Background
She has a son from her first marriage who is living with his father.
She has a son from her first marriage who is living with his father.
She is known for her various characters in many Indian films as villain and in comic roles. Also a singer, she has released three popular albums titled Lakhon Mein Ek released in 1996, and Kunika which was released in 2002. She released her 3rd album named Joombish (A Mystical Journey) on 2 May 2006.
Since her teenage years, Kunika was keen to join Indian television industry as an actress.
After doing a few television serials in Delhi, she went to Mumbai to act in films. Manju Asrani wife of well known comic actor Asrani gave Kunika a first break as an actress in television serial.
Her second break was a role in television serial Adalat directed by Dheeraj Kumar. Kunika began her film career at the age of 28 in a 1988 horror Hindi movie named Kabrastan.
She was mainly involved in negative roles and bold scenes in bulk of her movies.
Kunika has done 110 films in 25 years. Then, negative roles in films like Beta, Gumraah and Khiladi followed. She acted in television serial called Kana Phoosi on Doordarshan and in Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara on Star Plus.
She was also seen in the reality television show Box Cricket League on Sony Entertainment as a fielder from the team Pune Anmol Ratn, while most recently she played the character of Maharani Durgawati in television serial Akbar Birbal on Big Magic.
She is currently seen in &television show Dilli Wali Thakur Gurls as a loud goan Christian Juliet Bai.
