Girl-next-door looks and immense acting potential is what describes the Bollywood actress Amrita Rao to the hilt. She was born on 17 June 1981 in Mumbai to a Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin family. She completed her schooling from Canossa High school and later completed did her B.A. from Sophia College mastering in psychology. During her college she enrolled herself for modelling.

Amrita Rao`s Film Career
Before joining films Amrita had endorsed popular brands like Fairever Face Cream, Cadbury`s Perk, Bru Coffee to establish her footage in the Indian Film Industry. She made her debut in films with the Bollywood flick Ab Ke Baras which bombed at the box-office terribly. But then she went on to create history by meting out powerhouse performances in the Bollywood chartbuster Ishq Vishk Pyar Vyar by the renowned filmmaker Ken Ghosh. In this film she starred opposite another aspiring Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor. She melted the hearts of the silver screen audiences with her simple looks and heartfelt emotional approach in this film.

Then Amrita Rao went on to earn much critical acclaim for her performances in Bollywood hits like Masti and Main Hoon Na. Later she also delivered some consistent flops including Deewar, Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi, Shikhar and Pyare Mohan. But this was just a mere bad phase of her life. Following that she again managed to receive universal acclaim for the most successful film in her career Vivaah made by the famous filmmaker Sooraj Barjatya in 2006. Post Vivah she has done a cameo in the multi-starrer song of the Bollywood chartbuster Hey Baby. She then went down the South to make her debut with the super hit Telugu movie Athidhi in which she was paired opposite Mahesh Babu. Later on she also starred in My Name is Anthony Gonslaves and Welcome to Sajjanpur in 2008. The talented actress also had two releases in 2009, Victory and Shortkut.

Awards and Honours of Amrita Rao
Amrita received several awards for her remarkable performances. The most notable ones among them include the Stardust Awards for Superstar of Tomorrow-Female, Sansui Awards for Best Debut-Female, Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut, IIFA Awards, Best Female Debut for Ishq Vishq Pyar Vyar in 2004. Then again in the year 2007 she was honoured with Anandalok Puroshkkar Awards` for the Most Promising New Talent` for the film Vivaah. She also won the Sports World Awards, Jodi of the Year along with Shahid Kapoor for Vivah and also the much coveted Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award for the same movie. In the same year she was awarded with GR8 Women Awards, Young Achiever Award also. For the movie Welcome to Sajjanpur in 2009 Amrita received the Stardust Best Actress Award.

Filmography of Amrita Rao
Year Title
2002 Ab Ke Baras, The Legend of Bhagat Singh
2003 Ishq Vishk
2004 Masti, Main Hoon Na, Deewaar
2005 Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi, Shikhar
2006 Pyare Mohan, Vivah
2007 Heyy Babyy (Cameo), Athidhi
2008 My Name is Anthony Gonsalves, Shaurya, Welcome to Sajjanpur
2009 Victory, Short Kut: The Con is On, Life Partner
2010 Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai