Indian actress Madhuri Dixit made her acting debut in 1984 with Abodh where she portrayed a young bride. Dixit went on to appear in several films over the next three years, including the dramas Awara Baap (1985) and Swati (1986), though none of them garnered her much recognition. The role of Mohini in N. Chandra's action romance drama Tezaab (1988) proved to be a breakthrough for Dixit. The film went on to become the highest-grossing film of that year. For her performance, Dixit received a Best Actress nomination at Filmfare. She achieved further success by featuring as the female lead in several top-grossing action-dramas, including Ram Lakhan (1989), Tridev (1989), and Kishen Kanhaiya (1990). The role of a wealthy brat in the 1990 romantic drama Dil earned Dixit her first Filmfare Award for Best Actress. The following year, she starred in another box-office hit Saajan, and won a second Best Actress award at Filmfare for portraying the role of a strong woman who rebels against her manipulative mother-in-law in the 1992 drama Beta.

She featured alongside Jackie Shroff and Sanjay Dutt in the action thriller Khalnayak (1993), one of the highest-grossing films of that year. Subsequently, she played an avenger in the drama Anjaam (1994) to positive reviews. Dixit's subsequent release was Sooraj Barjatya's Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994), a family drama which emerged as the highest-grossing Bollywood film to that point. The following year, she featured in Raja (1995) which was a blockbuster film of that year and Yaraana in which she played a woman who attempts an escape from her abusive husband. Both of her releases in 1996—Rajkumar and Prem Granth—were financial failures. Dixit's portrayal of a headstrong dancer in Yash Chopra's 1997 romance Dil To Pagal Hai was a major success, earning her a fourth Filmfare Award for Best Actress. She garnered critical acclaim for her work in the dramas Mrityudand (1997), Wajood (1998) and Pukar (2000). She portrayed five roles in the experimental film Gaja Gamini (2000).

Dixit was praised for her supporting role as a woman fighting against gender discrimination in Lajja (2001), a drama on women's rights, which performed poorly at the box-office. The year 2002 saw Dixit starring in two romantic dramas, including Devdas opposite Shah Rukh Khan, in which she played the role of Chandramukhi, a courtesan in love with an alcoholic. For the film, she won a Filmfare Award in the Best Supporting Actress category. After a five-year absence from the screen, Dixit played a leading role in Anil Mehta's dance film Aaja Nachle (2007). Despite the film's failure at the box-office, her performance was praised. The widely praised role of a con woman Begum Para in Abhishek Chaubey's black comedy film Dedh Ishqiya (2014) marked her first acting role in seven years; she received her 14th Best Actress nomination at Filmfare for it. She followed it by playing the leader of a vigilante group in the action crime drama film Gulaab Gang. Her highest-grossing release came with the adventure comedy Total Dhamaal (2019), which ranks among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time. On television, Dixit has served as a talent judge for the dance reality shows Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (2010–2014, 2022) and Dance Deewane (2018–2021).

Films

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Ref(s)
1984	Abodh	Gauri
1985	Awara Baap	Barkha
1986	Swati	Anandi
1987	Hifazat	Janki
	Uttar Dakshin	Chanda
1988	Mohre	Maya
	Khatron Ke Khiladi	Kavita
	Dayavan	Neelu Shakti
	Tezaab	Mohini	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
1989	Vardi	Jaya
	Ram Lakhan	Radha Shastri
	Prem Pratigyaa	Laxmi Rao	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
	Ilaaka	Vidya
	Mujrim	Sonia
	Tridev	Divya Mathur
	Kanoon Apna Apna	Bharathi
	Parinda	Paro
	Paap Ka Ant	Nisha
1990	Maha-Sangram	Jhumri
	Kishen Kanhaiya	Anju
	Izzatdaar	Mohini
	Dil	Madhu Mehra	Filmfare Award for Best Actress
	Deewana Mujh Sa Nahin	Anita
	Jeevan Ek Sanghursh	Madhu Sen
	Sailaab	Dr. Sushma Malhotra
	Jamai Raja	Rekha
	Thanedaar	Chanda
1991	Pyar Ka Devta	Radha
	Khilaaf	Shweta
	100 Days	Devi
	Pratikar	Madhu
	Saajan	Pooja	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
	Prahaar	Shirley
1992	Beta	Saraswati	Filmfare Award for Best Actress
	Zindagi Ek Jua	Juhi
	Prem Deewane	Shivangi Mehra
	Khel	Seema, Jhari Bhuti
	Sangeet	Sangeeta, Nirmala
	Dharavi	Dreamgirl
1993	Sahibaan	Sahibaan
	Khalnayak	Ganga Gangotri Devi	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
	Phool	Guddi
	Dil Tera Aashiq	Savitri Devi, Sonia Khanna
	Aasoo Bane Angaarey	Usha, Madhu
1994	Anjaam	Shivani Dixit Chopra	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
	Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!	Nisha Choudhury	Filmfare Award for Best Actress
1995	Raja	Madhu Garhwal	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
	Yaraana	Lalita/Shikha	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
	Paappi Devataa	Reshma
1996	Prem Granth	Kajri
	Rajkumar	Rajkumari Vishaka
1997	Koyla	Gauri
	Mahaanta	Jenny Pinto
	Mrityudand	Ketki
	Mohabbat	Shweta Sharma
	Dil To Pagal Hai	Pooja Nair	Filmfare Award for Best Actress
1998	Bade Miyan Chote Miyan	Herself	Special appearance
	Wajood	Apoorva Choudhury
1999	Aarzoo	Pooja
2000	Pukar	Anjali	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
	Gaja Gamini	Gaja Gamini, Sangita, Shakuntala, Monika, Mona Lisa
2001	Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke	Neha
	Lajja	Janaki	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
2002	Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam	Radha
	Devdas	Chandramukhi	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress Also playback singer for song "Kaahe Chhed"
2007	Aaja Nachle	Dia	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress Also playback singer for song "Soniye Mil Ja"
2013	Bombay Talkies	Herself	Special appearance in song "Apna Bombay Talkies"
	Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani	Mohini	Special appearance in song "Ghagra"
2014	Dedh Ishqiya	Begum Para	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
	Gulaab Gang	Rajjo	Also playback singer for song "Rangi Saari Gulaabi"
2018	Bucket List	Madhura Sane	Marathi language film
	Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle	Nisha (voice)	Hindi dub
2019	Total Dhamaal	Bindu Patel
	15 August		Producer
	Kalank	Bahaar Begum	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
2022	Maja Ma	Pallavi Patel
2023	Panchak		Producer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1985	Paying Guest	Neena	1 episode
2002	Kahin Na Kahin Koi Hai	Host
2010–2022	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa	Judge	Season 4–7,10
2011	Food Food Maha Challenge	Host	Season 1
2016	So You Think You Can Dance	Judge	Season 1
2018–present	Dance Deewane	Judge	Season 1–present
2022	The Fame Game	Anamika Anand	Main role

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Madhuri Dixit