Miruna Magar
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Miruna Lisara Magar | |
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मिरुना लीसारा मगर | |
 Magar in 2022 | |
| Born | July 18, 1994 |
| Occupations | Actress Model |
| Years active | 2018–present |
| Known for | Kabaddi 4: The Final Match (2022), Jaari (2023) |
Miruna Lisara Magar (Nepali: मिरुना लीसारा मगर; born 18 July 1994; Nepali pronunciation: ['miɾuna 'magar]) is a Nepalese actress.
She made her film debut in 2018 with Lalpurja. She starred in a lead role in the 2022 film Kabaddi 4: The Final Match, which became the highest-grossing Nepali film of all time.[1] She starred in the 2023 film Jaari, which also became one of the highest-grossing Nepali films.[2]
Miruna Magar was born in Hong Kong; her family returned to Nepal when she was two years old.[3] Her family originally belonged to Dharan, and she lived her early years there until she was twelve.[3] Her father served in the British Army's Royal Gurkha Rifles. She migrated to London with her family when she was twelve and completed her schooling there.[4] She came back to Nepal in 2016, where she got the opportunity to learn acting.[5]
Career
Magar had her first role in the 2018 film Lalpurja;[6] she also starred in Rose in the same year.[5] In 2019, she starred in Saino and Cha Cha Hui, which mostly received negative reviews from the critics, although her performance was praised.[7] She then starred in the record-breaking Kabaddi 4: The Final Match in 2022, which became the highest-grossing Nepali film of all time, collecting over 22.73 crore.[1]
In 2022, while Magar was in promotion of her film Kabaddi 4: The Final Match, there was an incident where she claimed a monk touched her inappropriately, and she slapped him in public and humiliated him for the misbehavior. She filed a lawsuit against him, which she later dropped. They both apologised to each other. Some people called it a publicity stunt; they even protested and wanted to ban the film. Consequently, it was banned in the Indian state of Sikkim.[8] Later, when the incident started to get worse, she reached an agreement with the monk and apologized to the entire Buddhist community for the negative impact of the incident.[9]
In 2023, she starred in Jaari, which earned 13 crore in the first two weeks of its release and became one of the highest-grossing Nepali films.[2]
Magar was chosen as a brand ambassador of 12th Nepal European Union Film Festival which took place between April 28 to April 30, 2023.[10][11]