{{short description|Indian actress (born 1958)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox pageant titleholder | name = Swaroop Sampat | image = Swaroop Sampat.jpg | caption = Rawal in 2014 | imagesize = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1958|11|3}} | birth_place = Gujarat, Bombay State, India | birth_name = Swaroop Sampat | other_names = Swaroop Rawal | spouse = {{marriage|Paresh Rawal|1987}} | occupation= {{hlist|Actress|model|producer}} | title = Miss India Universe 1979 | competitions = Miss India 1979<br />(Winner) | alma_mater=University of Worcester | children = 2, including Aditya }}
'''Swaroop Sampat''' (born 3 November 1958), also known as '''Swaroop Rawal''',<ref>{{cite web |title=Swaroop Rawal |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Swaroop-Rawal |website=ResearchGate |access-date=4 October 2025}}</ref> is an Indian actress and beauty pageant titleholder who has acted in several Hindi language films.
She is known for her roles in the films ''Naram Garam'' and ''Nakhuda'' (both released in 1981) and is known for her performance in television serials like ''Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi'' (1984). She started her career as a model and won the title of Femina Miss India Universe 1979 and represented India at Miss Universe 1979 pageant.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/miss-india-winners-2012-1964/1980-1971/articleshow/5022042.cms |title=1980-1971 - Beauty Pageants - Indiatimes |website=Femina Miss India}}</ref><ref name="Recipe">{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/the-right-recipe/article2243650.ece |title=The right recipe |date=14 April 2007 |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref>
==Early life and education== [[File:Swaroop Sampat and Paresh Rawal.jpg|thumb|right|Paresh Rawal and Swaroop Sampat at the screening of the film ''Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!'']] Swaroop was born to Bachu Sampat, an actor associated with Gujarati theatre, and Mrudula Sampat, a surgical oncologist.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Chhabra |first=Aseem |date=16 July 2010 |title=The many lives of Swaroop Sampat Rawal |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/tv-the-many-lives-of-swaroop-sampat-rawal/20100715.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241217095509/https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/tv-the-many-lives-of-swaroop-sampat-rawal/20100715.htm |archive-date=17 December 2024 |access-date= |work=Rediff.com}}</ref> She belongs to a Bhatia family.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Karki |first=Manisha |date=30 May 2024 |title=Paresh Rawal Birthday: When Actor's Wife Swaroop Sampat Revealed He Is 'Possessive' |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/paresh-rawal-birthday-when-actors-wife-swaroop-sampat-revealed-he-is-possessive |website=The Free Press Journal |quote="I am a Bhatia and he is a Brahmin, but that hardly mattered."}}</ref>
During her college days, apart from studying sciences, she would act in theatre plays, such as a Gujarati adaptation of Peter Shaffer's ''Equus'', during which she'd eventually meet her future husband Paresh Rawal.<ref name=":0" />
Years later, after becoming a mother and temporarily stopping her acting career, Swaroop obtained a PhD. in Education<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worcester.ac.uk/about/news/6755.html |title=University of Worcester - TV SOAP STAR?S PhD RESEARCH BENEFITING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS |access-date=3 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024180747/http://www.worcester.ac.uk/about/news/6755.html |archive-date=24 October 2007}}</ref> from the University of Worcester.<ref>{{cite web |title=Swaroop Sampat-Profile |url=http://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/photoshow/8115924.cms?curpg=2 |work=The Times of India |access-date=7 April 2015}}</ref> She did her doctoral thesis on using drama to enhance life skills in children with learning disabilities.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Teaching-life-skills-is-now-her-role/articleshow/5158046.cms |title=Teaching life skills is now her role | Ahmedabad News - Times of India |website=The Times of India |date=25 October 2009}}</ref> In 2010, she released a book on the subject, ''Learning Disabilities in a Nutshell: Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia, Dyspraxia'', which had a foreword by actor Aamir Khan, who had touched upon similar themes in his 2007 movie ''Taare Zameen Par''.<ref name=":0" />
==Acting career== Swaroop Sampat became successful with the hugely popular TV comedy show ''Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi'', where she played the role of Shafi Inamdar's wife. She had reportedly rejected another important serial on television at that time because she found the script of ''Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi'' very touching and was sure that it connected well with common people and showed their day-to-day activities and living with simplicity. It is a decision she is happy about as the serial turned out to be an all-time hit. She also appeared in the Kamal Haasan-Reena Roy starrer ''Karishma''.
Swaroop modelled for ''Shringar,'' a kumkum company. She teaches acting to disabled children.
==Other pursuits== She is a trainer, travelling across India to conduct workshops for teachers to impart this knowledge for the benefit of children.<ref name="auto"/>
She was selected by the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to head an educational program for children.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.groundreport.com/Arts_and_Culture/Gujarat-Chief-Minister-Narendra-Modi-selected-Acto_4/2885564 |title=Narendra Modi Selects Actor Swaroop Sampat as Educational Program Head | GroundReport |access-date=3 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091116171239/http://www.groundreport.com/Arts_and_Culture/Gujarat-Chief-Minister-Narendra-Modi-selected-Acto_4/2885564 |archive-date=16 November 2009}}</ref>
She was selected as one of the top 10 Global finalists for the Global Teacher Prize conducted by Varkey Foundation, amongst 10,000 nominations from 179 countries worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=મુકેશ અંબાણીથી ઓછી સંપતિ નથી પરેશ રાવલની પત્ની હિરોઈને પણ ટક્કર આપે છે… {{!}} Rahasya |date=22 November 2020 |url=https://rahasya.onlinestauts.com/paresh-raval-wife/ |access-date=25 March 2021 |language=en-US |archive-date=12 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512160829/https://rahasya.onlinestauts.com/paresh-raval-wife/ |url-status=usurped}}</ref>
==Personal life== Swaroop is married to actor Paresh Rawal.<ref name=Recipe /> She directs and acts in plays starring her husband. They have two sons, Aniruddh and Aditya.
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Film ! Role |- | rowspan="2" | 1981 | ''Naram Garam'' | Kusum |-1991 | ''Nakhuda'' | Sonia Gupta |- | 1982 | ''Sawaal'' | Reshmi S. Singh |- | 1983 | ''Himmatwala'' | Padma |- | rowspan="2" | 1984 | ''Lorie'' | Suman |- | ''Karishma'' | Sapna |- |1985 |''Bahu Ki Awaaz'' |Kavita |- | rowspan="2" |1986 |''Karamdaata'' |Neeta |- |''Trikon Ka Chautha Kon'' |Manisha |- | 2002 | ''Saathiya'' | Shanti |- | 2013 | ''Saptapadii'' | Swati Sanghvi |- | 2016 | ''Ki and Ka'' | Mamta Sahni |- |2019 | ''Uri: The Surgical Strike'' |Suhashini Shergill |- |2021 |''The White Tiger'' |The Great Socialist |}
==Television==
{| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Show ! Role |- | 1984 | ''Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi'' | Renu |- | rowspan="4" | 1990 | ''Yeh Duniyan Gazab Ki'' | |- |''Deviji'' | Sarita |- |''Biwi Toh Biwi Saala Rey Saala'' | Lakshmi |- |''Shanti'' | |- | 1995 | ''All the Best'' | |- | 2022 |''Zindagi in Short'' | |}
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Swaroop Sampat}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080128200119/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=083a483e-feb4-498f-8a6d-b93ad37e92fb I wasn't an actress to begin with: Swaroop Sampat] interview at Hindustan Times *{{Bollywood Hungama person|swaroop-sampat}}
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