Lilette Dubey was born on 13th May 1961 in Mumbai, India. She is a Sindhi and her husband Ravi Dubey, is a Saraswat Brahmin. Her mother is Leela and Lilette means ‘small Leela’.

She has two daughters, Ira and Neha.

Lilette started the Theater Action Group and has directed the play 30 Days in September. She started out in television with Newsline and Vaqalat. She plays Chandni in Aur Phir Ek Din and a headstrong mother in Raahein.

Lilette Dubey has been a part of movies like Bawandar (2000), Zubeidaa (2001), Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001) and Monsoon Wedding (2001). In Zubeidaa, she played a glamorous actress and Zubeida’s father’s mistress while Monsoon Wedding saw her as the bride?s mother.

In Mira Nair’s Vanity Fair (2004) she had a small part as Ms.Green. She had roles in Mahesh Dattani’s Morning Raga (2004) and Anjan Dutta’s Bow Barracks Forever (2004). My Brother Nikhil (2005) was about a boy diagnosed with AIDS. She played Sanjay Suri and Juhi Chawla’s mother who does not know how to deal with it.

Fanaa (2006), Corporate (2006) and Saas Bahu Aur Sensex (2008) were other movies she has acted in. In 2009, she will be seen in a movie about the life of a child actor called Pankh. The movie also stars Bipasha Basu and Mahesh Manjrekar.

Movies Done By Lillete Dubey

1997 Kabhie Kabhie TV series
1999 Love You Hamesha
2000 Bawandar (English: Sandstorm) Socialite
2001 Zubeidaa Rose Davenport
2001 Gadar: Ek Prem Katha Shabana
2001 Monsoon Wedding Pimmi Verma
2002 Om Jai Jagadish Neetu’s mom
2002 Kitne Door… Kitne Paas
2003 Pinjar Tara- Puro’s mother
2003 Johnny
2003 Chalte Chalte Anna Mausi (Priya’s aunt)
2003 Baghban Shanti Patel
2003 Kal Ho Naa Ho Jaswinder “Jazz” Kapoor
2004 Lakshya Mrs. Dutta, Romila’s mother
2004 Vanity Fair Ms. Green credited as Lillette Dubey
2004 Morning Raga Mrs. Kapoor
2004 Sau Jhooth Ek Sach Moushami Pradhan
2004 Bow Barracks Forever Emily Lobo
2005 My Brother…Nikhil Anita Rosario Kapoor
2005 Main Aisa Hi Hoon Ritu
2005 Dosti: Friends Forever Kiran Thapar
2006 Fanaa Helen (Zooni’s Instructor)
2006 Corporate Devyani Bakshi
2006 Aap Ki Khatir Betty A. Khanna
2007 My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves Bharucha (Movie Director)
2007 Har Pal
2008 Saas Bahu Aur Sensex Anita B. Jethmalani
2008 Fauj Mein Mauj
2009 Phoonk Dr. Seema Walke
2009 Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors Santosh ‘Toshi’
2009 Mumbai Calling Amar’s Mother TV Series (season 1 episode 4 Boy to Man)
2010 Bollywood Beats Jyoti
2010 I Am 24
2010 Fun in the Army
2010 Pankh Mary D’Cunha
2010 Housefull Zulekha Bano
2010 Break Ke Baad Pammi J. Gulati
2011 Always Kabhi Kabhi Ms Das
2012 Na Jaane Kabse Monika
2012 Delhi in a Day Kalpana
2012 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Mrs. Kapoor British film
2012 I M 24
2012 Shobhna’s Seven Nights Malishka
2012 Heroine Mrs. Arora
2013 Chashme Baddoor Ms Josephine
2013 Dabba (The Lunchbox) Ila’s mother
2014 One by Two Samara Patel’s mother
2014 Dr. Cabbie Nellie Canadian film
2014 Bhaiyyaji Superhit delayed
2015 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Mrs. Kapoor
2015 A Million Rivers Roop
2016 Aksar 2
2017 Sonata
2019 3 Days to Go Matriarch Lakshmi Isaac South African Film
2019 TBA Desi Magic Mrs. Saxena
2019 TBA Tadka Samantha

Short films Done By Lillete Dubey

2018 Purana Pyaar Mrs. Sharma Hindi Finalist for Filmfare Short Film Awards

Television And Web Series Done By Lillete Dubey

1997 Idhar Udhar DD National Shobhna Episode 16
1997 Indian Summers Channel 4 Roshana Dalal British series
2017 Adhe Adhure Hotstar Savitri Teleplay -Also Director-Hotstar Original Series
2017 Dance Like A Man Ratna
2018 Love Handles (Ep05 – PuranaPyaar) Gorilla Shorts – Youtube Mrs. Sharma Romantic Comedy Web Series
2018 Akoori (web series) Zee5 Rita Shah Comedy Web Series
2019 Queen (web series) MX Player Interviewer