Nyrraa M Banerji

Nyrraa M Banerji was born on 14 May 1987 in Mumbai Banerji learned Hindustani classical music and ghazal from her mother and used to sing children's songs.^[10] She also learned the classical dancing form Kathak but had to discontinue due to her father's transferable job.^[11] While recording a song one day, she was spotted by noted director G. V. Iyer who signed her on for the Hindi television serial Kadambari.^[10] She was supposed to play Sita's role in a film adaptation of Ramayana that G. V. Iyer was planning to shoot, but the director died and the project failed to materialise.^[11]

Banerjee, credited as Madhurima Banerjee, made her acting debut with the Telugu-language film Aa Okkadu in 2009.^[12]

Banerjee was  seen in the Telugu films like  Sardaga kasepu and  Orange, directed by Bhaskar which was followed by her  Kannada releases, Savaari 2 and Tiger,Savaari 2 saw her playing a bank manager,  . Then  her  Malayalam releases , Koothara alongside Mohan Lal and Black coffee. while in Koothara she played the role of Shaista, an NRI. She then starred in Maruthi's Kotha Janta starring Allu Sirish^[13]

In early 2015, she was seen in Puri Jagannadh's Temper,^[14] which very successful and for which she was critically acclaimed. She then appeared in one Tamil films, Sundar C's Aambala.^[15]

She also assisted director Tony D'Souza for his film Azhar.

In 2019, she played one of titular character Divya Sharma Shergill in Star Plus's Divya Drishti opposite Mishkat Varma and alongside Sana Sayyad and Adhvik Mahajan.

In 2022, she starred as titular role in Colors TV's Pishachini. In 2023 she particinated in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 13 on same channel and finished up at seventh position. In 2024 she participated in Indian reality show Bigg Boss 18 on same channel and finished up at 20th place.^[16]

In 2025 she was also seen Netflix series Khakhee - The Bengal Chapter , a Neeraj Pandey series . playing a very prominent role.