Background
She is the daughter of actor Santu Mukherjee. Mukherjee spent her childhood in a self-described "simple life" with her father Santu Mukhopadhyay, younger sister Ajopa and mother Gopa. In 1998 at the age of 18, she married singer Pramit Senator, son of Rabindra Sangeet singer exponent Sagar Senator.
The marriage was unhappy, lasting two years before the couple separated.
Education
She was educated at Carmel School, Kolkata, Saint Teresa" School, and Gokhale Memorial School.
Career
Mukherjee first appeared on screens in the television serial Devdasi and made her film debut in 2003 in Hemanter Pakhi. Her first lead role came with Mastan. While working on a history degree at Jadavpur University Mukherjee was spotted by the director of the television serial Devdasi who convinced her to act in his production.
She went on to appear in other serials like Ek Akasher Niche and Protibimbo.
Mukherjee made her film debut in 2003 with the film Hemanter Pakhi directed by Urmi Chakraborty. In this film she played a small role.
Her first lead role came with Mastan directed by Ravi Kinagi. During the filming of Mastan she began dating her co-star Jeet.
Mukherjee has recently appeared in Bye Bye Bangkok and made her Hindi debut in the anthology film Mumbai Cutting.
On May 2014, Mukherjee was hospitalized in an alleged suicide bid. Under strong local protest Kolkata police detained Mukherjee"s boyfriend Sumon Mukhopadhyay. On 4 November 2014 she was caught on CCTV cameras tucking in a gold earring worth $255 (Rs12,139) in her handbag at a jewellery showroom in a posh mall in Singapore.
The shop owner made a complaint against Mukherjee to the organizer of the film festival, but no police complaint was lodged against her.
Mukherjee denied the charge and claimed that it might have happened "accidentally".