Koel Purie
Born
Delhi, India
Alma materRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation(s)Actress, Anchor
Years active2001–present
SpouseLaurent Rinchet
Parent
RelativesMadhu Trehan (aunt)

Koel Purie Rinchet is an Indian actress, producer and TV presenter.[1][2]

About

She made her debut with Rahul Bose's directorial venture Everybody Says I'm Fine! in 2001 and later featured in Road to Ladakh,starring with Irrfan Khan. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art London.[3] Since then she has worked on 20 films in India, the United Kingdom, and Canada. She played Desdemona at the Leicester Haymarket. She has also acted in the theatre production of A Taste for Mangoes (an adaptation of Willian Dalrymple's White Mughals). She has written for publications such as Cosmopolitan, DNA, Harper's Bazaar, and India Today. While living in Tokyo, Purie was appointed the tourism mascot by the Japanese government and shot several videos to promote tourism in Japan. Purie now lives in Paris and has started her own production company to make film, digital and video content for various platforms.

Purie hosted a talk show, On The Couch With Koel, on the Indian news channel Headlines Today. She has produced and hosted various TV shows from Great Escape for Star plus to Aaj Ki Naari for DD metro.

Koel Purie is the daughter of media tycoon Aroon Purie.[3]

Filmography

TV

  • The Great Escape- Star Plus
  • Aaj Ki Naari....Deepika (all episodes)- DD Metro (1998)
  • Holby City (1 episode, 2003) - "For Better, for Worse" as Seleena Chowdhury
  • The Vice (1 episode, 2003) - "Gameboys" as WPC Charlie Carter
  • Indian Dream (2003) as Neeraj
  • As If (1 episode, 2004) - "Jamie's POV" as Travel Agent
  • Dirty War (2004) as DC Sameena Habibullah
  • The Afternoon Play (1 episode, 2005) - "Reverse Psychology" as Sonia Bhose
  • Losing Gemma (2006) as Coral
  • Fairy Tales (1 episode, 2008) - "The Empress's New Clothes" as Shekeelia
  • On the Couch with Koël (2008-2012) - Headlines Today
  • Couching with Koël (2013-2015) - India Today TV

References

  1. ↑ "Bikini babe, Koel Purie?". The Times of India. 11 July 2008.
  2. ↑ "Koel Purie hot photos: The 'Rock On!' actress' steamy bikini looks are just too hot to handle!". Archived from the original on 29 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 Roy, Amit (17 December 2004). "Red Hot". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 28 January 2005. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
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