Shriya Pilgaonkar has become a household name after her portrayal of different roles, showing versatility, especially on the web space. The actor was recently seen in Amazon miniTV series, Murder in Agonda and Guilty Minds, which released on Prime Video. The actor has six releases this year.
Shriya Pilgaonkar is a multi-talented artist. She is not only an actor but also a theatre performer and director. She attended Harvard University for summer school in 2012, which inspired her to create her own short films. She is the director and producer of Painted Signal (short film), Dresswala (short film), and Panchgavya (documentary film).
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Pilgaonkar is also a model and is well-known in the advertising industry. She has appeared in ads, opposite superstars like Shahid Kapoor and Vikrant Massey.
Pilgaonkar made her Bollywood debut in Shah Rukh Khan’s 2016 film, Fan. She played the role of Neha, a Delhi-based call centre girl and Gaurav's friend. She was filming for both Fan and the French rom-com, Un plus une simultaneously.
She was offered a role in the French film Un plus une (2015), directed by Oscar winner Claude Lelouch. She portrayed Ayanna, an Indian dancer and performer in the film.
Shriya appeared as Sweety Gupta in the Amazon Prime Video’s show, Mirzapur in 2018. The programme was a huge hit, and Shriya quickly became a well-known figure among the general public. Shriya subsequently said that her character will not return after the first season. She appeared on two Voot series in 2020: The Gone Game and Crackdown.