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Divya Agarwal
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Agarwal in 2023
Born (1992-12-04) 4 December 1992 (age 32)
Occupation
  • Actress
  • model
  • dancer
Years active 2017–present
Television
  • MTV Splitsvilla 10
  • Ace of Space 1
  • Bigg Boss OTT 1
Spouse(s)
Apurva Padgaonkar
(m. 2024)

Divya Agarwal (born 4 December 1992) is an Indian actress, model and dancer known for participating in several reality shows. She is the runner-up of MTV Splitsvilla 10 and winner of Ace of Space 1, Bigg Boss OTT 1. She made her acting debut with the horror web series Ragini MMS: Returns 2.

Background and early career

Agarwal got her master's degree in journalism. She trained in dance from Terence Lewis Dance Academy, and then opened her own dance academy called Elevate Dance Institute. She has choreographed several actresses like Ileana D'Cruz, Sunny Leone and Shilpa Shetty. In 2010, she and a Pakistani choreographer worked on choreography for the IPL 2010.

She had also participated in several beauty pageants. In 2015, she won the title of "Miss Navi Mumbai". In 2016, she was crowned the winner of the Indian Princess pageant She also won Miss Tourism India International.

Career

Agarwal rose to fame in 2017 when she participated in MTV India's Splitsvilla 10 wherein she finished as the runner-up with Priyank Sharma.

In 2018, she would act as a mentor in MTV India's Date To Remember show. In March 2018, Agarwal and Splitsvilla 10 contestant Baseer Ali guest co-hosted an episode of On Road With Roadies. In October, she participated in MTV India's Ace of Space 1 where she emerged as the winner.

In January 2019, Agarwal starred in her first international project by participating in Travel With A Goat, broadcast on Insight TV, where she and television celebrity chef Dean Edwards travel across Bulgaria with a sheep and must decide whether to have it slaughtered or save its life. In February 2019, she made a cameo appearance in Alt Balaji's web drama Puncch Beat. In March, Agarwal and Varun Sood participated as Roadies Insiders for Roadies: Real Heroes, broadcast on Voot. Next, she hosted Voot's Voot Night Live with RJ Anmol. In December, she starred opposite Sood to play Ragini/Savitri Devi in season 2 of Alt Balaji's horror web series Ragini MMS: Returns. In 2020, Agarwal and Sood co-hosted the Ace of Space spinoff MTV Ace the Quarantine.

In 2021, Agarwal participated in Voot's Bigg Boss OTT 1 and emerged as the winner. She also portrayed a mysterious make-up artist character named Grissy in the action-drama web series Cartel.

Personal life

In 2017, She met actor and model Priyank Sharma on MTV Splitsvilla 10 where they were both runners-up. They were dating post Splitsvilla and Agarwal entered Bigg Boss 11 to part ways with Sharma.

In 2018, she met actor and former MTV Roadies contestant Varun Sood. They worked together on Roadies: Real Heroes and MTV Ace of Space. Following Ace of Space, she and Sood confirmed they are dating. On 6 March 2022, she announced on social media that they had split.

On 28 October 2020, Agarwal's father died due to complications from COVID-19.

On 4 December 2022, she got engaged to Apurva Padgaonkar, a businessman and restaurateur, when he proposed her on her birthday party.

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2017 The Final Exit Herself In the song "Dum Maro Dum Maro"
2018 Pratibha Herself In the song "Khelu 20/20 Rey"

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2017 MTV Splitsvilla 10 Contestant 1st runner-up
2017 Bigg Boss 11 Herself Guest
2018 Box Cricket League 3 Contestant
2018 MTV Roadies Xtreme Herself Guest
2018 A Date to Remember Mentor
2018 MTV Ace of Space 1 Contestant Winner
2019 Travel with a Goat Co-host Episode "Sheep"
2019 Roadies: Real Heroes Roadies Insider
2020 MTV Ace the Quarantine Host
2021 Bigg Boss OTT 1 Contestant Winner
2022 Bigg Boss 15 Herself Guest

Web series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2019 Puncch Beat Herself Guest
2019 Ragini MMS: Returns Ragini Season 2
2021 Cartel Grizzey
2022 Abhay Harleen Season 3
2022 Lock Upp Herself Guest
2023 Fuh Se Fantasy Anjali Season 2

Music videos

Year Title Singer(s) Notes Ref.
2017 "Bewafa" Siddharth Bhatt
2017 "Hume Tumse Pyaar Kitna" Ramji Gulati, Tushar Jules Title song cover
2017 "Dil Ko Tumse Pyar Hua" Harish Moyal, Ramji Gulati Song cover from the film Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein
2018 "Aho Raya Mala" Vaishali Mhade Song from the film Friendship Band
2018 "Bob Marley" Suyyash Rai, Star Boy Loc
2018 "Chance" Bobby Newberry
2019 "Baby Baby" AB Rockstar
2019 "Naam Ada Likhna" Madhubanti Bagchi, Shreyas Puranik Song cover from the film Yahaan
2020 "Fitrat" Suyyash Rai
2021 "Kareeb" Vishal Dadlani Dance cover
2021 "Ishq Nibhava" Nitin Gupta, Rupali Jagga
2021 "Koi Sehri Babu" Shruti Rane
2022 "Dur Hua" Asim Riaz
2022 "Bechari" Afsana Khan
2022 "Resham Ka Rumal" Shruti Rane
2023 "Rista Rista" Stebin Ben
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