Shilpa Shetty

Birth Name: Shilpa Shetty

Date of Birth: 8 June 1975

Height:  5' 10? (1.78 m)




Biography:

Every actress dreams for a start wherein you get nominated for your first film. Shilpa Shetty was amongst the few who got nominated for her first film ‘Baazigar’. Her career graph reach a highpoint when the following year she delivered another blockbuster hit ‘Main Khiladi Tu Anari’ where she starred with Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan.

However,the year after that her movies began to bomb at the box office though her performance in it was appreciated. Then in 1998, ‘Pardesi Babu’ released and people noticed her again. Two years after that she finally delivered a super hit, ‘Dhadkan’. Since then her career has taken an upturn. In 2002, films like ‘Hathyar’ and ‘Rishtey’ solidified her status as a brilliant actress. However in 2004 her performance in ‘Phir Milenge’ brought her to the top actress list. In 2005, she delivered modest hits like ‘Fareb’ and Dus.

Today her career talks about her versatility. In ‘Baazigar’ she played a naive college student, in ‘Aag’ a charming village girl, in ‘Main Khiladi Tu Anari’ a street dancer, in ‘Himmat’ a seductive cop, in ‘Dus’ an anti-terrorist agent, in ‘Fareb’ a doctor and housewife, in ‘Phir Milenge’ an HIV positive, in ‘Pardesi Babu’ a charming city lass, in ‘Dhadkan’ she is forced to betray her lover, in ‘Khamosh’ a prostitute, in ‘Jung’ a sensational club dancer, in ‘Tarkieb’ a promiscuous military nurse, in ‘Rishtey’ a comical and tragic performance as a fisherwoman, in ‘Darna Mana Hai’ a housewife haunted by apples and in ‘Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar’ a negative role where she plays a model turned housewife.

In 2000, Shilpa reinvented herself and became known as one of the hottest actresses in the industry! Shilpa went to school at St. Anthony’s Girl’s Convent in Chembur, after which she went to Podar College.

Shilpa was her school team’s baseball captain. She is a black belt karate champion. She actively participated in her father’s chemical business. Acting was the only thing she had not tried her hand at.