Roy was conferred with BFJA Award for Best Actress (1992) for the first time for her performance in Indar Sen's Bengali film "Thikana" (1991). She was conferred with the National Film Award for Best Actress (1995) as well as BFJA Award for Best Actress (1997) for her role in Rituparno Ghosh's National Award winning Bengali film "Unishe April" (1994). She collaborated with Rituparno Ghosh for the second time in his National Award winning Bengali film "Asukh" (1999) which once again earned her the BFJA Award for Best Actress (2000). She was also critically acclaimed for her performances in films such as "Anutap" (1992), "Sandhyatara" (1994), "Kaal Sandhya" (1997), "Prohor" (2002) and "Shilpantar" (2004).