Nisha Kothari often credited as Amoga or Priyanka Kothari is a famous actress who appears in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali films. She was born on 30th November 1983 in Kolkata. She hails from a Marwari Jain family. Her father has a chemicals business and her mother is a homemaker. Nisha can speak multiple languages like Rajasthani, Bengali, English and Hindi. Nisha shifted to Delhi after completing her 10th grade. In Delhi, she attended Dayal Singh College and got her bachelors degree in Chemistry.
After completing studies, Nisha became a model and appeared in many advertising campaigns. Her breakthrough in her career was given her by the actor Madhavan who recommended her for an audition. Her debut film is a Tamil film 'Jay Jay'. She was credited as Amoga in the film. Nisha's debut film in Bollywood is 'Sarkar' which was directed by Ram Gopal Varma, in 2005. In the same year she was seen in 'James' directed by Rohit Jugraj. Her next movie was 'The Killer' opposite Emraan Hashmi. After that, Nisha was seen in the less considerable roles in many films. Recently she was seen in 'Bin Bulaye Baraati'.
Currently she is busy filming her south Indian projects.