Ivanka Das is an Indian actor, dancer, choreographer, model, fashion creative director and former drag queen. She is famous for her appearances in Hindi films and web series. She is recognized for her performances in films like Ghoomer (2023) and Haddi (2023). She is also recognized for her unique bold look and bald look, which attracts the attention of many.
Wiki/Biography
Ivannka Das was born Arandeep Das on Thursday, December 18, 1986, in Kolkata, West Bengal, India (age 37; as of 2023). Her zodiac sign is Sagittarius. She grew up in Mumbai and Delhi. Her hometown is Kolkata. Ivanka joined South Point School in Kolkata on February 5, 1993. She then studied at Gobadanga Hindu College, Kolkata.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′6″
Weight (approximately): 70kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
Body measurements (approximately): 34-30-34
family
Ivanka Das was born into a conservative Bengali family.
Parents and siblings
Ivanka lost her parents when she was young. Her father was a musician and her mother worked as a manager at the Oberoi Hotel in Colaba, Mumbai.
wife
Ivanka lives as a man and married a woman in 2010. They started out as friends and then started dating. According to Ivanka, she got married due to family pressure. However, she later revealed her identity to the girl, after which they remained best friends rather than a couple. After a year of marriage, they separated and Ivanka decided to leave Calcutta and move to Delhi, where she lived with her aunt for nine years.
gender identity
Ivanka is a transgender woman. According to her, she exhibited girl-like behavior as a child. In an interview, she revealed that she experienced gender and body dysphoria when she learned about her identity as a woman at the age of 22. According to Ivanka, she often lied to people at first and said she was bisexual; later, she began to feel insecure about her gender and body. She came out as bisexual at the age of 17. Ivanka later officially came out as transgender and underwent gender confirmation surgery in Delhi. Then she changed her name from “Amandeep” to “Ivanka.”
Ivanka Das Before and After Transition
Relationships/Affairs
Ivanka dated a man in Delhi for three years who also identified as male. According to her, the relationship made her realize that she was destined to be a woman. In an interview, she talked about the relationship and revealed that when the man broke up with her, she became very depressed and became ill. Ivanka spent two years at ISKCON to heal her anxiety and heartbreak, which also helped her make important decisions about her gender identity.
religion
Ivanka believes in Hinduism.
Profession
Choreographer and Model
Ivanka Das started out as a dancer in Kolkata. She even represented India at various events. She continues to choreograph for various figures and award shows and serves as a fashion creative director. According to her, she quickly gained recognition and became one of the youngest choreographers in Kolkata. She then started posting videos on TikTok, which quickly went viral on the internet.
Clip of Ivanka Das’s Facebook post about serving as choreographer and director of an event in 2017
According to Ivanka, she started exploring modeling after a friend asked her to do a photo shoot for him. Later, Ivanka became a drag queen at Keshav Suri’s club “Kitty Su” at The LaLiT in Chandigarh. According to Ivanka, she was initially asked to leave the club lobby, but she contacted Keshav Suri directly, who chose her as a drag queen.
Ivanka Das plays drag queen at event
In 2019, she appeared on the online cover of Vogue India; this was to celebrate the first anniversary of the verdict in Navtej Singh Johar v Union of India, which legalized consensual adult relationships. In 2023, she appeared on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar.
Ivanka on the cover of Vogue India 2019
actor
television
In 2019, Ivanka made her television debut as a contestant in the dance reality television series Dance Deewane (season 2), which aired on Colors TV.
Ivanka Das performs on the show “Dance Deewane” (Season 2)
In 2023, she played the role of ‘Shanmukhi’ in the TV series ‘Chand Jalne Laga’, which aired on Colors TV and streamed on Jio Cinema.
Ivanka Das as ‘Shanmukhi’ in TV series ‘Chand Jalne Laga’ (2023)
web series
In 2019, Ivanka made her acting debut with the web series Ye Hai #Mandi; she played a brothel owner named Kareena in the series, which premiered on Prime Flix.
Ivanka Das plays Kareena in a still from web series “Yeh Hai #Mandi” (2019)
In 2021, she played “Beauty” in the TV series “Bombay Begums” starring Pooja Bhatt, Shahana Goswami and others; the series is broadcast on Netflix. In the same year, she appeared in ZEE5’s black comedy series Sunflower, starring Sunil Grover, Ranveer Shorey, Girish Kulkarni and others.
Ivanka Das (left) stars as “Beauty” in the web series “Bombay Beauty” (2021)
Movie
Ivanka Das made her Bollywood debut in 2022 with the drama film Maja Ma. She plays a transgender activist in the film.
Ivanka Das in a still from the movie Maja Ma (2022)
In 2023, she played the role of “Suri” in a crime drama film titled “Haadi” starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Anurag Kashyap, Mohammad Zeshan ·Starring Ayyub and Ira Arun. In the same year, Ivanka played “Rasika” in the sports movie “Ghoomer”.
Ivanka Das (as Rasika, left) and Saiyami Kher (as Anina, right) in the movie “Ghoomer” (2023)
tattoo
Ivanka Das has a butterfly tattooed on her neck.
Ivanka Das neck tattoo
She has an arrow tattooed on one of her forearms.
Ivanka Das’s forearm tattoo
Favorites
Facts/Trivia
- Ivanka’s name is also “Sonu Das.”
- According to her, initially she faced financial problems and had to work as a masseur, security guard, waiter and even a gypsy in a local hotel.
- She is fluent in English, Hindi and Bengali.
- Ivanka follows a non-vegetarian diet.
- She enjoys cooking and frequently posts about it on social media. According to her, cooking is a source of meditation. In 2020, she shared a post on Facebook revealing that as a child she was often jealous of girls who could do things like knitting and cooking. She wishes she had these skills. Ivanka mentioned that she later learned how to knit, cook, and even be a mother from her grandmother.
Ivanka Das’s Facebook post about cooking
Ivanka Das’s Facebook post about cooking- Ivanka Das drinks occasionally.
- She smokes. According to her, she started smoking to fit into the image of a boy; however, she later understood that this did not fit her true identity. Speaking about this in an interview, Ivanka said,
I even started smoking, but deep down I knew I was only doing these things for my own image and that I wasn’t truly fulfilled. I realized that my true self was not a man. “
Ivanka Das smokes
- She suffered from alopecia, a disease that causes hair loss. Therefore, she decided to adopt the bald look, which later became her signature style. A photographer suggested that a shaved head would suit her facial features, a suggestion she followed, earning her the title of the world’s first bald transgender model.
Ivanka Das’ bald look
- She is considered to be the first multi-skilled bald trans woman to enter Bollywood.
- While talking about the making of the movie Hardy (2023) in an interview, Ivanka revealed that she had an argument with some trans people on the set. According to Ivanka, they thought she was getting special treatment, but Ivanka explained that it was just because she was an actress and they were part of the crowd in the movie. She mentioned that these people not only argued with her, but also laughed at her body language and tried to attack her.
- Ivanka was originally signed to play a major role in the Sushmita Sen-starrer film Taali (2023); however, she was removed from the film about three days into filming. The filmmaker cited scheduling conflicts as the reason. Ivanka, on the other hand, revealed in an interview that after receiving the termination letter, she learned that the film’s producers were looking for a replacement, even though she had already signed a film deal.
- Ivanka Das believes in contributing to society and is actively involved in NGOs such as Society for Human Alliance Need.
- In an interview, Ivanka Das narrated the incident involving the film’s director and screenwriter Ram Gopal Varma. She claims Varma once asked her to send him photos of herself in her underwear as part of the casting process for a movie. After she sent him the photos, Varma invited her to his house in the evening to discuss the project. However, Ivanka was uncomfortable with the situation and asked him to text her details about the project first, but Varma later blocked her.
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