Sandhya Roy (Bengali: সন্ধ্যা রায়) is an Indian actress and politician. She is one of the most famous actresses of Bengali cinema and is widely acknowledged for her great acting skills and sweet and cherubic face from 1960 to 1985.Being a versatile actress,she has experimented successfully with character-roles and second leads such as playing the sister-in-law in the first movie of Tapas Paul - Dadar Kirti or in Sriman Prithviraj.She was born in Nabadip,West Bengal.