 Roy made her film debut opposite Prosenjit Chatterjee in Tapan Sinha's much acclaimed Bengali film "Atanka" (1986), which earned her the BFJA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting role in 1987.Earlier, she had worked in a film called "Tina", directed by Dinen Gupta, but it was never released.She rose to stardom after she acted opposite Tapas Paul in Tapan Saha's Amar Bandhan (1986).