Pragya Kapoor is a Swedish actress and model born in Borgholm while raised in Karlskrona. On 4 May 2015, she got married to director Abhishek Kapoor. She is the lead actress in Amole Gupte's movie Hawaa Hawaai. Pragya has trained in acting at the Institute of Advanced Acting and Behavioral Studies and also been actively involved in theatre post Hawaa Hawaai. She is of Indian origin.