Reema Debnath was born on November 13, 1979 in Agartala, Tripura, India. Her father, Surendra Debnath is a retired civil servant and her mother, Hiran Bala Debnath is a homemaker. Her younger sister, Iren Debnath is a psychologist. Reema herself is a Graduate in Commerce from Calcutta University. Along with her graduation she had obtained Diploma in Modern Office Management from West Bengal State Council and Certificate in Computing from IGNOU. Also, she had prepared herself for Masters' in Computer Application from IGNOU which she couldn't complete. Later, she studied and performed in the Kolkata Film & Television Institute, also known as KFTI. After successful completion of Diploma in Acting from Kolkata, Reema had joined a theatre named Nalini Kalamanch in Mumbai and started getting offers in TV serials, advertisement and films, both Hindi and regional. Reema is the first child from her family who obtained Acting (Performing Art) as her career. She is the first actress from the state of Tripura working in Indian Hindi Film & TV Industry, also known as Bollywood. Debnath is a Life Member of Cine & TV Artistes' Association, also known as CINTAA in Mumbai. She has worked for various TV Shows in various channels, few prominent ones are Jai Shri Krishna for COLORS channel and Chandramukhi for DD National. Many episodic and to name a few, CID for Sony, Aahat for Zee, Jyoti for NDTV imagine etc. Few ads like Zen Mobile in 2010, Nokia ringtone in 2008, Teleshopping in 2008 and 2009 etc. Hindi Films like Bodyguard directed by Siddique Ismail, P.K. directed by Rajkumar Hirani, Pappu Can't Dance Sala directed by Sourabh Shukla, Machchli Jal Ki Rani Hain directed by Debaloy Dey, Namah Shivaya Shantaya directed by Abhijit Kumar. Regional films like Sindoor Daan, Dulha Albela, Daraar in Bhojpuri language and Aloy Phera in Bengali language.