Pragati Mishra is an Indian actress from Banda, Uttar Pradesh. She is known for playing the role of Shubra in Jio Cinema’s web series UP65 (2023).
Wiki/Biography
Pragati was born in 1997 (age 26; as of 2023) in Banda, Uttar Pradesh. She studied Media and Mass Communication at Ram Narayan Rua College, Mumbai. During college, she actively participated in drama performances.
appearance
Height: 5′6″
Weight (approximately): 55kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: brown
Body measurements (approximately): 34-28-34
family
Parents and siblings
Pragati has a sister and a brother. Her brother’s name is Arin Mishra and sister’s name is Pragya Mishra.
Pragati Mishra and her family
husband and children
She is unmarried.
Profession
Before entering the acting world, she worked in an advertising agency for a year. From then on, she became interested in acting and took acting classes from Saurabh Sachdeva. For a while, she worked at Thespo, a youth organization in Mumbai. She did theater before making her acting debut in the web series UP65 (2023). The show airs on JioCinema.
UP65 (2023)
She has also appeared in a few short films, including Memories of You (2020).
Favorites
- Food: Aloo Kachori, Chaat, Sandwiches
- Destination: Arunachal Pradesh
- Books: “How to Live Your Life” by Ruskin Bond, “Irrfan: Conversations with the Wind” by Anup Singh, “The Fountainhead” by Ayn Rand
Facts/Trivia
- In one of her Instagram posts, Pragati shared that when she was a child, she used to keep a diary in which she had pictures of her favorite Bollywood actors. Before any movie release or awards night, she would wait in the morning for the newspaper to pick out her favorite photos and diligently cut out the ones that inspired her.
- Pragati revealed in an interview that after completing Class 12, she moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in journalism. Initially, Pragati decided to pursue engineering. However, she decided to pursue a career in journalism after one of her friends suggested she become a journalist. She never planned to become an actress, but after working at an advertising agency for about a year, she became interested in acting and decided to pursue it as a career.
- When Pragati moved to Mumbai, she lived in a 1BHK with her landlady, a widow. She shared an apartment with a family of three and shared a room with two other women.
- She worked in theater during college before entering the film industry.
- In another interview, Pragati said she comes from a place where houses are made of mud and no one can talk in English.
- When Pragati got the script of UP65, she discovered that the entire script was written in Sanskrit. Her sister visited her and helped her understand parts of the script. Her background in theater helped a lot in understanding the characters in the film. She even used to listen to the audio version of UP65 novels before going to bed to bring the characters closer to her.
- After the release of “UP65”, Pragati became so popular with the public that she locked herself in her room for some time.
- She loves traveling and exploring the city, no matter where she goes or shoots.
- Before entering showbiz, she completed acting courses from Saurabh Sachdeva and worked at Thespo, a youth organization in Mumbai.
- In a 2023 interview, she revealed that she followed a vegetarian diet. However, in 2017, she shared a photo on Instagram of herself eating an omelet.
- She loves traveling to new places.
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