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Tanya Maniktala Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 16, 2026 • 2 min read

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Date of birth1997

BirthplaceNew Delhi, India

ProfessionActor

NationalityIndian

Marital statusUnmarried

FamilyBrother - Abhijeet Maniktala; Sister - Sanya Maniktala

Tanya Maniktala Biography

Tanya Maniktala is an Indian actor from New Delhi best known for her breakout role as Ishita in the 2018 web series Flames. A graduate in English from Shiv

Early life and background

Tanya Maniktala was born in New Delhi in 1997 and grew up in the city she still lists as her hometown. She completed her undergraduate studies at Shivaji College, University of Delhi, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature. She is known to have a brother, Abhijeet Maniktala, and a sister, Sanya Maniktala. Maniktala goes by the nickname Tanu.

Career

Maniktala’s onscreen breakthrough came with the 2018 web series Flames, in which she played the character Ishita. The part brought her wider recognition and established her as a rising performer in Hindi web content. Her professional debut is therefore recorded as the web series Flames (2018).

Before and alongside her acting work, Maniktala has appeared in videos produced for the YouTube channel The Timeliners. In 2018 she began contributing to digital media behind the scenes as well, taking on a writing internship with the media website The Social Rush. On 19 October 2018 she launched a YouTube channel under her own name.

In 2019 Maniktala was selected by filmmaker Mira Nair for the BBC’s six-part adaptation of Vikram Seth’s novel A Suitable Boy. The project assembled a cast that included established performers such as Tabu and Ishaan Khatter and marked a step into larger-scale television production for her.

Public profile

Maniktala is an Indian national and, as of the latest available information, unmarried. She has shared some personal preferences publicly, citing Ranveer Singh as a favourite actor and naming Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit among her favourite actresses. Her preferred colours include pink and black. She is also reported to be proficient in Spanish.

Latest updates

Following Flames, Maniktala continued to expand her profile through acting roles on digital platforms and participation in the high-profile BBC adaptation of A Suitable Boy in 2019. Her activity on YouTube and prior work with online content creators and media outlets indicate a continued presence across both performance and digital media projects.

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Recent Work

Flames

Played Ishita in the 2018 web series; her debut role that brought her recognition.

2018
A Suitable Boy

Cast by Mira Nair in the BBC six-part TV adaptation of Vikram Seth's novel alongside actors including Tabu and Ishaan Khatter.

2019
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Career Highlights

  1. Breakthrough role as Ishita in the web series Flames (2018)
  2. Cast in Mira Nair’s BBC adaptation of A Suitable Boy (2019)
  3. Worked with The Timeliners and started a personal YouTube channel in October 2018
  4. Wrote as an intern for The Social Rush in 2018
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Tanya Maniktala was born on 1997.

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