Ayesha Kapoor is an Indian movie actress who played the tremendous childhood role of Rani Mukherjee in Sanjay Leela Bhansali`s `Black`. She was excellent in the film and drawn accolades from the different parts of the world. The child actress was born on September 13, 1994. She played the young Michelle McNally in the film. She lives in Auroville, Pondicherry in South India. Her mother is German and her father is Indian businessman Dilip Kapoor. His father is the owner of the Hi Design chain of leather goods stores there. Ayesha played the role of a physically disabled, psychologically disordered, traumatized and maladjusted childhood version of Rani Mukherjee. According to the director, her understanding of her complex character and her interaction with her formidable costar, Amitabh Bachchan, was so intense and complete that she played her character far beyond what the script had stipulated. She is definitely said as a star material. She is predicted to be a major star in the Bollywood very soon. Meanwhile, Ayesha Kapoor`s child act dwarfs every juvenile performance seen in Hindi cinema. She knows horse riding and love horses. She has work really hard for the film `Black`. She has also learnt `sign` language for this film. It was a tough role to play and she did it successfully. She loves writing on wildlife and wants to become an actress or a writer. Fan of Julia Roberts promises to watch Amitabh Bachchan movies after working with him. The actress does not want any intervention in her studies though she loves acting. She became real fan of Amitabh Bachchan as well as Sanjay Leela Bhansali after doing the film.

The actress Ayesha Kapoor is really praised everywhere for her role in `Black`. She got filmfare award for best supporting actress for `Black` in 2005.