Kalki Koechlin (Actress) Bio, Career, Family, Net Worth and more!

Kalki Koechlin is a French actress and writer who works in Hindi films. She is the recipient of such accolades as a National Film Award, a Filmfare Award, and two Screen Awards. Her famous works are Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Margarita with a Straw, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Gully Boy etc.

Some Quick Facts about Kalki Koechlin

TITLE	DESCRIPTION
Name	Kalki Koechlin
Age	39 years (as of 2023)
Birthdate	10 January, 1984
Zodiac	Capricorn
Birthplace	Puducherry, India
Hobbies	Dancing, reading
Educational Qualification	Hebron School, Ooty Goldsmiths, University Of London
Occupation	French Actress and writer
Net Worth	$5 Million (as of 2023)
Nationality	Indian and French
Religion	Adopted Hinduism
Marital Status	Married to Anurag Kashyap from 2011-2015
Father’s Name	Joel Koechlin
Mother’s Name	Françoise Armandie
Sibling’s Name	Oriel Koechlin, Kochi Koechlin
Children’s Name	Saphho
Social Media Presence	Instagram: Click here Twitter: Click here Facebook: Click here

Early Life and Education

Kalki Koechlin was born in Pondicherry, India on 10 January 1984 to French parents, Joël Koechlin and Françoise Armandie, who came to India from Angers, France, after adopting Hinduism.

Kalki Koechlin’s great-grandfather, Maurice Koechlin was the chief engineer for the construction of the world-famous iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Statue of Liberty.

Koechlin’s parents are devotees of Sri Aurobindo. She spent a large amount of her early childhood in Auroville. The family later settled in Kallatty, a village near Ooty in Tamil Nadu, where Koechlin’s father established a business designing hang-gliders and ultralight aircraft.

Her parents divorced when she was fifteen. Her father moved to Bangalore and remarried, while Koechlin continued living with her mother. Koechlin has a half-brother from her mother’s previous marriage and a half-brother from her father’s subsequent marriage.

Koechlin studied at Hebron School, a boarding school in Ooty, where she was involved in acting and writing. Koechlin aspired to study psychiatry and become a criminal psychologist.

After completing her schooling at the age of 18, she moved to London and studied drama and theatre at Goldsmiths, University of London. There, she worked for two years with the theatre company Theatre of Relativity, writing The Rise of the Wild Hunt and performing in plays such as David Hare’s The Blue Room and Marivaux’s The Dispute. She worked as a waitress on weekends.

After completing her studies, Koechlin moved back to India and lived with her maternal half-brother in Bangalore. Unable to find work there, she moved to Mumbai, where she worked with theatre directors and with Atul Kumar and Ajay Krishnan, the founders of a Mumbai-based theatre company called “The Company Theatre”. They were looking for actors for a theatrical festival, Contacting the World, to be held in Liverpool.

Physical Features

Height	1.70 m (5’7″)
Weight	53 kg
Eye Color	Light Brown
Hair Color	Brown

Some Interesting Facts about Kalki Koechlin

• Kalki Koechlin is a French actress and writer who works in Hindi films.
• She is the recipient of such accolades as a National Film Award, a Filmfare Award, and two Screen Awards.
• Her famous works are Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Margarita with a Straw, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Gully Boy etc.
• Kalki’s breakthrough in Bollywood came with her role in the critically acclaimed movie “Dev.D” directed by Anurag Kashyap in 2009.
• Her portrayal of the rebellious character earned her several awards, including the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.
• Over the years, Kalki Koechlin has delivered outstanding performances in a variety of films across genres.
• From intense dramas like “That Girl in Yellow Boots” and “Margarita with a Straw” to light-hearted comedies like “Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.”

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• Koechlin also starred in Zoya Akhtar’s ensemble coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.”
• Akhtar had expressed her wish to work with Koechlin in a prior interview with NDTV, having seen her in Dev.D and the then-unreleased That Girl in Yellow Boots.
• In 2019, Koechlin starred alongside Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt in the musical drama Gully Boy. The film became a commercial hit. She won the Hindu’s MetroPlus Playwright award in 2009 for the play, “The Skeleton Woman” which she co-wrote with Prashant Prakash.
• She also co-wrote Colour Blind, a play to rediscover different aspects of the personality of Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore.
• Koechlin made her directorial debut on stage with the 2015 play Living Room.
• Koechlin married filmmaker Anurag Kashyap in April 2011. They filed for divorce on 19 May 2015.
• On 30 September 2019, Koechlin confirmed her pregnancy with her boyfriend, Guy Hershberg, an Israeli musician. Their daughter, Saphho was born on 7 February 2020 through water birth

Career

Kalki’s breakthrough in Bollywood came with her role in the critically acclaimed movie “Dev.D” directed by Anurag Kashyap in 2009. Her portrayal of the rebellious character earned her several awards, including the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Over the years, Kalki Koechlin has delivered outstanding performances in a variety of films across genres. From intense dramas like “That Girl in Yellow Boots” and “Margarita with a Straw” to light-hearted comedies like “Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.”

Koechlin was also starred in Zoya Akhtar’s ensemble coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.” Akhtar had expressed her wish to work with Koechlin in a prior interview with NDTV, having seen her in Dev.D and the then-unreleased That Girl in Yellow Boots.

Later in 2013, Koechlin appeared in a video entitled It’s Your Fault, along with VJ Juhi Pandey. Dealing with the issue of sexual assaults on women, the video mocks the mindset that blames women for provoking rapes.

In 2019, Koechlin starred alongside Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt in the musical drama Gully Boy. The film became a commercial hit. She won the Hindu’s MetroPlus Playwright award in 2009 for the play, “The Skeleton Woman” which she co-wrote with Prashant Prakash.

She also co-wrote Colour Blind, a play to rediscover different aspects of the personality of Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore. Koechlin’s other early stage appearances include Atul Kumar’s Trivial Disasters, The Real Inspector Hound, Ajay Krishnan’s Hair etc.

Koechlin made her directorial debut on stage with the 2015 play Living Room. Koechlin also worked in Rajat Kapoor’s What’s Done, Is Done, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth. The first show of the play was staged on 5 June 2016 in Mumbai.

Relationships

Koechlin married filmmaker Anurag Kashyap in April 2011, at her maternal home in Ooty. The two met while filming her debut film Dev.D. On 13 November 2013, Koechlin and Kashyap issued a joint statement addressing their separation.

On 19 May 2015, they filed for divorce at a Mumbai family court. Since her divorce, she has rarely mentioned her personal life in public. She also dated an Indian actor, Jim Sarbh in 2016-17.

On 30 September 2019, Koechlin confirmed her pregnancy with her boyfriend, Guy Hershberg, an Israeli musician. Their daughter, Saphho was born on 7 February 2020 through water birth.

Favorites

Actor	Raj Kapoor, Kamal Hassan
Actress	Rekha, Kalpana
Food	Indian, Italian and Chinese
Film	Dev.D, Water, Dweepa

Net Worth and Salary

Kalki’s net worth is about $5 Million as of 2023. She is a French actress and play writer by profession.

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