Kalki Koechlin
Kalki Koechlin biography, wiki, age, height, siblings, husband, family, father, mother, religion, caste & more
| Biography | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kalki Koechlin (कल्कि कोचलिन) |
| Nickname | KalQi [1]https://www.facebook.com/kalkikanmani/about?section=bio |
| Profession | Indian actress of French descent |
| Years Active | 2008-Present |
| Date of Birth | January 10, 1984 |
| Age (In 2022) | 37 Years |
| Birth Place | Pondicherry, India |
| Residence | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Home Town | Pondicherry, India [2]https://www.facebook.com/kalkikanmani/about?section=living |
| Nationality | French |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Languages Known | Tamil, English, Hindi, French |
| Ethnicity | French |
| Mother Tongue | French |
| Zodiac / Sun sign | Capricorn |
| Height | in centimeters- 163 cm in meters- 1.63 m in Feet Inches- 5ft 4in |
| Eye Colour | Light brown |
| Hair Colour | Blonde |
| Family and Marriage Details | |
| Marital Status | Divorced |
| Husband/Spouse | Anurag Kashyap (2011-2015) |
| Boyfriend(s)/Affair(s) | Guy Hershberg |
| Children | |
| Daughter(s) | Sappho (Born on February 7, 2020) |
| Parents | |
| Father | Joel Koechlin |
| Mother | Francoise Armandie |
| Sibling(s) | |
| Brother(s) | Oriel Koechlin |
| Education Details | |
| School | Hebron School, Ooty |
| College | Goldsmiths, University of London |
| Educational Qualification | Graduate |
| Filmography | |
| Debut Movie | Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (Cameo, 2007) Dev D (2009) |
| Movies | Emma and Angel (2022) Goldfish (2022) Paava Kadhaigal (Tamil, 2020) CandyFlip (2019) Kadakh (2019) Gully Boy (2019) The Job (2018) Ribbon (2017) Jia Aur Jia (2017) Mantra (2016) A Death in the Gunj (2016) Waiting (2015) Margarita with a Straw (2015) Happy Ending (2014) Ek Thi Daayan (2013) Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) Shanghai (2012) My Friend Pinto (2011) Shaitan (2011) Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011) That Girl in Yellow Boots (2011) The Film Emotional Atyachar (2010) Dev D (2009) Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (Cameo, 2007) |
| Web Series | Bhram (2019) Sacred Games (2019) Made in Heaven (2019) Smoke (2018) Shockers (2016) Kalki's Great Escape (host, 2016) Man's World (cameo, 2015) |
| Advertisements | Coca Cola, Dove |
| Award(s) | |
| Special Jury Award for "Margarita with a Straw" at National Film Awards, 2016 Best Actress (Critics) for "Margarita with a Straw" at Times of India Film Awards, 2016 Best Actress (Jury) for "Margarita with a Straw" at Screen Awards, 2016 Best Supporting Actress for "Dev.D" at Filmfare Awards, 2010 Best English Theatre Script for "Skeleton Woman" at MetroPlus Playwright Award, 2009 | |
| Contact/Social Media Details | |
| twitter.com/kalkikanmani (902k followers) | |
| facebook.com/kalkikanmani (34k followers) | |
| instagram.com/kalkikanmani (894k followers) | |
| Other Details | |
| Favorite Quote(s) | Life is an accumulation of moments |
| Alternate Names | Kalki Kanmani, Kalki केकला |
| Childhood Picture |  |
| Kalki Koechlin is an Indian actress of French descent who is known for acting in movies like Dev D (2009), Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), Shaitan (2011), Shanghai (2012), Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013), Ek Thi Daayan (2013) & Margarita with a Straw (2015). | |
| She was born on January 10, 1984 to French parents, Joël Koechlin and Françoise Armandie in Pondicherry, India. She also has a younger brother named Oriel Koechlin who is 10 years younger to her. | |
| Her father, Joël Koechlin established a business designing hang-gliders and ultralight aircraft at Kallatty Village near Ooty in Tamil Nadu. | |
| Her mother, Françoise Armandie worked as a teacher at the Alliance Francaise in Pondicherry, but when Kalki was going to be born she decided to give that up and joined her husband's hand-gliding business. | |
| Kalki is a descendant of Maurice Koechlin, a French structural engineer who worked closely together with Gustave Eiffel and played an important role in the design and construction of the Eiffel Tower. | |
| Although a French citizen but she has lived most of her life in India. | |
| Her parents had come to India from Angers, France as hippies in the 1970s and settled in Pondicherry after they fell in love with the india. | |
| Kalki's parents are devotees of Sri Aurobindo and she spent a significant amount of her early childhood in Auroville. | |
| Her parents divorced when she was fifteen. Kalki lived with her mother after their divorce while her father is re-married and lives in Bangalore with his new family. | |
| She did her schooling at Hebron School, a boarding school in Ooty and then studied Drama and theatre at Goldsmiths, University of London. | |
| After doing a cameo in the movie Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007), Kalki made her acting debut in Dev D (2009) and won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing the role of Chanda in the movie. | |
| Kalki got married to film-maker Anurag Kashyap in April 2011, at her maternal home in Ooty. The couple issued a joint statement addressing their separation on November 13, 2013. They filed for divorce at a Mumbai family court on May 19, 2015. | |
| Koechlin was conferred with the "Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters" by the "French government" in June, 2018. | |
| Kalki Koechlin gave birth to her daughter, Sappho on February 7, 2020 with her boyfriend, Guy Hershberg, an Israeli musician. | |
| Canadian actress Kali Sudhra who was good friends with Kalki chose the screen name "Kali" because she is a big fan of Kalki & Hindu goddess Kaali. | |
| Kalki can speak in English, Hindi, Tamil and French languages. | |
Actress Tillotama Shome is her best-friend. | |
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