Saumya Tandon


Saumya Tandon is an Indian actress and television presenter, known for her portrayal of Anita Vibhuti Narayan Mishra in the Hindi sitcom television series Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain!. and as a host on various TV shows including Dance India Dance, Bournvita Quiz Contest and Entertainment Ki Raat. She also gained recognition from the films Jab We Met and Dhurandhar.

Early life

Tandon was born in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, on 3 November 1984. The family shifted to Ujjain where she completed her schooling from St. Mary's [Convent School, Ujjain|St. Mary's Convent School]. Her father, B.G. Tandon, is a writer and was a professor in a university in Ujjain.

Career

Tandon took up modelling assignments early in her career and was the "Femina Cover Girl First Runner Up" 2006 She also appeared in the Afghan serial Khushi in 2008 as part of the international project, where she played the lead of an Afghan woman doctor. She co-hosted Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout with Shah [Rukh Khan] in 2011. She has hosted Dance India Dance for 3 seasons, for which she got the Best Anchor award too. She co-hosted Bournvita Quiz Contest, along with Derek O'Brien for three seasons. In Imtiaz Ali's Jab We Met, starring Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor, she played the role of Kareena's character's sister Roop. She also hosted LG Mallika-e-Kitchen for three seasons.
In 2015, Tandon started playing the role of Anita in the comedy serial Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain!. She is also known as "gori mem" from the serial, due to her being referred to as the same in the show by Rohitashv Gour's character. In 2018, she hosted the second season of Entertainment Ki Raat on Colors TV. On 21 August 2020, she quit Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hain!.
In 2025, she gained further recognition portraying Ulfat, Rehman Dakait's wife in the spy-thriller Dhurandhar, opposite Akshaye Khanna, who essayed the role of Dakait.

Personal life

In 2016, she married her boyfriend Saurabh Devendra Singh whom she was in a ten-year relationship with.
Tandon gave birth to a boy in 2019.