Anushka Sharma (Hindi: अनुष्का शर्मा, Kannada: ಅನುಷ್ಕಾ ಶರ್ಮ, born May 1, 1987) is model and actress in the Bollywood film industry. In 2008, she played the female lead role in the Bollywood film Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, directed by Aditya Chopra.
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 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.
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 13 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 and Fiat Palio.
On her portrayal of the character Taani in her debut film, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Anushka has been described by viewers as delivering a confident performance likened to that of a veteran actress and standing out even against her costar, Shahrukh Khan.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | Taani |
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