An acclaimed art director and production designer, Sharmishta Roy is a three-time recipient of Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction. That super talented art director also has a National Award in her repertoire of awards; she won the award for her work in Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities (2003). The daughter of the renowned production designer, Bimal Roy, Shramishta started her career in the film industry as an assistant director with Parampara in 1993.

After her maiden film as an independent art director, Yeh Dillagi (1994), over the years, she worked in more than 30 films. Some of her notable credits as an art director include Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Mohabbatein (2000), Koi... Mil Gaya (2003), Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007) and Ok Kanmani (2015).

Apart from art direction, Sharmishta Roy has also worked as a production designer in a plethora of films and has also acted in Meenaxi: Tale of 3 Cities (2004) and Bunty Aur Babli (2005).