Amritarao

Born	17 June 1981 (age 29) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actress / Model
Years active	2002–present

ContentsWhile studying in Sophia College, Rao auditioned for an advertisement for Fairever Face Cream. Her appearance in Cadbury’s Perk Karwa Chaut ad and the Bru Coffee advertisement helped her receive offers from film directors in Bollywood.
Acting * 2004: Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for Ishq Vishk
* 2005: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Main Hoon Na Screen Awards
* 2003: Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female for Ab Ke Baras
* 2004: Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female for Ishq Vishk
* 2007: Star Screen Award Best Actress for Vivah
* 2007: Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 along with Shahid Kapoor - Vivah
Zee Cine Awards* 2004: Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut for Ishq Vishk
International Indian Film Academy AwardsWinner* 2004: IIFA Awards, Best Female Debut for Ishq Vishk Stardust AwardsWinner* 2004: Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Female for Ishq Vish* 2009: Stardust Best Actress Award for Welcome to Sajjanpur
Other Awards* 2004: Sansui Awards, Best Debut - Female for Ishq Vishk
* 2007: GR8 Women Awards, Young Achiever
* 2007: Anandalok Puroshkar Awards, Most Promising New Talent for Vivah
* 2007: Sports World Awards, Jodi of the Year along with Shahid Kapoor for Vivah
* 2007: Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award for VivahYear Title Role Awards
2002 Ab Ke Baras Anjali Thapar/Nandini The Legend of Bhagat Singh Mannewali 2003 Ishq Vishk Payal Mehra Nominated, Filmfare Best Female Debut Award2004 Masti Aanchal Mehta
Main Hoon Na Sanjana (Sanju) Bakshi Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
Deewaar Radhika 2005 Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi Piya Shikhar Madhvi
2006 Pyare Mohan Piya Vivah Poonam 2007 Heyy Babyy Special appearance in song Heyy Babyy Athidhi Amrita Telugu film2008 My Name is Anthony Gonsalves Riya Shaurya Neerja Rathode, Cameo appearanceWelcome to Sajjanpur Kamla Winner, Stardust Best Actress Award
2009 Victory Nandini Short Kut: The Con is On Mansi
Life Partner Anjali Kumar Guest appearance2010 Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai Anjali Kumar Cameo appearance2011 Love U...Mr. Kalakaar! Ritu Filming
Rao made her acting debut with Ab Ke Baras (2002), and followed that with her (2003) film, Ishq Vishk, in which she portrayed Payal. In her films Masti (2004} and Main Hoon Na, Deewaar (2004) were released. Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi (2005), Shikhar (2005), and Pyare Mohan (2006) followed. She starred in Sooraj R. Barjatya's Vivah (2006) opposite Shahid Kapoor.[Her performance earned her a Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award.
In 2006 Rao made her debut in Tollywood, with the Telugu film Athidhi opposite Mahesh Babu.'s releases in 2008 include My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves and Welcome to Sajjanpur. Amrita's releases in 2009 are Victory, and Shortkut. was born in Mumbai to a Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin family. speaks Marathi, Hindi, English and her mother tongue, Konkani. She attended Canossa High school in Mumbai, and later enrolled in Sophia College to pursue a degree in Psychology. Her younger sister, Preetika Rao, is also a film actress.* 1 Personal lif* 2 Career
o 2.1 Modelingo 2.2 Actin* 3 Awards and nominations
3.1 Filmfare Awardso 3.2 Star Screen Awards
o 3.3 Zee Cine Awardso 3.4 International Indian Film Academy Awards
o 3.5 Stardust Awardso 3.6 Other Awards* 4 Filmography
* 5 References* 6 External linksAmrita Rao (Konkani: अमृता राव, pronounced [əmrɪtaː ˈraːʊ]; born 17 June 1981 is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films.
Beginning her career as a model, Rao made her acting debut with Ab Ke Baras (2002) for which she won her best debut award. She then starred in Ken Ghosh's love-story Ishq Vishk (2003) and earned a Filmfare nomination in the Best Female Debut category.