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Tanvi Sonigra is an Indian actress and theatre artist who works in the Indian entertainment industry. She is best known for her role of Vipassana in the OTT show Girls Hostel- season 3 (2022).
Wiki/Biography
Tanvi Lehr Sonigra was born on 16 April in Mumbai. Her zodiac sign is Taurus. She did her schooling at Dominic Savio Vidyalaya in Mumbai and also studied French at Alliance Française de Bombay. In 2014, she graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Economics from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce in Mumbai. In 2018, Tanvi earned a post-graduate diploma in acting and theatre-making from the Drama School Mumbai.
A childhood picture of Tanvi Lehr Sonigra
Physical Appearance
Height (approx.): 5′ 5″
Weight (approx.): 45 kg
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Black
Family
Parents & Siblings
Her father’s name is Naresh Popatlal Sonigra and her mother’s name is Indira. Tanvi has an elder sister named Riddhima Sonigra, who is a dancer.
Tanvi Sonigra with her family
Career
Theatre Artist
In 2014, she began her theatre journey by performing in several intercollegiate plays and state-level festivals including Thespo, Adi Marzban, IPTA, and Bhavai. She acted and puppeteered in a multilingual and devised play called Mujer with the UK-based director Trina Halder and acted in a dramatized reading of ‘You Shall Give Me Grandsons.’ Tanvi has been a part of many productions by well-known directors such as Manoj Shah, Kamlesh Mohta, and Abhishek Majumdar. She has also been the stage manager of a number of shows for theatre directors including Sheena Khalid, Puja Sarup, and Niketan Sharma. After graduating from NSD, she performed in an interdisciplinary art show called ‘A Mad Tea Party’ (by Ragini Singh Khushwaha and Akshat Nigam). She took part in a physical theatre workshop called Moksha- A Dance Retreat in Nature. In this workshop, she was trained under established theatre artists such as Rob Hayden, Clementine Telesfort, and Eleanore PB following which she directed and wrote a solo piece called ‘Rapunzel 2.0.’
Copywriter
In 2017, Tanvi was appointed as a copywriter and social media manager at Effinglo Official. Later, she worked as a communications manager at The Drama School in Mumbai for six months.
Actor
In 2022, she appeared as Vipassana in the popular web series Girls Hostel- season 3 and shared the screen with popular actors such as Jayati Bhatia, Ahsaas Channa, Parul Gulati, and Srishti Shrivastava, on SonyLIV.
Tanvi Sonigra (extreme left) as Vipassana in a still from the show Girls Hostel- season 3 (2022)
In 2021, she appeared in a video, which is a part of the #EmpowermentNotAge campaign. The title of the video was ‘Sorry Thank You Tata Bye-Bye!.’
Tanvi Sonigra in a still from the video titled Sorry Thank You Tata Bye-Bye!
Favourites
- Track: tous les mêmes & quand c’est?
- Singer: Paul van Haver (stage name Stromae)
Facts/Trivia
- Tanvir is a cat lover and often shares pictures of various cats on her social media.
Tanvi Sonigra posing with a cat
- She likes to drink beer on various occasions.
- Tanvi likes to dance and her favourite dance form is freestyle.
- She follows a non-vegetarian diet.
- Tanvi modelled at the Lakme Fashion Week for a brand called The Pot Plant Clothing for their theme ‘Performance Art meets Fashion.’