Anaya Soni

Anaya Soni is an Indian serial actress and model who mainly works in the Hindi television industry. She has appeared in various soap operas and best known for her role in the show Kuchh Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi aired on Sony TV.

Anaya holds a degree in Fashion Designing from Atharva College of Fashion & Arts, Mumbai. Her mother, Shobha Soni, is a Mumbai-based businesswoman who provides costumes for skits and plays on rent.

After completing graduation, Anaya ventured into acting. She has performed in soap operas that telecast on channels such as ZEE TV, Star Plus, Dangal TV, COLORS TV, and Big Magic. Anaya has appeared in serials like Adalat, Savdha, and Ishq Mein Marjawa. In 2017, she landed a lead role in the serial Naamkarann telecasted on Star Plus. She has also appeared in one of the longest-running television Hindi shows called Crime Patrol in 2019. Anaya has played characters ranging from a cop to a homemaker. Apart from soaps, she has also acted in minor roles in movies such as Take it Easy (2015) and Hai Apna Dil Toh Awaara (2016). Anaya has also appeared in advertisements for brands like RiteBite Max Protein.

Anaya played the role of Hetal Mehta in Naamkarann directed by Mahesh Bhatt, Loknath Pandey, Faheim Inamdar, Sandeep Vijay, Jafar Shaikh and Yusuf Ansari. She shared the screen space with Aditi Rathore, Zain Imam, Reema Lagoo, Ragini Shah, Barkha Sengupta, Viraf Patel, and Sayantani Ghosh in Naamkarann. She appeared in the fifth season of Crime Patrol directed by Subramanian S Iyer.

 In 2015, Anaya’s kidneys failed and her father donated one of his kidneys to Anaya. She had been living with one kidney and in 2021, she faced the same issue. Her kidney got deteriorated and Anaya was admitted to the hospital. She was out of funds to continue her treatment. Anaya posted a video from the hospital seeking some financial help for another kidney transplant. Anaya’s mother had been running a garment business. In a fire accident, the garments were damaged and they faced a severe loss and had to shut the business.