Anushka Sharma

Anushka Sharma (Hindi: अनुष्का शर्मा, Kannada: ಅನುಶ್ಕಾ ಶರ್ಮಾ, pronounced [ənʊʂkaː ˈʃərmaː]; born 1 May 1988)[2] is an Indian actress and former model who appears in Bollywood films. In 2008, she made her screen debut in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, directed by Aditya Chopra.

Background
Sharma was born in Bangalore. Her father, Col. Ajay Kumar Sharma, is an army officer and her mother Ashima Sharma is a housewife. She has an elder brother named Karnesh[3] who was a state-level cricketer and is now in the Merchant Navy. She studied in Army School and graduated with specialization in arts from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore.[4] She then moved to Mumbai to further her modeling career, where she currently resides.

[edit] Career
Sharma says she originally wished to make it big in the modeling world but had no strong aspirations for films.[4] 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 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 calibre 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. Harshita Kohli of StarBoxOffice.com said, "Anushka Sharma goes from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi housewife to super hot chic in Badmaash Company...Her acting is under stated and there are no histrionics that you normally associated with females in Bollywood films which makes it a pleasant surprise."[5]

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 near Diwali 2010.[6] She has also started filming for her third Yash Raj Film, directed by Maneesh Sharma and costarring debutant Ranveer Singh.[7]

[edit] Filmography
Year Title Role Other notes
2008 Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Taani Nominated, Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Female
Nominated, Filmfare Best Female Debut Award
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
2010 Badmaash Company Bulbul Singh
Patiala House Simran Filming
Shaadi Mubarak Shruti Filming

[edit] Awards and nominations
[edit] Filmfare Awards
Nominated

2009: Filmfare Best Actress Award; Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi[8]
2009: Filmfare Best Female Debut Award: Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi[8]
[edit] Star Screen Awards
Nominated

2009: Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Female; Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
[edit] Stardust Awards
Nominated

2009: Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Female; Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
[edit] Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards
Winner

2009: Best Debut (Female); Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi