Biography:

Tisca Chopra (born Tisca Zareen Arora) is an Indian actress who starred in the well-reviewed play Dinner With Friends, where she played the character of Dia, a failed artist with a broken marriage.

Tisca Chopra born in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh into a Punjabi family of educationists. She graduated from Apeejay School, Noida, where her father was principal. Later she studied English literature at Hindu College, University of Delhi. She also started working actively with amateur theater in the college. While at college, she started writing for several publications and acting in plays for an amateur theater group and college festivals.

After finishing her education, she moved to Mumbai and trained in acting with notable theater artists Feroz Abbas Khan and Naseeruddin Shah.

Her film debut was Platform (1993), opposite Ajay Devgan.

In 2004,Tisca chopra played the role of Prabhavati Devi,wife of JP in Prakash Jha directed film Loknayak.

In 2007, she appeared in Taare Zameen Par with Aamir Khan where her performance was well received. She acted in Nandita Das's directorial debut, Firaaq (2008).

In 2011, she appeared in Madhur Bhandarkar's Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji, where she played a seductress.

For 10 ml Love, Tisca was nominated for Best Actress at the 11th Annual New York Indian Film Festival.

Her film Ankur Arora Murder Case written and produced by Vikram Bhatt released in May 2013.

Her upcoming films are Anup Singh's Qissa with Irrfan Khan and Rahasya by UVI Film Production Pvt. Ltd. She is also working on a Marathi film 'Highway' with Umesh Kulkarni , Huma Qureshi and Girish Kulkarni and Hindi and Tamil remakes of Marathi Film Kaksparsh directed by Mahesh Manjrekar.

She acted in plays in Mumbai and soon her work was seen Feroz Abbas Khan's Mahatma vs Gandhi, All The Best and Satya Dev Dubey's Inshah Allah. She starred in Dinner With Friends, a Pulitzer Award winning play

Her performance in television short films like Ek Shaam Ki Mulaquat (Star Bestsellers) and Hum Saath Saath Hain Kya? led to leading parts in a popular show, Balaji Telefilms' Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii, followed by Love Marriage (Zee TV), Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani (Zee TV) and Sarrkkar: Risshton Ki Ankahi Kahani (Zee TV). She hosted a consumer grievances show on (Star News) called Main Hoon Na. Tisca hosted Prayschit - Gunahon Ke Zahkm on (Sony Entertainment Television (India) where she got a chance to reveal the transformation that criminals go though after or during their prison sentence; the show has generated high TRP ratings.

She is currently filming 24, a remake of the popular American series of the same name, produced by Anil Kapoor Films, directed by Abhinay Deo and written by Rensil D’Silva, which was premiered on Colors on October 4, 2013.

Tisca has appeared in advertisements like Tanishq, Titan Eye-wear, Dish TV, Kelloggs-All Bran and Horlicks-Gold.

Chopra has hosted corporate events such as the VFX Awards, WOW Awards, Mahindra Rise 2012, Times Now Awards 2012, Times Now Foodie Awards and others. She hosted the IIJW 2012, Nabard Awards 2012, Times Now Foodie Awards 2013, Navy Ball 2012 and others.

Tisca Chopra is the grand-niece of prominent writer Khushwant Singh. Tisca is married to Capt. Sanjay Chopra who is a pilot with Air India. She is a practicing Buddhist and works with several NGOs, supporting education and women's rights.

She is currently working on developing a script that she plans to produce with her pilot-author husband, Sanjay Chopra, and her book on making it in films Get Your Act Together (HarperCollins) is out in January 2014.

Tisca started her blog on the Times of India, indiatimes, in 2011.

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