- Usha has worked in feature films, short films, television since her debut in 2007.
She is best known for her role in the 2012 film, Dhag, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the 60th National Film Awards for her courageous and challenging portrayal of a poor rural woman who demands better opportunities for her son, instead of working at the village's cremation ground like her husband.
Usha recently featured in Ram Gopal Verma's Veerappan. Where she plays Muthulakshmi wife of Veerappan. Where she got praises from all critics and audiences for her natural portrayal. She has also featured in various independent films including the India/Australian co-production Salt Bridge in 2015 and Lucknow Times in 2015.
She has also appeared in many commercial ad campaigns since her rise to prominence in 2012.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Peter Ziebert - In 2019, she received the Silver Peacock Best Actor Female award at 50th (IFFI, Goa) International Film Festival of India, Goa for her work in Mai Ghat : Crime No 103/2015. In 2019, she also received Best Actress in NYC South Asian International Film Festival, New York for her work in Mai Ghat : Crime No 103/2015. In 2020, she received Best Actor Female award in IndoGerman Film Week International Film Festival, Berlin for her work in Mai Ghat : Crime No 103/2015. In 2020 she worked in a Spanish film Reset. There are 7 short films by 7 directors. Usha acted in La Nueva Normalidad, directed by Alejandro Cortés Calahorra, written by Alex Rodrigo and produced by Aragon TV.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Usha Jadhav
- In the year 2019 Usha received the Silver Peacock Best Actor Female award in the International Film Festival of India (IIFI), Goa in an International Competition for her performance in the film Mai Ghat: Crime no 103/2005. For the same film, she has also received the Best Actress award in NYC South Asian International Film Festival, New York, and in the year 2020 in Indo-German Filmweek Festival, Berlin. In the year 2020, she worked in a Spanish Film Reset, produced by Aragón TV. There are 7 short films directed by 7 directors. Usha is part of the short film La Nueva Normalidad directed by Alejandro Cortés Calahorra.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Surabhi Singh
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