Tanishaa Mukerji (born March 3, 1978) is an Indian film actress who is prominent in the Hindi, Marathi, Telugu and Tamil film industries. She made her debut with the Hindi movie
Sssshhh... in 2003. She had her first hit with Ram Gopal Varma's
Sarkar, appearing alongside
Amitabh Bachchan and
Abhishek Bachchan. Tanishaa was also a popular contestant in the hit reality show
Bigg Boss. She is the daughter of
Shomu Mukherjee and veteran Bollywood actress
Tanuja. Tanishaa is the younger sister of Bollywood actress
Kajol and sister-in-law of Bollywood actor
Ajay Devgan. She participated in the television reality show
Bigg Boss 7 and was the first runner up. She was later seen as one of the judges in the stand-up comedy show
Gangs of Haseepur.