Navya Singh
Born (1989-12-23) 23 December 1989
Katihar, Bihar, India
Occupation(s)Actress, model, Dancer
Years active2016–present
ParentParamJeet Kaur (mother)[1]

Navya Singh is an Indian actress, model, and dancer.

Early life

Navya Singh was born in a conservative Sikh family in Lakshmipur, a village in Katihar District, Bihar.[2] She experienced gender dysphoria as a boy, and began presenting herself as female when she was a teenager. She moved to Mumbai in 2011, and changed her first name to Navya. After a brief period of living with a relative who did not support her gender identity, she moved within Mumbai and started working as a dancer. When she decided to go through sex reassignment surgery, her mother travelled to Mumbai in order to support her through the process.[3]

Career

Acting and dancing

Before becoming a model, she worked as a dancer in films and television serials.[3] In 2017, she appeared on television in the crime show Savdhaan India on Life OK Channel, and in the music video Shiver by Monica Dogra.[4]

In the 2021 movie Pledge To Protect, she performed a dance number.[5]

She has criticised the Indian film industry for casting cisgender actors as transgender people, for not casting transgender men and women as male and female roles, and for the portrayals of transgender individuals in Bollywood movies, describing such characters as "...objects of ridicule, or lust not love".[6]

Modelling

Her first appearance as a model was at the Lakme Fashion Week in 2016, where she was the only trans woman who participated.[7] She has modelled clothes designed by Wendell Rodricks[8] and Archana Kochhar.[2]

In 2018, she was the brand ambassador of Miss Transqueen India, a beauty pageant for trans women.[9]

Awards

  • Winner of Jury Award at 10th Newsmakers Achievers’ Awards[10][11]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes Ref.
2022 Pledge To Protect Dancer Item Number [5]

Music videos

YearTitleSinger(s) Label Ref.
2021 Sambhal Jao Zakir Sadani SH Music [2]
Udan Chho Daroo Arvinder Singh Apeksha Music [2]
Kudi Patola Gazi King Voice of Heart Music [2]
2020 Desi Girl Chant Kumari Suraj Kumari Suraj
2016 Shiver Monica Dogra Walkabout Films [4][12]

Television

YearTitleRole Ref.
2017 Savdhaan India-S70 E35 Mona [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "छोटे से गांव से निकला छोरा, मुंबई की गोरी छोरी बन मचा रही है धमाल, नाम है नव्या..." zeenews.india.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Navya Singh, Model and Actor awarded Dadasaheb Phalke Award". www.aninews.in.
  3. 1 2 Harindran, Nirmal (4 August 2017). "Misidentified". indianexpress.com.
  4. 1 2 "Monica Dogra launches the video of 'Shiver'". The Times of India.
  5. 1 2 "Transqueen Navya Singh to be seen in her next Bollywood flick Pledge to Protect". www.mid-day.com.
  6. ↑ "What's important - Star power or authenticity? Bollywood's casting conundrum with 'Gangubai Kathiawadi', 'Chakda 'Xpress' and more - #BigStory - Times of India". The Times of India.
  7. ↑ Meet Navya Singh. Indian Express.
  8. ↑ "Photos: Striding towards empowerment through Miss Trans Queen India 2019". www.hindustantimes.com. 5 October 2019.
  9. ↑ "At Delhi mall, transgenders say with pride they're Born This way". The Times of India. 12 September 2018.
  10. ↑ "The Winners of 10th Newsmakers Achievers' Awards". Afternoon Voice. 2 May 2019.
  11. ↑ "10th Newsmakers Achievers Award 2019". Fiji Times. 5 May 2019. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  12. ↑ "Monica Dogra Wants to Start Conversation on Sexuality With Shiver". www.ndtv.com.
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