Debashree Roy is an Indian actress who has performed in over hundred films. She is a National Award winner actress and known for her work in Bengali cinema. She has been a highly successful leading actress in Bengali cinema throughout eighties and nineties as well as a critically acclaimed actress. She started her career as a child artist in a Bengali film named Pagal Thakur (1966) directed by Hiranmoy Sen. She was launched as an adult actress in Arabinda Mukhopadhyay's Bengali flick Nadi Theke Sagare (1978). She shot to a wider recognition after she had been cast in Aparna Sen's directorial debut 36 Chowringhee Lane (1981). She made her Hindi debut in Kanak Mishra's Jiyo To Aise Jiyo (1981) under Rajshri Productions. Her other Hindi films include Desh Gautam's Bura Aadmi (1982), Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao's Justice Chaudhury (1983), Mukul Dutt's Phulwari (1984), Akash Jain's Seepeeyan (1984), Vijay Singh's Kabhi Ajnabi The (1985), Kanak Mishra's Pyar Ka Sawan (1989), Bhabendra Nath Saikia's Kaal Sandhya (1997). In 1985, she acted in Tarun Majumdar's romantic flick Bhalobasa Bhalobasa which was a major success at box office. This film ensured Roy's pairing with Tapas Paul as the leading on-screen pairing of nineteen eighties. Her other major hits with Paul are Lalmahal (1986), Uttar Lipi (1986), Arpan (1987), Shankhachur (1988), Surer Sathi (1988), Surer Akashe (1988), Nayanmani (1989), Chokher Aloy (1989), Shubha Kamana (1991), Mayabini (1992), Phire Paoa (1993), Tobu Mone Rekho (1994), Putrabadhu (1998).

Debashree Roy filmography
Debashree Roy in a still from Ajay Kar's Bengali film Bishbriksha
Notable work	Major critical success 36 Chowringhee Lane Unishe April Kaal Sandhya Asukh Dekha Prohor Shilpantar Shukno Lanka Major commercial success Kuheli Nadi Theke Sagare Dadar Kirti Troyee Bhalobasa Bhalobasa Chokher Aloy Yuddho Last Hit Antaraal

Roy had also hits with Prosenjit Chatterjee and Chiranjeet Chakraborty. Her pairing with Chakraborty conveyed major hits like Mouna Mukhar (1987), Heerer Shikal (1988), Papi (1990), Tomar Rakte Amar Sohag (1993), Bhoy (1996), Beyadap (1996), Jiban Jouban (1997), Joddha (1987), Debanjali (2000). Her hits with Chatterjee are Samrat O Sundari (1987), Debi Baran (1988), Ora Charjon (1988), Jhankar (1989), Ahankar (1991), Raktelekha (1992), Purushottam (1992), Rakter Swad (1993), Shraddhanjali (1993), Nati Binodini (1994) and Unishe April (1994). She has been cited as "the reigning queen of Bengali commercial cinema." Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee described her as the finest actress in Kolkata.^[12]