Anushka Sharma(I)
- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Anushka Sharma was born on 1 May 1988 in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. Her father, Colonel Ajay Kumar Sharma, is an army officer, and her mother, Ashima Sharma, is a homemaker. Her father is a native of Uttar Pradesh, while her mother is a Garhwali.
Her elder brother is film producer Karnesh Sharma, who earlier served in the Merchant Navy. Prior to joining the navy, Karnesh played for the under-19 Bangalore Ranji cricket team. Sharma has stated that being a military brat played an important role in shaping her as a person and contributing to her life. In an interview with The Times of India in 2012, she said, "I take pride in saying that I am an army officer's daughter even more than being an actor.
She studied in Army School and graduated with specialization in arts from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. She then moved to Mumbai to further her modeling career.
Sharma says she originally wished to make it big in the modeling world
but had no strong aspirations for films. She began her modeling career
at the Lakme Fashion Week as a model for Wendell Rodricks's Les Vamps
Show and was picked to be Rodricks's finale model at the Spring Summer
'07 Collection. Since then she has done campaigns for Silk & Shine,
Whisper, Nathella Jewelry and Fiat Palio.
Her first acting role was in Aditya Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008)
opposite Shahrukh Khan. The film was a huge success and her performance
was appreciated. Film critic Taran Adarsh said, "Anushka looks the
character and surprises you with a confident performance. It's no small
achievement to share screen space with an actor of the caliber of SRK
and Anushka manages it very well from start to end." Her second film,
Badmaash Company, also under Yash Raj Films, was released on May 7,
2010. She was praised for breaking out of the shell of the conservative
and homely Taani to play the feisty and independent Bulbul, and her
performance was applauded.
She has two other projects on hand. She began shooting for her first
venture outside of Yash Raj with Nikhil Advani and Akshay Kumar in
Patiala House in December 2009. Patiala House is scheduled to be
released on February 11, 2011. She has also started filming for her
third Yash Raj Film, Band Baaja Baaraat, directed by Maneesh Sharma and
co-starring debutant Ranveer Singh.
Her elder brother is film producer Karnesh Sharma, who earlier served in the Merchant Navy. Prior to joining the navy, Karnesh played for the under-19 Bangalore Ranji cricket team. Sharma has stated that being a military brat played an important role in shaping her as a person and contributing to her life. In an interview with The Times of India in 2012, she said, "I take pride in saying that I am an army officer's daughter even more than being an actor.
She studied in Army School and graduated with specialization in arts from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. She then moved to Mumbai to further her modeling career.
Sharma says she originally wished to make it big in the modeling world
but had no strong aspirations for films. She began her modeling career
at the Lakme Fashion Week as a model for Wendell Rodricks's Les Vamps
Show and was picked to be Rodricks's finale model at the Spring Summer
'07 Collection. Since then she has done campaigns for Silk & Shine,
Whisper, Nathella Jewelry and Fiat Palio.
Her first acting role was in Aditya Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008)
opposite Shahrukh Khan. The film was a huge success and her performance
was appreciated. Film critic Taran Adarsh said, "Anushka looks the
character and surprises you with a confident performance. It's no small
achievement to share screen space with an actor of the caliber of SRK
and Anushka manages it very well from start to end." Her second film,
Badmaash Company, also under Yash Raj Films, was released on May 7,
2010. She was praised for breaking out of the shell of the conservative
and homely Taani to play the feisty and independent Bulbul, and her
performance was applauded.
She has two other projects on hand. She began shooting for her first
venture outside of Yash Raj with Nikhil Advani and Akshay Kumar in
Patiala House in December 2009. Patiala House is scheduled to be
released on February 11, 2011. She has also started filming for her
third Yash Raj Film, Band Baaja Baaraat, directed by Maneesh Sharma and
co-starring debutant Ranveer Singh.