Amrita Rao Profile
Born : June 07, 1981
Born Place : Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Spouse : RJ Anmol
Parents : Deepak Rao, Kanchan Rao
Zodiac: Gemini
Height: 5' 4”
Amrita Rao was born on June 7, 1981 in Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin family of Mumbai. Since childhood, she was inclined towards films. Educated in Mumbai, Amrita did her graduation from Sophia College. Her elder sister Pratika Rao is a model. She started modeling from college days itself and got selected in the audition for Fairever Face Cream at Sophia College. After this, Amrita did advertisements for the products of companies like Perk and Bru, which opened the way for her in Bollywood.
In the year 2002, Amrita Rao started her film career with the film “Ab Ke Baras”. And after this she started getting recognition from the 2003 film "Ishq-Vishq". After the success of Ishq-Vishk, Amrita's identity became like a simple and sweet heroine. Movies like “Masti”, “Main Hoon Na”, “Wah Life Ho To Aisi” helped in nourishing her career. She was nominated twice in Filmfare for "Ishq-Vishk" and "Main Hoon Na" but she could not win the award. She was nominated for Filmfare Best Debut Actress for "Ishq-Vishk" and Best Supporting Actress for "Main Hoon Na".
In 2006, "Vivah" was Amrita Rao's most successful film. She also received the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award for this film. After "Vivah", Amrita's image became 'Girl Next Door' and she started getting many offers in which the character of a simple girl need to be played.