ACTOR
Anushka Sharma
- Known for
- Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012), Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008), Sultan (2016), Zero (2018)
22 archived facts 4 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
Anushka Sharma is an actor best known for Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Sultan.
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- #001
A photograph of Anushka Sharma appears on a wall in Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), two years before her debut.
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Anushka Sharma's first film in cinemas was Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995).
- #003
In an interview, Anushka Sharma admitted that Aditya Chopra told her she was not the most beautiful girl around but that she was talented.
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Anushka Sharma greatly admires and respects actor Shah Rukh Khan, with whom she made her debut. She admitted that Khan once told her he did not like her as an actor but that she was a very good person.
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Anushka Sharma initially intended to pursue a career in modelling or journalism and had no desire to become an actor.
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Anushka Sharma admitted that she decided to become an actor after watching Kareena Kapoor in Jab We Met (2007).
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Anushka Sharma is the first Bollywood actor whose film crossed the 300 crore mark in box office revenue, with PK (2014).
- #008
Anushka Sharma married her boyfriend, Indian cricketer Virat Kohli, in 2017 in a private ceremony in Italy.
- #009
In December 2014, Anushka Sharma auctioned on eBay the leather jacket she wore in Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012), and the proceeds went to the redevelopment of the flood-affected states of Kashmir and Assam.
- #010
Anushka Sharma was once shortlisted alongside Bradley Cooper, Denzel Washington and Richard Gere for Steven Spielberg's film about Indo-Pak relations, but Spielberg abandoned his plan to make the film.
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Anushka Sharma was the first choice for the lead role in Imtiaz Ali's Tamasha (2015), but she turned it down, saying it was not substantial enough. The role went to Deepika Padukone.
- #012
Anushka Sharma turned down lead roles in 2 States (2014) and Ki & Ka (2016), which went to Alia Bhatt and Kareena Kapoor respectively. Both films were major box office successes.
- #013
Anushka Sharma auditioned for the role played by Kareena Kapoor in 3 Idiots (2009), before her debut in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008).
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Anushka Sharma is the youngest Bollywood actor to become a producer, taking on the role at the age of 25.
- #015
Anushka Sharma became the first Bollywood actor to appear in Entrepreneur magazine.
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Anushka Sharma's father is a retired officer and her mother is a housewife. Her brother is in the Merchant Navy.
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Anushka Sharma is a good friend of actors Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif.
- #018
Anushka Sharma rapped for a song in her film Phillauri (2017).
- #019
Anushka Sharma played the love interest of a cricketer in Patiala House (2011); she would eventually marry real-life Indian cricketer Virat Kohli.
- #020
At the age of 15, Anushka Sharma trained under the famous style consultant Prasad Bidapa.
- #021
If she had not become an actress, Anushka Sharma would have been a journalist. Before entering the modeling world, she enrolled in a journalism course.
- #022
She is the sister of Karnesh Ssharma.
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