Koel Purie

Koel Purie Rinchet is an Indian actress, producer and TV presenter.

About
Purie made her debut with Rahul Bose's directorial venture Everybody Says I'm Fine! in 2001 and later featured in Road to Ladakh, starring with Irrfan Khan. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art London. Since then she has worked on 20 films in India, the United Kingdom, and Canada. She played Desdemona at the Leicester Haymarket. She has also acted in the theatre production of A Taste for Mangoes (an adaptation of Willian Dalrymple's White Mughals).

Purie has written for publications such as Cosmopolitan, DNA, Harper's Bazaar, and India Today. While living in Tokyo, Purie shot several videos to promote tourism in Japan. Purie currently lives in Paris, where she produces films through the company 185 Carat Films.

Purie hosted a talk show, On The Couch With Koel, on the Indian news channel Headlines Today. She has produced and hosted various TV shows from Great Escape for Star plus to Aaj Ki Naari for DD metro.

Koel Purie is the daughter of media tycoon Aroon Purie.

Filmography

 * Everybody Says I'm Fine! (2001)
 * American Daylight (2004)
 * Road to Ladakh (2004)
 * White Noise (2005)
 * Nazar (2005)
 * Mixed Doubles (2006)
 * Mera Dil Leke Dekho (2006)
 * The Lookalike (2006)
 * Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee (2007)
 * Amal (2007)
 * It's Breaking News (2007)
 * The Great Indian Butterfly (2007)
 * Secrets of the Seven Sounds (2008)
 * Rock On! (2008)
 * 10ml LOVE (2012)
 * The Zoya Factor (2019)
 * The Archies (2023)

TV

 * The Great Escape- Star Plus
 * Aaj Ki Naari....Deepika (all episodes)- DD Metro (1998)
 * Holby City (1 episode, 2003) - "For Better, for Worse" as Seleena Chowdhury
 * The Vice (1 episode, 2003) - "Gameboys" as WPC Charlie Carter
 * Indian Dream (2003) as Neeraj
 * As If (1 episode, 2004) - "Jamie's POV" as Travel Agent
 * Dirty War (2004) as DC Sameena Habibullah
 * The Afternoon Play (1 episode, 2005) - "Reverse Psychology" as Sonia Bhose
 * Losing Gemma (2006) as Coral
 * Fairy Tales (1 episode, 2008) - "The Empress's New Clothes" as Shekeelia
 * On the Couch with Koël (2008-2012) - Headlines Today
 * Couching with Koël (2013-2015) - India Today TV