Editing Gracy Singh (section)

==Career==

Born in [[Delhi]], India,<ref name="indiatimes"/> Singh began her career touring with the dance group "The Planets".<ref name="arch_Grac">{{Cite web |title=Gracy Singh performs |last=Bhayani |first=Viral |work=Deccan Chronicle |access-date=26 August 2016 |url=http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/130214/entertainment-bollywood/gallery/gracy-singh-performs |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011074643/http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/130214/entertainment-bollywood/gallery/gracy-singh-performs |archive-date=11 October 2016 }}</ref> Her first acting role was in the 1997 television soap, ''[[Amanat (Indian TV series)|Amanat]]''. In 1999 she was seen in Bengali Film ''Sundori Bou''. She then went on to star opposite [[Aamir Khan]] in [[Ashutosh Gowariker]]'s epic sports-drama ''[[Lagaan]]'', where she played a village belle. She was nominated in this role for the [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut]],{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} and won the [[Screen Award for Best Female Debut|Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female]].<ref name="trib_TheT">{{Cite web |title='Lagaan', 'DCH' sweep Screen awards - Nation |agency=United News of India |work=The Tribune |location=Chandigarh, India |date=20 January 2002 |access-date=26 August 2016 |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020120/nation.htm#1}}</ref>

Post ''Lagaan'', Singh appeared in a few successful films in Hindi and Telugu including ''[[Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.]]''<ref name="indi_Laga">{{Cite web |title=Lagaan actress Gracy Singh back on TV after 13 years |last=Shrivastava |first=Vipra |work=India Today |date=26 November 2015 |access-date=26 August 2016 |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/lagaan-actress-gracy-singh-back-on-tv-after-13-years-santoshi-maa-munna-bhai-mbbs-deshdrohi/1/532088.html}}</ref> and ''[[Santosham (2002 film)|Santosham]]''. She has also starred in [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] films such as ''Lakh Pardesi Hoye''<ref name="arch_Here">{{Cite web |title=Here's Gracy! |last=Mathur |first=Siddhartha |work=The Indian Express |date=14 December 2009 |access-date=26 August 2016 |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/here-s-gracy-/553744/}}</ref> and a [[Malayalam]] film ''[[Loudspeaker (2009 film)|Loudspeaker]]'' directed by Jayaraj.<ref name="sify_Grac">{{Cite web |title=Gracy Singh in Loud Speaker |work=Sify |access-date=26 August 2016 |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/gracy-singh-in-loud-speaker-imagegallery-malayalam-jjqqAXafeiesi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827093454/http://www.sify.com/movies/gracy-singh-in-loud-speaker-imagegallery-malayalam-jjqqAXafeiesi.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 August 2016 |via=Moviebuzz}}</ref>

In 2015, Singh returned to television, playing [[Santoshi Mata|Goddess Santoshi]] in the series ''[[Santoshi Maa (TV series)|Santoshi Maa]]'' on [[&TV]].<ref name="time_Grac2">{{Cite web |title=Gracy Singh repeats her 'Lagaan' look on TV |last=Maheshwri |first=Neha |work=The Times of India |date=23 November 2015 |access-date=26 August 2016 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Gracy-Singh-repeats-her-Lagaan-look-on-TV/articleshow/49893902.cms}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 November 2015 |title=Lagaan actress Gracy Singh back on TV after 13 years |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/soaps/story/lagaan-actress-gracy-singh-back-on-tv-after-13-years-santoshi-maa-munna-bhai-mbbs-deshdrohi-274501-2015-11-26 |access-date=12 February 2022 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>