Vidya Balan
Vidya Balan was born in Mumbai, India. She holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from St. Xavier's College, a master's degree in sociology from Bombay University (now University of Mumbai) and has passed the junior vocal examination in carnatic music at Karnataka University. Balan is an acclaimed actress in Indian cinema, whose work has been recognised with more than fifty awards, and who was on the 2013 Cannes Film Festival jury. Balan is an ambassador for the Indian government's sanitation programmes, and, in 2014, was awarded the Padma Shri Award by the Indian government.