit/Nusrat Rabbani

Movie • 2003-07-18

Talvar

as Reema Kumar

Movie • 2015-10-02

Sisindri

as Tabu

Movie • 1995-09-14

Fitoor

as Begum Hazrat Jaan

Movie • 2016-02-12

Iruvar

as Senthamarai

Movie • 1997-01-14

Filhaal...

Movie • 2002-02-01

Shikari

Movie • 2000-10-06

Kohram

as Insp. Kiran Patekar

Movie • 1999-08-13

Ghaath

as Kavita Chaudhary

Movie • 2000-12-01

David

as Frenny

Movie • 2013-02-01

Snegithiye

as ACP Gayathri

Movie • 2000-11-24

De De Pyaar De 2

Movie • 2025-11-14

Tu Chor Main Sipahi

as Kajal Singh

Movie • 1996-05-10

Pehla Pehla Pyar

as Sapna

Movie • 1994-05-06

Golmaal Again

as Anna Mathew

Movie • 2017-10-20

Missing

as Aparna Dubey a.k.a. Mrs. Dubey

Movie • 2018-04-06

Maa Tujhhe Salaam

as Captain Sonia Khanna

Movie • 2002-01-25

Sarhad Paar

as Pammi

Movie • 2006-11-23

Andhadhun

as Simi Sinha

Movie • 2018-10-05

Sanju

as Herself (Cameo) (uncredited)

Movie • 2018-06-29

Saajan Ki Baahon Mein

as Kavita

Movie • 1995-07-28

De De Pyaar De

as Manjana "Manju" Rao

Movie • 2019-05-17

Bharat

as Meher

Movie • 2019-06-05

Cover Story

Movie • 2001-08-19

Tarkieb

Movie • 2000-06-23

Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo

as Yasu

Movie • 2020-01-12

Himmat

Movie • 1996-01-05

2001: Do Hazaar Ek

as Billu

Movie • 1998-02-20

Darmiyaan: In Between

as Chitra

Movie • 1997-01-01

Jawaani Jaaneman

as Ananya

Movie • 2020-01-31

Meri Zindagi Ek Agneepath

as Special Appearance

Movie • 1998-01-01

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2

as Manjulika/Anjulika

Movie • 2022-05-20

Chennakesava Reddy

as Seeta

Movie • 2002-09-22

Bazaar

Movie • 1982-03-11

Hum Naujawan

as Priya

Movie • 1985-01-01

Om Shanti Om

as Self

Movie • 2007-11-07

Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai

as Shalu

Movie • 2002-10-04

Kuttey

as Pammi/Poonam Sandhu

Movie • 2023-01-13

Bhooth Bangla

Movie • 2026-04-02

Prem

as Lachi / Sonya Jaitley

Movie • 1995-04-28

Arjun Ustara

Movie • 2025-12-05

Beggar

Movie •

Drishyam 3

Movie • 2026-10-02

Khatron Ke Khiladi

as Herself

Tv • 2008-07-21

The Kapil Sharma Show

as Herself

Tv • 2016-04-23

Koffee with Karan

as Self

Tv • 2004-11-19

The Anupam Kher Show

as Herself

Tv • 2014-07-06

The Drama Company

as Herself

Tv • 2017-07-16

Comedy Nights with Kapil

as Self

Tv • 2013-06-22

Comedy Nights Live

as Herself

Tv • 2016-01-31

The Kapil Sharma Show

as Self

Tv • 2016-04-23

Indian Idol

as Self

Tv • 2004-10-28

A Suitable Boy

as Saeeda Bai

Tv • 2020-07-26

Rising Star

as Self

Tv • 2017-02-04

Dune: Prophecy

as Sister Francesca

Tv • 2024-11-17