Shweta Tiwari (born 4 October 1980) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films and television. She is known for her performance as the main lead Prerna Sharma Basu in Ekta Kapoor's soap opera Kasautii Zindagii Kay (2001–08) and subsequently featured in several other television series including Parvarrish (2011–13), Begusarai as Bindiya Thakur (2015–16) and Mere Dad Ki Dulhan (2019–20)