Miruna Magar

Miruna Lisara Magar (मिरुना लीसारा मगर; born July 18, 1999) is a Nepalese actress known for her work in Nepali cinema. She made her film debut in 2018 with Lalpurja. She starred in a lead role in the 2022 film Kabaddi 4: The Final Match, which became the highest-grossing Nepali film of all time. She starred in the 2023 film Jaari, which also became one of the highest-grossing Nepali films.

Personal life
Miruna Magar was born in Hong Kong; her family returned to Nepal when she was two years old. Her family originally belonged to Dharan, and she lived her early years there until she was twelve. Her father served in the British Army's Royal Gurkha Rifles. She migrated to London with her family when she was twelve and completed her schooling there. She came back to Nepal in 2016, where she got the opportunity to learn acting.

Career
Magar had her first role in the 2018 film Lalpurja;  she also starred in Rose in the same year. In 2019, she starred in Saino and Cha Cha Hui, which mostly received negative reviews from the critics, although her performance was praised. She then starred in the record-breaking Kabaddi 4: The Final Match in 2022, which became the highest-grossing Nepali film of all time, collecting over 22.73 crore.

In 2022, while Magar was in promotion of her film Kabaddi 4: The Final Match, there was an incident where she claimed a monk touched her inappropriately, and she slapped him in public and humiliated him for the misbehavior. The monk asked for forgiveness. She filed a lawsuit against him, which she later dropped. Some people called it a publicity stunt; they even protested and wanted to ban the film. Consequently, it was banned in the Indian state of Sikkim. Later, when the incident started to get worse, she reached an agreement with the monk and apologized to the entire Buddhist community for the negative impact of the incident.

In 2023, she starred in Jaari, which earned 13 crore in its first two weeks of release and became one of the highest-grossing Nepali films.

Magar was chosen as a brand ambassador of 12th Nepal European Union Film Festival which took place between April 28 to April 30, 2023.