Anushka Sharma is a Bangalore-born model and Bollywood actress. She began formal modeling training during her early teens with the help of renowned fashion consultant Prasad Bidapa, who Anushka Sharma met when she was just 15. While shopping in Bangalore, Goan-based fashion designer Wendell Rodricks discovered her and offered her a chance to work with his 2007 collection.
Dreaming to make it big in the modeling industry, the 5’9” beauty moved to Mumbai, where she landed a spot on the Les Vamps Show of Goa-based designer Wendell Rodricks at the Lakme Fashion Week. During this time, Anushka Sharma was also chosen to be the finale model for Rodricks’ Spring Summer 2007 Collection. Since her show-stopping debut at the Les Vamps Show, Anushka Sharma continued to land various campaigns including Whisper, Fiat Palio, Silk & Shine as well as Nathella Jewelry, among others.
With the help of Elite Modeling Agency, who sent Sharma’s portfolio to the casting directors of an Aditya Chopra movie, Anushka Sharma won the female lead in the 2008 romantic comedy “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.” Starring alongside Shah Rukh Khan for the film, Anushka Sharma received two award nominations from Filmfare – one for “Best Actress Award” and the other for “Best Female Debut Award.” “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi” also earned Anushka Sharma a Star Screen Award nomination for “Most Promising Female Newcomer,” and a Stardust Award nomination for “Superstar of Tomorrow.” In addition, the newcomer actress won the Apsara Awards for “Best Female Debut” and the V. Shantaram Awards for “Best Female Debut.” “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi” became the 6th highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time, earning INR 850 million in India alone.
In 2010, Anushka Sharma made another movie with Yash Raj Films, this time alongside Shahid Kapoor on the comedy crime flick “Badmaa$h Company.” Playing Bulbul Singh, one of four new college graduates who decided to start a smuggling business to get rich quick, Anushka Sharma transforms from the homemaker role on her debut film, into a hot young adult caught in a web of criminal activities and a ravishing lifestyle.
Also in 2010, Anushka Sharma appeared opposite newcomer Ranveer Singh in the romantic comedy flick entitled “Band Baaja Baaraat.” Her role of Shruti Kakkar earned Anushka Sharma the Filmfare Best Actress Award nomination, the Zee Cine Award for ‘Best Female Actor,’ the Star Screen ‘Best Actress Award,’ and the ‘Best Actress in a Leading Role’ from the Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards.
With awards and nominations here and there, Anushka Sharma’s popularity reached all time high, landing on the covers of magazines “Beauty” and “Femina” for February and May 2010 respectively. In 2011, Anushka Sharma appeared on the cross-generation drama “Patiala House,” where she takes the role love interest of Parghat Singh Kahlon (played by Akshay Kumar). Her most recent project is the Hindi romantic comedy film “Ladies VS Ricky Bahl,” which is scheduled for release on December 2011.
Dreaming to make it big in the modeling industry, the 5’9” beauty moved to Mumbai, where she landed a spot on the Les Vamps Show of Goa-based designer Wendell Rodricks at the Lakme Fashion Week. During this time, Anushka Sharma was also chosen to be the finale model for Rodricks’ Spring Summer 2007 Collection. Since her show-stopping debut at the Les Vamps Show, Anushka Sharma continued to land various campaigns including Whisper, Fiat Palio, Silk & Shine as well as Nathella Jewelry, among others.
With the help of Elite Modeling Agency, who sent Sharma’s portfolio to the casting directors of an Aditya Chopra movie, Anushka Sharma won the female lead in the 2008 romantic comedy “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.” Starring alongside Shah Rukh Khan for the film, Anushka Sharma received two award nominations from Filmfare – one for “Best Actress Award” and the other for “Best Female Debut Award.” “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi” also earned Anushka Sharma a Star Screen Award nomination for “Most Promising Female Newcomer,” and a Stardust Award nomination for “Superstar of Tomorrow.” In addition, the newcomer actress won the Apsara Awards for “Best Female Debut” and the V. Shantaram Awards for “Best Female Debut.” “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi” became the 6th highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time, earning INR 850 million in India alone.
In 2010, Anushka Sharma made another movie with Yash Raj Films, this time alongside Shahid Kapoor on the comedy crime flick “Badmaa$h Company.” Playing Bulbul Singh, one of four new college graduates who decided to start a smuggling business to get rich quick, Anushka Sharma transforms from the homemaker role on her debut film, into a hot young adult caught in a web of criminal activities and a ravishing lifestyle.
Also in 2010, Anushka Sharma appeared opposite newcomer Ranveer Singh in the romantic comedy flick entitled “Band Baaja Baaraat.” Her role of Shruti Kakkar earned Anushka Sharma the Filmfare Best Actress Award nomination, the Zee Cine Award for ‘Best Female Actor,’ the Star Screen ‘Best Actress Award,’ and the ‘Best Actress in a Leading Role’ from the Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards.
With awards and nominations here and there, Anushka Sharma’s popularity reached all time high, landing on the covers of magazines “Beauty” and “Femina” for February and May 2010 respectively. In 2011, Anushka Sharma appeared on the cross-generation drama “Patiala House,” where she takes the role love interest of Parghat Singh Kahlon (played by Akshay Kumar). Her most recent project is the Hindi romantic comedy film “Ladies VS Ricky Bahl,” which is scheduled for release on December 2011.
Awards and nominations
Filmfare Awards
Nominated
- 2009: Filmfare Best Actress Award; Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi[22]
- 2011: Filmfare Best Actress Award; Band Baaja Baaraat[23]
Star Screen Awards
Nominated
- 2008: Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Female; Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
- 2011: Star Screen Award for Best Actress; Band Baaja Baaraat
IIFA Awards
- Winner
Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards
- Winner
- 2009: Best Debut (Female); Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi[25]
- 2011: Best Actress in a Leading Role; Band Baaja Baaraat[26]
Zee Cine Awards
Nominated
- 2011: Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Female; Band Baaja Baaraat[27]
- 2012: Zee Cine Awards, International Icon Female
Other awards
- 2011 - GQ Men of the Year Awards: Excellence Award.[28]
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