Born: 1 May 1988
Age: 22 years
Place of Birth: Bangalore
Profession: Model and Actress
Achievement: Wendell Rodrick’s finale model at the last Fashion Week
Advertisements: Silk & Shine, Whisper and Fiat Palio
Movies:
- Rab Ne Banadi Jodi [starring Shahrukh Khan and Anushka Sharma][2008]
- Badmaash Company [starring Shahid Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Meiyang Chang, Vir Das] [May 7, 2010]
- Band Baaja Baaraat [starring Ranveer Singh and Anushka Sharma] [December 10, 2010]
- Patiala House [starring Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Armaan Kirmani] [February 11, 2011]
- Ladies VS Ricky Bahl [starring Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma] [December 9, 2011]
Anushka Sharma was born to an army based family in Bangalore. Her father is a highly ranked Army Officer and her mother is a housewife. She has one elder brother who was a state-level cricketer and is now in the Merchant Navy. She studied in Army School and then excelled to achieve a graduation specialized in arts from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. She is currently studying for a degree in economics at Mount Carmel, which she is completing through correspondence. she specially know for her smile
Right from a young age, Sharma wished to make it big in the glamor world. She was once quoted as saying "I can't see myself doing anything else." With moral support from her parents, a confident Anushka enrolled in the Elite Modeling Agency. She was groomed by renowned style consultant Prasad Bidapa, whom she met when she was just 15 years of age. Bidapa admits that Anushka always had the quality to be a star.
She was the find of internationally acclaimed Goan fashion designer Wendell Rodricks. He spotted her while she was moving around in a clothes showroom in Bangalore. Their chance meeting resulted in her moving to Mumbai. She began her modeling career at the Lakme Fashion Week and was a show-stopper at Wendell Rodricks Les Vamps Show. Within a year she became a sensational model in India, and was picked to be Wendell Rodricks's finale model at the Spring Summer '07 Collection. Since then the demure looking model has done campaigns for Silk & Shine, Whisper, Nathella Jewelry and Fiat Palio.
Through the Elite Modeling Agency, her pictures reached the casting directors of Aditya Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and she was called in for an audition. After a few more auditions, she was officially cast for the female lead, Taani. On her portrayal of this character in her debut film, Anushka has been described by viewers as delivering a confident performance likened to that of a veteran actress and standing out even against her co-star, Shahrukh Khan.
She has stated that she currently has a contract to do two more movies with Yash Raj Films but is free to do films outside YRF to further her career if she wishes.
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