MUMBAI: Television actress Avika Gor is popularly known as Anandi from Balika Vadhu among the masses. Her fans still connect with the character. Her iconic role made her a household name. She started her acting career at a very young age. 

After Balika Vadhu, the actress was also seen in the hit show Sasural Simar Ka, for essaying the role of Rolly Bhardwaj and shared screen space with actor Manish Raisinghan. Their chemistry was loved by the fans. 

Soon, their dating rumours started going around. Recently, they had hit headlines too over their secret pregnancy rumours. It was reported that the actress and Manish have a secret child. Both have dismissed these rumours and called them baseless. 

To note, Avika had participated in reality shows as well. 

Today, she has come a long way in her career and won many accolades for her acting, including the Rajiv Gandhi National Awards, Indian Television Academy Awards, among others. 

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She also enjoys a huge fan following on social media. She also became an inspiration after losing weight. Her transformation journey won many hearts and Instagram. 

Today, she is celebrating her birthday. On her special day, we have brought some interesting facts about the actress that you may not know. Scroll down below:

She is the only television actress from India to be awarded the prestigious 'Face of the Year' award in Vietnam. 

She has also acted in Bollywood movies like Morning Walk and Paathshaala. 

She is also involved in various social events for awareness like campaigns for child marriage.

Many of you may be don’t know that the actress had made her appearance on the red carpet at Cannes Film Festival. The talented actress had attended the festival with co-star Manish Raisinghan for their short film Ankahee Baatein, which was selected in the short film category. 

The actress is an ardent traveller and she loves to travel. Her Instagram feed is filled with her travel pictures. 

Avika is a big foodie and loves potatoes and junk foods. Her favourites are Pav Bhaaji and ice creams.

She is a pet lover and has got the name of her dog etched on the back of her neck. She has three more tattoos - one on her wrist, one above the ankle of her leg and another one near the collar bone.

She made her debut in Tollywood with the film Uyyala Jampala. She had also won SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut (Telugu). 

On the work front, she has been missing from the television screen for a long time. She has also not announced her new projects. 

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