Anushka Sharma

Born 1 May 1988 (age 24)[1]
Nationality Indian
Occupation Model, Actress
Years active 2008–present

Anushka Sharma (pronounced [əˈnʊʂkaː ˈʃərmaː]; born 1 May 1988)[1] is an Indian actress and former model who appears in Hindi films. In 2008, she was signed by Aditya Chopra for a three-film contract with Yash Raj Films and made her acting debut in Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. She received critical appreciation for portraying a vivacious wedding planner in the romantic comedy Band Baaja Baaraat (2010).[2] Both films fetched her a Best Actress nomination at the Filmfare Awards ceremony.[3] She later won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Yash Chopra's romance Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012).

Early life and background

Sharma's father, Col. Ajay Kumar Sharma, is an army officer and her mother Ashima Sharma is a housewife. Her father is from Uttar Pradesh and mother from Garhwal division of Uttarakhand.[4] She has an elder brother named Karnesh,[5] who is in the Merchant Navy. She studied in Army School and graduated with specialization in arts from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore.[6] She later moved to Mumbai to further pursue her modelling career, where she currently resides.

Career

2008–10: Debut and breakthrough
Sharma says she originally wished to make it big in the modeling world but had no strong aspirations for films.[6] 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 (2008) opposite Shahrukh Khan. Her performance was appreciated with film critic Taran Adarsh stating, "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 caliber of SRK and Anushka manages it very well from start to end."[7] The film received positive reviews and was declared a blockbuster, and had been concluded as the second-highest grossing film of all-time to that point by the end of the year.[8]
Her second film, Badmaash Company, also under Yash Raj Films, was released on May 7, 2010. While Taran Adarsh added, "Anushka is a revelation. She looks stunning, her performance is livewire and the chemistry with Shahid is electrifying."[9]
"I was very young when I was in RNBDJ and that journey had enabled me as an actor. I am not very confident of my growth as an actor but I am very confident of my growth as a person."
—Sharma on her journey from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi to Band Baaja Baaraat.[10]
In 2010, Sharma completed her three-film contract with Yash Raj Films, starring in Band Baaja Baaraat, a romantic comedy directed by Maneesh Sharma and co-starring debutant Ranveer Singh.[11] She played a middle-class Delhi-Punjabi girl who goes on to launch her own independent business of wedding planning and later falls for her partner. In preparation for the part, Sharma was required to master the dialect of a young Punjabi woman from Delhi. She cited it as the toughest part of her role, describing the way the lead characters in the film interact as "crude but cute", and calling for her to "talk fast, sometimes mix words and even omit words completely".[12] Prior to its release, she referred to it as her "best film till date".[13] Some pundits, however, had expressed doubts about the film's prospects to leave a mark, citing the middling response to Yash Raj Films' last few productions, the lack of a male star, and claiming that by then Sharma was an "almost-forgotten" actress.[14]
Band Baaja Baaraat was released on December 10, 2010 to positive reviews and went on to become a sleeper hit. Box Office India website reported that the film grossed approximately  21.44 crore after five weeks, making it a moderate box office success.[15] Sharma's performance was praised by critics, many of whom called it her best work up to that point.[16] Taran Adarsh described her as "truly wonderful," noting that it is "the first time in her 3-film career, a film rests mainly on Anushka's shoulders, and she handles the responsibility so well."[17] For her work in the film, Sharma received her second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress and earned several awards and nominations at different award ceremonies.[18] It has often been noted that the film has acted as a major career move for the actress, as it brought her much recognition.

2011–present: Recent works
Sharma's first venture outside the Yash Raj banner was Patiala House directed by Nikhil Advani and co-starring Akshay Kumar. Patiala House was released on February 11, 2011.[19] Despite the film's lukewarm performance at the box office, Sharma received positive reviews. Nikhat Kazmi of The Times Of India wrote, "Anushka Sharma’s vivacity may have an after taste of her bubbling Band Baaja Baraat act but her passage from Janakpuri’s dhinchak girl to Southall’s siren is sweet and smooth. Watch out for the girl; she’s truly on a roll."[20]
In December 2011, she re-united with her Band Baaja Baarat team of Ranveer Singh and Maneesh Sharma for Yashraj Films's Ladies vs Ricky Bahl. Despite negative media perception, the film was a moderate success at the box office.[21][22]
Sharma's first film in 2012 was Yash Chopra's romantic drama Jab Tak Hai Jaan, along with Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif. The film would eventually become Chopra's last directorial venture before his death on 21 October 2012.[23] This would be her second film with Shah Rukh Khan, opposite whom she made her Bollywood debut with Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and her fifth collaboration with the production house, Yash Raj Films. Her portrayal of the extremely ambitious s Descovery Chanel repoter, Akira Rai fetched her positive comments from critics with Taran Adarsh noting: "She's an integral part of this story and it must be said that she walks away with some of the best scenes and lines in the movie. Her performance is full of grit."[24] Additionally, Sharma won her film filmfare award (for Best supporting Actress) for her performance.
Sharma has signed for Anurag Kashyap's Bombay Velvet opposite Ranbir Kapoor and movie scheduled to go on floors in April 2013. Meanwhile, Anushka has completed shooting for Vishal Bharadwaj's Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola, opposite Imran Khan. “I have completed shooting for the film. I was very happy to work with Vishal Bharadwaj. He makes very different and true films. All the characters are very well-written. Each character has a well defined beginning and end in the story,” she said.[25]

Filmography

Year          Title                       Role                                    Notes
2008 Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Tani Sahni               Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
2010 Badmaash Company         Bulbul Singh
2010 Band Baaja Baaraat         Shruti Kakkar       Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
2011 Patiala House                    Simran
2011 Ladies vs Ricky Bahl  Ishika Desai
2012 Jab Tak Hai Jaan         Akira Rai               Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
2013 Matru Ki Bijlee
                Ka Mandola                Bijlee Mandola
2014 P.K.                                                                           Filming[26]
2014 Bombay Velvet                                                     Pre-production[27]

Awards and nominations

Filmfare Awards
Winner
2012: Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress; Jab Tak Hai Jaan

Nominated
2009: Filmfare Best Actress Award; Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi[28]
2011: Filmfare Best Actress Award; Band Baaja Baaraat[29]

Stardust Awards
Winner
2012: Best Comedy/Romance Actress; Ladies vs Ricky Bahl
2013: Best Comedy/Romance Actress; Jab Tak Hai Jaan

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
2013: Star Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress; Jab Tak Hai Jaan

IIFA Awards
Winner
2011: IIFA Award for Best Actress; Band Baaja Baaraat[30]
2011: IIFA Hottest Pair on Screen Band Baaja Baaraat shared with Ranveer Singh

Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards
Winner
2009: Best Debut (Female); Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi[31]
2011: Best Actress in a Leading Role; Band Baaja Baaraat[32]

Zee Cine Awards
Winner
2013: Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Female; Jab Tak Hai Jaan

Nominated
2011: Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Female; Band Baaja Baaraat[33]
2012: Zee Cine Awards, International Icon Female
Lions Gold Awards

Winner
2011: Lions Favorite Jodi shared with Ranveer Singh – Band Baaja Baaraat

Other Awards and Recognitions
2011 – GQ Men of the Year Awards: Excellence Award[34]
2012 – Hello! Hall of Fame Awards: Face of the Year [35]
2013 – Bollywood Hungama Surfers Choice Movie Awards 2012 – Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Jab Tak Hai Jaan [36]
2013 – Koimoi 2012 Audience – Best Supporting Actress 2012 – Jab Tak Hai Jaan [37]
2013 - HiFlyers Online Poll Awards - Popular Actress of 2012 - [38]

Anushka Sharma Biography

Date of Birth
1 May 1988, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Height
5' 9" (1.75 m)

Mini Biography



Sharma was born in Bangalore, but her parents are from Uttarakhand. 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, 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. She then moved to Mumbai to further her modeling career.
Sharma says she originally wished to make it big in the modeling world but had no strong aspirations for films. 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 (2008) 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 caliber 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.
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 on February 11, 2011. She has also started filming for her third Yash Raj Film, Band Baaja Baaraat, directed by Maneesh Sharma and co-starring debutant Ranveer Singh.


Personal Quotes

On memories of her first walk on the ramp: That was long time back when I was only 15. I was told that I should walk just like I walk on the streets and that's exactly what I did. Trust me it was really bad, but it was a great learning experience for me. I was very very very nervous; I started watching fashion shows and reading on fashion. Then I got really involved in it. And with the help of the models who taught me here I am. Now I think I can walk well on the ramp.
On what she does when she isn't modeling: I meet up with my friends; catch up on sleep. I love reading. I'm doing my majors in economics through correspondence because of the lack of time.
My hair is quite healthy. Since I have a contract with Sunsilk they do all the protein treatments for me. The hair pack that they apply makes my hair healthy.
I am blessed with very good skin, but because of the damage from all the make up we apply and pollution I wash my face regularly. I drink lots of water and try to be happy.