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Aashka Goradia

Aashka Goradia
Goradia in 2012
Born27 November[1]
NationalityIndian
Occupations
  • Actress
  • entrepreneur
Years active2002–2019
Known for
Spouse
Brent Goble
(m. 2017)
Children1

Aashka Goradia Goble (born 27 November)[2] is a former Indian actress and entrepreneur who worked in Hindi television. Goradia is known for portraying Kkumud Kapoor Oberoi in Kkusum, Arpita Prasad Raizada in Sinndoor Tere Naam Ka, Dheer Bai Bhatiyani in Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap and Avantika in Naagin and Naagin 2. She participated in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi and Bigg Boss 6, where she was placed at 7th and 8th place respectively. She won the ITA Award for Best Actress in a Negative Role, for her role in Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap.[3]

Career

Goradia on the sets of Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap

Goradia started her career with Sony TV's Achanak 37 Saal Baad in 2002 and comedy sitcom Acting Acting. Soon after, she was signed on for Kkusum on Sony TV in which she played the role of Kumud.[4] She then acted in another serial Akela which also aired on Sony TV. She also did a reality game show Jet Set Go on Star One but was replaced by Shama Sikander. She then played some roles in TV serials like Sinndoor Tere Naam Ka on Zee TV, Mere Apne on 9X and Virrudh on Sony TV. She was also seen as Kalika in Zee TV's Saat Phere, Sony TV's Shubh Vivah and Kalavati Laagi Tujhse Lagan[5] on Colors TV, which were all negative characters.

Goradia has also participated in some reality shows like Kabhi Kabhii Pyaar Kabhi Kabhii Yaar, Mr. & Ms. TV and Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 4. In 2012, she participated as a contestant in the sixth season of Bigg Boss, the Indian version of the original UK show Big Brother entering the Bigg Boss house on 6 October 2012 and getting evicted on 28 December 2012 (on the 83rd day of the show). Slamming reality shows in an interview in 2018, she alleged that the producers had misreprented her as a lesbian on the show.[6][7]

From 2013 to 2015, she played the role of Maharani Dheer Bai Bhatiyani in the television series Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap on Sony TV. In August 2015, she played the evil fairy Mahavinashini on Sab TV's Baal Veer. She was then seen in the supernatural drama Naagin from 2016 to 2017.[8][9]

In 2017, she participated in the couple dance reality show Nach Baliye Season 8 on StarPlus with fiancé Brent Goble. First eliminated on 14 May,[10] they as a wild card entry only to be eliminated again on 4 June.[11] In 2019, Goradia was seen playing the role of Sapt-roopa on &TV's show Daayan. Her last screen appearance was as a contestant on Kitchen Champion 5.[12][13]

Personal life

Aashka dated television actor Rohit Bakshi from 2006 to 2015.[14] After her break-up, she started dating Brent Goble, an American businessman. Aashka married Brent on 1 December 2017 in a Christian wedding ceremony, followed with a traditional Hindu ceremony on 3 December 2017.[15][16] The couple welcomed their first child, a boy, in October 2023.[17]

Trolled for undergoing a lip job in 2018, Aashka responded by opening up about the surgery and claiming that her choice to look better did not make her fake.[18][19] Earlier the same year, she slammed the reality show Bigg Boss in an interview with actor and talkshow host Rajeev Khandelwal on his show Juzzbaatt for misrepresenting her as a lesbian by using editing tricks.[20]

Other work

In 2018, Goradia launched her cosmetic brand Renée Cosmetics.[21] She then launched India's first double stitched 3D eyelashes under the brand, named after her mother-in-law.[22] She named the first products after close friends like actresses Juhi Parmar, Mouni Roy and Abigail Jain.[23] She was also invited to be a speaker at a TED Talk later that year.[24][25] In 2021, Renée Cosmetics was named as one of the power brands at Femina Power Brands 2021. In the same year, it won India's Most Trusted Brand award at CNBC Most Trusted Brands Of India.[26][27]

Filmography

Television

Year Show Role
2002 Achanak 37 Saal Baad Komal
2003 Bhabhi Seema
Tum Bin Jaaoon Kahaan Annu
2003–2004 Kayaamat Vishakha
2003–2005 Kkusum Kkumud Kapoor Oberoi
2004 Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi Razia Khan
2005 Piya Ka Ghar Chandni
2006 Akela Kinnari
2006 Kahiin to Hoga Gayatri Ahluwalia
2006-2007 Sinndoor Tere Naam Ka Arpita Prasad Raizada
2006 Jet Set Go Contestant
2007–2008 Virrudh Naina Siddharth Chopra
2007 Mere Apne Sanya Pandey
2008 Saat Phere – Saloni Ka Safar Advocate Kalika Singh
2008 Kabhi Kabhii Pyaar Kabhi Kabhii Yaar Contestant
2009 Specials @ 10 Tara
2010–2012 Laagi Tujhse Lagan Kalavati "Kala" Patil
2010 Mr. & Ms. TV Contestant
2010 Kaun Banega Crorepati Herself; Guest appearance
2011 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4 Contestant
2011 Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 4 Contestant; 7th place
2012 Shubh Vivah Sarla Awasthi
2012 Bigg Boss 6 Contestant; 8th place
2013–2015 Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap Rani Dheer Bai Bhatiyani
2014 Adaalat Advocate Meera Thakur
2014 Get Rich With Aashka Host
2015 Savdhaan India Asma
2015–2016 Baalveer Mahavinashini Pari
2016 Naagin Avantika
2016–2017 Naagin 2
2017 Nach Baliye 8 Contestant; 6th place
2019 Daayan Saptroopa
2019 Kitchen Champion 5 Contestant

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2013 Indian Television Academy Awards Best Actress in a Negative Role Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap Won [28]
2014 Nominated [29]
Indian Telly Awards Best Actress in a Negative Role Nominated [30]

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