Name: Anushka Sharma
Nick Name: Anu, Nushie
Date of Birth: 1 May 1988
Place of Birth: Banglore, Karnataka, India
Nationality: Indian
Eyes Colour: Hazel
Hair Type & Colour: Light Brown
Height: 5'8''
Figure: 34-24-34
Shoes Size: 8
Religion: Hindu
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Sharma was born on 1 May 1988 in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. Her father, Colonel Ajay Kumar Sharma, is an army officer, and her mother, Ashima Sharma, is a homemaker. Her father is a native of Uttar Pradesh, while her mother is a Garhwali. She has an elder brother, Karnesh Sharma, who is in the Merchant Navy. Prior to joining the Merchant Navy, Karnesh played for the under-19 Bangalore Ranji cricket team.
Sharma was raised in Bangalore. She was educated at the Army School there, and received a degree in arts from Mount Carmel College. Sharma originally intended to pursue a career in modelling or journalism, and had no aspirations to be an actress. After graduation, she moved to Mumbai to further her modelling career. She enrolled herself at Elite Model Management, and was groomed by style consultant Prasad Bidapa. She began her modelling at the Lakme Fashion Week as a model for Wendell Rodricks's Les Vamps Show and was picked to be Rodricks's finale model at the Spring Summer 2007 Collection. Since then she has done campaigns for the brands Silk & Shine, Whisper, Nathella Jewelry and Fiat Palio. Sharma later said, "I think I was born to emote and act. I would walk down the ramp and smile and they used to say, ‘give us a blank look.’ It was really difficult, not to smile".