Anushka Sharma was born to an army based family in Bangalore. Her father is a highly ranked Army Officer and her mother is a housewife. She has one elder brother who was a state-level cricketer and is now in the Merchant Navy. She studied in Army School and then excelled to achieve a graduation specialized in arts from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. She is currently studying for a degree in economics at Mount Carmel, which she is completing through correspondence.
When she was doing Modelling her pictures reached the casting directors of Aditya Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and she was called in for an audition. After a few more auditions, she was officially cast for the female lead, Taani. On her portrayal of this character in her debut film, Anushka has been described by viewers as delivering a confident performance likened to that of a veteran actress and standing out even against her co-star, Shahrukh Khan.
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi did well at the box office. After this debut film she was seen opposite Ranveer Singh in Band Baaja Baarat. She had signed a contract with Yash Raj Films for doing three films under their banner.
On 2009 she did Patiala House with Akshay Kumar which did an average business at the box office.
Presently she is busy filming with Ranveer Singh and Maneesh Sharma for Yashraj Films's 2011 release Ladies vs Ricky Bahl.
