Sukirti Kandpal

In February 2019, it was announced that she will be making a comeback with & TV's Laal Ishq but she pulled out at last moment from the show. In July 2019, after a hiatus of two years she was seen in a five part special crime thriller series titled "Chausar" in Savdhaan India Naya Adhyay on Star Bharat as mysterious girl Saundarya. While talking about her comeback she described her character as "mysterious" and series as "a tale of vengeance". In 2020, she will be seen in first ever show based on In vitro fertilization on Indian television titled Nine Months on SET.

In 2017, she made a comeback to fiction in season 2 of Zee TV's Kaala Teeka as Naina Yug Choudhary. After this, she took a conscious decision to go on a break. She stated during an interview that she had been working continuously since the age of 19 and needed some time off with the family.

In 2016, she hosted the travel-centered web series Desi Explorers. She also appeared in the episode "Grahan" of &TV's horror fiction show Darr Sabko Lagta Hai and as the haryanvi girl Rajjo on Zee TV's Tashan-E-Ishq.

In 2016, she was associated with "Sarvodaya Women Empowerment" initiative by Nainital police in her home state Uttarakhand.

In 2015, she played a journalist, Debjani Thakur, in &TV's Dilli Wali Thakur Gurls, which was one of the most popular shows that year. The show was inspired by Anuja Chauhan's novel Those Pricey Thakur Gurls, and was shot in key locations in Delhi.

She was ranked 20th Television Personality in a 2015 poll by Sabras Radio for her show Dilli Wali Thakur Gurls. She is a regular face of the annual Telly Calendar featuring popular television actresses by Marinating Films and Balaji Telefilms, and has been a part of all its six editions until 2017.

Besides doing many fiction shows, she has also been part of many reality shows such as Meethi Chhoori No. 1, Nach Le With Saroj Khan, Killerr Karaoke Atkah toh Latkah etc. In 2014, she appeared as a contestant in Bigg Boss 8.

She was included in Eastern Eye' s list of the top 50 sexiest Asian women in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. An Indian lifestyle website for men, MensXP.com, listed her among the "35 Hottest Actresses In Indian Television" and also included her among most desired actresses of Indian Television among teens from 2000s. In 2016, MissMalini.com listed her among the "28 Sexiest Hindi Television Actresses".

In 2013, she was seen as the lead in Kaisa Ye Ishq Hai..ajab sa risk hai on Life OK. She portrayed a Singaporean returned NRI Simran Khanna (Sukirti Kandpal) settling down in a patriarchal Haryanvi family for the love of her life, Rajveer (Gaurav Bajaj). The show returned with a second season.

She is described as a risk taker and experimental with her role choices. She was given the Aadhi Aabadi Women Achievers Award in 2013 along with 18 other Indian women for her outstanding contributions in her field.

After playing the lead in three shows, she took a break, and made a comeback in 2012 with the role of Jazz in Rab Se Sona Ishq. She went on to play four different persons with same face (clones) in Life OK's Hum Ne Li Hai...Shapath' s special episode "Mystery Of Clones". She later returned in a role of a runaway criminal for another episode.

Kandpal represented India (as Miss India Worldwide India) in the Miss India Worldwide contest 2011 held in Dubai, won the title Miss Bollywood Diva and was one of the Top ten contenders among the participants spanning over 30 countries. In 2016, she was one of the judges of the Mrs. India Dubai International Beauty Pageant 2016, held in Dubai. She was again part of judges panel to Mr and Miss Delhi India 2017 contest alongside Aditi Govitrikar and Shahnaz Hussain.

In 2010, she appeared as Siddheshwari Singh in Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo.

Later in 2010, she played a double role in Balaji Telefilms' supernatural romance Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani as Piyal Dobriyal Raichand / Princess Maithli opposite Vivian Dsena. The show was inspired by The Vampire Diaries and Twilight Saga, and gave her fame and recognition.

In 2009, she appeared in the official music video of the song "Teri Yaad Mein" by Kailash Kher, from the album Chaandan Mein.

In 2008, she replaced Shilpa Anand as Dr. Riddhima Gupta on the show Dill Mill Gayye which became a turning point in her career. She worked in the show for ten months and later quit the show in 2009.

In 2007, Kandpal started her television career at the age of 19 with Jersey No. 10 on Sab TV, which was an Indian adaptation of the popular American show One Tree Hill. A creative director with Cinevistaas Limited spotted her at a coffee shop and asked her to meet him later for an audition; she was selected.

Sukirti Kandpal (born 20 November 1987) is an Indian television actress. She is known for her roles 'Piya' in Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani, 'Dr. Riddhima' in Dill Mill Gayye, 'Debjani Thakur' in Dilli Wali Thakur Gurls. In 2014, Kandpal was a celebrity participant in the reality series Bigg Boss 8. She was last seen as Saundarya in ‘Savdhaan India Special Crime Series’ titled 'Chausar' (2019) on Star Bharat.