amrita rao profile

Amrita Rao
Born
June 17, 1981 (1981-06-17) (age 27)Chitrapur Karnataka India
Occupation
Model, Actress
Years active
2002 - present
Official website
Amrita Rao (Konkaniಅಮೃತಾ ರಾವ್. IPA: [əmrita raʊ]born June 17, 1981)[1][2]is an Indian model and Bollywoodactress.
Beginning her career as a model, Rao made her acting debut with Ab Ke Baras(2002), which went unnoticed. However, she grew into prominence when she starred in Ken Ghosh's love-story, Ishq Vishk(2003) and earned her first Filmfarenomination in the Best Female Debut category. Delivering acclaimed performances and commercial success with films like Main Hoon Na (2004) and Vivah2006), her biggest commercial success so far, she has established herself as one of the most promising actresses of Bollywood.

Personal life
Amrita Rao was born in Chitrapurto Deepak Rao. She belongs to the Chitrapur SaraswatBrahmin family in Karnataka[2][3] She has a younger sister Preetha Rao who is also an actress. She speaks Kannada EnglishMarathi, Hindi and her mother tongue, Konkani[4].

Career

Modeling
Rao attended C.G High School in Mumbai,and later enrolled in Sophia College to pursue a degree in Psychology While studying there, she auditioned for an advertisement for Fairever Face Cream. To her surprise she was selected amongst 60 other contestants. After that, she got many offers and became one of the most sought-after models in India within an year.
Her appearance in Cadbury’s Perk Karwa Chaut ad and the Bru Coffee advertisement helped her receive offers from film directors in Bollywood As she wanted to complete her education, she refused them. After earning a degree in psychology, she began her profession as an actress, working in films.

Acting
She made her acting debut with Ab Ke Baras (2002), but gained recognition only after the success of her 2003 film, Ishq Vishkin which her portrayal as Payal earned her the girl-next door image. Success followed for her in 2004 with films like Mastiand Main Hoon Na
Her career took a setback when her following releases, Deewaar (2004), Vaah! Life ho tu aisi(2005), and Pyare Mohal(2006) did poorly at the box office. Things turned around when she starred in Sooraj R. Barjatyas blockbuster Vivah(2006) opposite Shahid KapoorThe film was a universal success[5]and her performance was well appreciated by critics,[6]earning her a Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award.
Rao recently made her debut in Tollywoodwith the Teluguhit Athidhiopposite Mahesh Babu.Amrita had no releases in Bollywood in 2007. Amrita's first release of 2008 was My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves , which did not do very well at the box office but the subsequently released Welcome to Sajjanpurwhere she played a village belle- did decently.

Awards and nominations

Filmfare Awards
Nominated
2004: Filmfare Best Female Debut Awardfor Ishq Vishk
2005: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Main Hoon Na

Star Screen Awards
Nominated
2003: Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Femalefor Ab Ke Baras
2004: Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Femalefor Ishq Vishk
2007: Star Screen Award Best Actress for Vivah[8]
2007: Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1along with Shahid Kapoor- Vivah[9]

Zee Cine Awards
Nominated
2004: Zee Cine Award Best Female Debutfor Ishq Vishk

International Indian Film Academy Award
Winner
2004: IIFA Awards, Best Female Debut for Ishq visk wards
inner
2004: Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Female for Ishq Vishk
2009: Stardust Best Actress Awardfor Welcome to Sajjanpur

Other Awards
2004: Sansui Awards, Best Debut - Female for Ishq Vishk
2007: GR8 Women Awards, Young Achiever
2007: Anandalok Puroshkar Awards, Most Promising New Talent for Vivah
2007: Sports World Awards, Jodi of the Year along with Shahid Kapoor or Vivah
2007: Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award for Vivah10]

Filmography
Year
Title
Role
Other notes
2002
Ab Ke Baras
Anjali Thapar/Nandini
The Legend of Bhagat Singh
Mannewali
2003
Ishq Vishk
Payal Mehra
Nominated, Filmfare Best Female Debut Award
2004
Masti
Aanchal Mehta
Main Hoon Na
Sanjana (Sanju) Bakshi
Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
Deewaar
Radhika
2005
Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi
Piya
Shikhar
Madhvi
2006
Pyare Mohan
Piya
Vivah
Poonam
2007
Heyy Babyy
Special appearance in song Heyy Babyy
Athidhi
Amriti
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2008
My Name is Anthony Gonsalves
Riya
Shaurya
Neerja Rathode
Cameo appearance[11]
Welcome to Sajjanpur
Kamla
Winner, Stardust Best Actress Award2009
Victory
Nandini Refrences
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^ ab "Amrita Rao Biography".http://www.amritaraowow.info/amritaraobiography/Retrieveon10December
trapur Sarasat Brahmin
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