Sen was born in Kolkata, West Bengal to a Bengali Hindu family. She is the daughter of Nobel Laureate and Bharat Ratna economist Amartya Sen and Padma Shri winner Nabanita Dev Sen, one of the most prominent authors in the contemporary Bengali literature. She spent her growing years in various cities across Europe, India and America.
Sen made her film debut with the movie “The Doll”. She made her first debut in Bollywood as Rani Mukherji’s 17 year old sister in the movie Black. In 2008 she appeared in the British television series Sharpe, in the episode Sharpe’s Peril.