Kirron Anupam Kher (also Kiran[2] or, Kiron,[3][4] born 14 June 1952) is an Indian politician, actress, television personality, singer, and entertainment producer.

She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and in May 2014 was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament, from Chandigarh.

Kiran Thakar Singh Sandhu was born on 14 June 1952 in Bangalore, Mysore State, India[1] into a Punjabi Jatfamily and grew up in Chandigarh.

Her return to acting came in the mid–1990s, through theatre, with the play Saalgirah written by playwright Javed Siddiqui and directed by Feroz Abbas Khan.

[3] She then hosted three television shows, starting with the short–lived Purushkshetra on Zee TV which got attention for bringing out the discussion of alternative sexuality for the first time, while also highlighting women's issues.

In Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters) (2003),[14] a film that portrays the plight of a woman abducted during partition of India, her character not only refused to kill herself as suggested by her family, but marries her abductor and, after his death, makes an earning teaching Quran to local children.

[19][20] In October 2004, Kher made a guest appearance, along with her husband, in the American TV series ER playing Parminder Nagra's mother, Mrs. Rasgotra, in the episode "Damaged".

[21] Despite playing mostly supporting roles, her successful films include Main Hoon Na (2004), Hum Tum (2004), Veer-Zaara (2004), and Mangal Pandey: The Rising (2005), where her performance drew rave reviews.

Adding to her list of comical roles in 2008 she appeared in Singh Is Kinng, Saas Bahu Aur Sensex and Dostana, receiving her fourth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for the lattermost.

[32][33] After a woman was gang raped by an auto rickshaw driver and his accomplices in Chandigarh in 2017, she suggested that women should avoid traveling with strangers, earning widespread criticism from the opposition and social media.