Shilpa Shetty Biography, Age, Height, Husband, Children, Family, Facts, Caste, Wiki & More

Shilpa Shetty is an Indian Film Actress who was born on June 8, 1975, in Mangalore in the state of Karnataka, India. She is also a fabulous Film Producer, stunning Model, Television Presenter, Television Personality, Dancer, Fitness Trainer, Businessperson, Entrepreneur, and Author.

Now turned Shilpa Shetty Kundra after marriage, she is among the popular Indian celebrities with a bunch of talents. This Indian actress is not only a famous Bollywood face but also a dance producer, producer, model, writer and a businesswoman too. Along with Bollywood, she has also appeared in other language movies like Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada. 

 

Shilpa Shetty was born in Mangalore, Karnataka to a Tuluva Bunt family in 1974. Being passionate towards dancing and music from her childhood, Shilpa learned Bharatanatyam during her childhood days. While completing her education with Podar College located in Matunga, she has also remained the team captain of volleyball at school. It was after completing her education in 10th 1991 she headed towards modeling in the year 1991. Her career started with commercials on television with Limca company. Later she was also featured in various other advertisements and commercials after which she was selected for movie roles. 

 

In the year 1992, Shilpa received her first debut movie, Gaata Rahe Mera Dil which was a romantic drama directed by Dilip Naik. However, due to certain circumstances, the movie remained unreleased. Hence, her first movie that came on screen was Abbas-Mustan’s Baazigar where she shared the screen with Kajol and Shah Rukh Khan. The movie and the performance of Shilpa were appreciated for the movie. After this movie, Shilpa also received nominations at the ceremony of annual Filmfare Awards for both Lux Face of the Year as well as Best Supporting Actress. Some of the popular movies in the list of Shilpa’s journey includes Aag, Main Khiladi Tu Anari, Aao Pyar Karen, Hathkadi, Mr. Romeo, Pardesi Babu, Auzaar, Dhadkan, Rishtey, Phir Milenge, and many more. 

 

Apart from being a well-known actress, this Indian beauty has supported a number of social campaigns like PETA which showed her care for animals, supporting HIV patients in the society, and many more. She is judging a number of dance reality shows too like Jhalak Dikhlaja, Dance India Dance, Nach Baliye, etc. She is also the winner of the British reality show, Big Brother season 5. She is also a businesswoman having an IPL team, Royal Rajasthan. Black belt in Karate, she is into the fitness world too with her personal Yoga DVD released in 2015.