Akanksha Pandey

Akanksha Pandey’s acting journey? Man, it’s one of those stories that doesn’t get enough love, you know? She kicked things off as a crowd artist, hustling in the background of Petta—yep, blink and you’ll miss her. But hey, everyone’s gotta start somewhere. Then she was out there as a background dancer in Jabariya Jodi, just grinding it out, doing the work nobody really notices but, honestly, it builds character. Things started picking up when she landed her first proper character role in Gunjan Saxena. She played Jaya, who’s basically Janhvi Kapoor’s batch mate. Not a huge role, but enough for people to finally go, “Oh, hey, I’ve seen her before!” After that, she started popping up everywhere. Web series? She’s got those covered. She showed up in Kathmandu Connection from Jar Pictures (pretty underrated show if you ask me), and she’s also been in a bunch of those TV episodes where you’re like, “Wait, wasn’t she just in that other show last week?” And let’s not forget Aashram—Akanksha really made a mark there as Wrestler Renu. That role? Total game changer. She brought this raw energy to the character that just hits different. More recently, she’s been in Crushed on Amazon Mini TV, playing Captain Poorna Goyal, and honestly, she nails the tough-yet-relatable vibe. She’s definitely not one of those overnight success stories—it’s been a slow, steady grind. But you can tell she’s just getting started.