Raveena Tandon is an Indian actress, producer, and former model. She has received one National Film Award and two Filmfare Awards. She attained popularity for female-centric roles in the later part of her career. She has mainly worked in Bollywood films, though she has appeared in a few movies of Telugu, Tamil and Kannada cinema as well.

Tandon made her acting debut opposite Salman Khan in Patthar Ke Phool (1991), and won a Filmfare Award for Lux New Face of the Year for her performance in the film. During the 1990s, she was part of several commercial successes such as Dilwale (1994), Mohra (1994), Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (1996) and Ziddi (1997), among others.

Despite attaining popularity, her main successful period evolved in the early 2000s, when she ventured into more serious roles and turned towards arthouse and parallel cinema. She got high critical acclaim for her performances in films like Aks (2001), Satta (2003), Shool (1999) and Sandhya (2002).

She was at the peak of her career in 2002, when she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in Kalpana Lajmi's Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence (2001). She had established herself as a leading actress of Bollywood.

She was a commercial successful actress of her time. She rose to prominence in the early 2000s. She was praised by many critics for her acting skills. Apart from acting she has also been involved with many social organizations. In 2012 she appeared as host on the TV show Isi Ka Naam Zindagi.

In 2015, she made a comeback to Bollywood in longtime friend Anurag Kashayp’s magnum opus Bombay Velvet. Raveena featured as a jazz singer in Bombay Velvet, along with actors Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma.