Anushka Sharma Wallpapers & Biography
Anushka Sharma is a model and actress in the Bollywood film industry. She made her Bollywood debut in the 2008 Hindi film Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, directed by Aditya Chopra. She then received critical acclaim for her performance in Band Baaja Baaraat (2010), directed by Shruti Kakkar. Both films earned her Best Actress nominations at the Filmfare Awards. Anushka Sharma married famous cricketer Virat Kohli on 11 December 2017.
Born and raised in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, Sharma got her first break as a model for fashion designer Wendell Rodricks in 2007 and moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in modelling. After a successful audition at Yash Raj Films, she signed a three-film deal with the production house and made her screen debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008). The film earned her a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. Her next two roles were also under the Yash Raj Films banner - Badmaash Company (2010) and Band Baaja Baaraat (2010).
Sharma was born in Ayodhya to parents from Garhwal, Uttarakhand. Her father, Colonel Ajay Kumar Sharma, is an Army officer and mother Ashima Sharma is a housewife. Her elder brother Karnesh, a former state-level cricketer, is now in the Merchant Navy. She studied at Army School and obtained a degree in Arts from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore She later moved to Mumbai to begin her modelling career.
Sharma says that initially she wanted to make a name in the modelling industry and was not particularly attracted to films.She began her modelling career as a model for Wendell Rodricks' Les Vamps show at the Lakme Fashion Week and was chosen as the main model for Rodricks' Spring Summer 07 collection. She has since appeared in advertisements for Silk & Shine, Whisper, Nathella Jewellery and Fiat Palio.
Her first acting role was in Aditya Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) opposite Shah Rukh Khan. Her performance was well received. The film was critically acclaimed and became a blockbuster hit. Her second film, Badmaash Company, produced by Yash Raj Films, was released on 7 May 2010.
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