Anushka Shetty Height, Age, Boyfriend, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Real name	Sweety Shetty [1]The Indian Express
Nickname(s)	Mac [2]Anushka Shetty Fanclub - Twitter
Names Earned	Lady Superstar of South Indian cinema [3]News9live
Profession	Actress
Famous Role	Princess Devasena in the film series Baahubali (2015–2017)
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	5' 9" (175 cm)
Weight (approx.)	60 Kg (132 lbs)
Figure Measurements (approx.)	34-30-36
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Physical Transformation	For the Telugu-Tamil film Size Zero (2015)- Anushka gained 20 kgs to play the role of Soundarya in the film Size Zero (2015). She insisted the director that she would actually put on weight instead of using prosthetics or a body suit saying that a lean face and fat body was a mismatch. In an interview, while talking about the same she said, "We did a photoshoot with prosthetics but I felt that though my body looked fat, my arms and face looked leaner. I felt that mismatch would not look good on screen and decided to do it the natural way by piling on the kilos.”
Career
Debut	Film: • Telugu: Super (2005) as Sasha • Tamil: Rendu (2006) as Jothi
Awards	• Favorite Heroine Award at Vijay Awards for the Tamil film Vettaikaran (2009) • Special Jury Award at Nandi Awards for the Telugu film Arundhati (2009) • Best Actress Award at Filmfare Awards South for the Telugu film Arundhati (2009) • Best Actress Award at CineMAA Awards for the Telugu film Arundhati (2009) • Best Actress Award at Santosham Film Awards for the Telugu film Arundhati (2009) • Best Actress (Jury) at CineMAA Awards for the Telugu filmVedam (2010) • Best Actress Award at Filmfare Awards South for the Telugu filmVedam (2010) • Best Actress Award at Santosham Film Awards for the Telugu filmVedam (2010) • Best Actress Award at Nandi Awards for the Telugu-Tamil film Size Zero (2015) • Youth Icon of South Indian Cinema at South Indian International Movie Awards (2011) • Kalaimamani Award by Tamil Nadu State Government (2011) • TSR Lalitha Kala Parishath Award (2011) • Special Prize – Best Actress at Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for the Tamil film Deiva Thirumagal (2011) • Won the title of Favorite Heroine at Vijay Awards for the Tamil film Deiva Thirumagal (2011) • Best Actress Award at Filmfare Awards South for the Telugu film Rudhramadevi (2015) • Best Actress (Critics) Awards at South Indian International Movie Awards for the Telugu film Rudhramadevi (2015) • Best Actress at CineMAA Awards for the Telugu film Rudhramadevi (2015) • Best Actress Award at Santosham Film Awards for the Telugu film Rudhramadevi (2015) • Best Actress in a Leading Role Award at Behindwoods Gold Medals for the pan India film Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	7 November 1981 (Saturday)
Age (as of 2024)	43 Years
Birthplace	Puttur, Karnataka, India
Zodiac sign	Scorpio
Signature/Autograph
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Bengaluru, Karnataka
College/University	Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru
Educational Qualification	Bachelor of Computer Applications [4]BookMyShow
Religion	Hinduism
Ethnicity	She is a Tuluva who belongs to the Hindu Bunt community. In 2016, she was seen attending the Kola festival with her family at her ancestral Guthu mane home in Bellipadi in Puttur, Karnataka. Kola is a festival of spirit dance, enthusiastically celebrated among the Tulu-speaking communities in the South Kanara districts and Kasaragod districts of Kerala to gratify the Gods. She participated in all rituals and sought the blessings of presiding deities Modadeya, Rakteshwari, Maisandaya and Guliga. [5]Daijiworld Media [6]Facebook – Bunts Historical Guthu Houses
Food Habit	Non-vegetarian [7]Facebook – Anushka Shetty
Address	6th floor, Woods Apartments, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana
Hobbies	Doing Yoga, Reading, Travelling, Gardening
Tattoo(s)	None
Controversy	Income Tax Raid On November 2011, the Income Tax department officials raided her residence in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, in regard to her Income Tax return. According to reports, the officials seized cash, bank passbooks and other documents from her residence. Shetty is said to have come under the scanner for purchasing a house in the Journalist Colony in Jubilee Hills and land on the outskirts of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. [8]The Hindu
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Affairs/Boyfriends	• Krish Jagarlamudi (film director) (rumoured; in 2010) • Prabhas (actor) (rumoured) • A Dubai-based businessman (rumoured; 2021) • A businessman from Hyderabad (rumoured) • A cricketer (rumoured)
Family
Parents	Father- A. N. Vittal Shetty Mother- Prafulla Shetty
Siblings	Sister- N/A Brothers- Gunaranjan Shetty (Businessman) and Sai Ramesh Shetty (a cosmetic surgeon)
Favourites
Actor(s)	Prabhas, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Mahesh Babu
Actress(es)	Soundarya, Simran, Jyothika
Food	Chicken Curry
Colour(s)	Black, White
Destination	London
Book	The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Money Factor
Net Worth (approx.)	Rs 100 crore (as of 2023) [9]Hindustan

Some Lesser Known Facts About Anushka Shetty

• Anushka Shetty is best known for playing the role of Princess Devasena in the pan-India film series Baahubali (2015–2017). She received critical acclamation for her performances in the Tamil drama films Vaanam (2011), Deiva Thirumagal (2011) and Size Zero (2015). She is also known for playing the lead roles in the Telugu films Arundhati (2009), Vedam (2010), and Rudhramadevi (2015).

• During her school days, she had a great interest in Geography subject.

• She started her career as a yoga trainer after receiving training from Bharat Thakur, actress Bhoomika Chawla’s husband.
  

  Anushka Shetty performing yoga

• While Anushka was working as a yoga trainer, Bharat Thakur recommended her name to film director Puri Jagannath as he was looking for a new actress.

• Though she made her debut with the Telugu film Super (2005), her first success came with the Telugu film Vikramarkudu’ (2006), opposite Ravi Teja.
  

  Anusha Shetty in Vikramarkudu (2006)

• In 2007, she gained immense appreciation for starring in the Telugu action film Don as Priya in which she shared the screen with Nagarjuna.
  

  Anushka Shetty as Priya in Don (2007)

• In 2009, she gained immense popularity for playing the titular role in the Telugu horror fantasy film Arundhati. A major commercial success, the film went on to become one of the highest-grossing Telugu films in history. It was later dubbed into several different languages like Malayalam, Tamil, Oriya, and Hindi.
  

  Anushka Shetty in and as Arundhati (2009)

• She came into the limelight for playing the role of a prostitute named Saroja in the Telugu anthology film Vedam (2010).
  

  Anushka Shetty as Saroja in Vedam (2010)

• She is famous for her saucy dance performances on various Telugu songs like I Wanna Spider Man from Stalin (2006), Nuvvu Ready Nenu Ready from King (2008), and Kedigaadu from Kedi (2010), and Ragada Ragada Ragada from Ragada (2010).
  

  Anushka Shetty in the song Ragada Ragada Ragada from Ragada (2010)

• Other popular Telugu films in which she appeared include Lakshyam (2007), Souryam (2008), and Chintakayala Ravi (2008), Rudhramadevi (2015), Bhaagamathie (2018).

• She shared the screen with South Indian actor Vikram in the Tamil melodrama film Deiva Thirumagal (2011) in which she played Anuradha Ragunathan.
  

  Anushka Shetty as Anuradha Ragunathan in Deiva Thirumagal (2011)

• In 2015, she received critical acclamation for her performance in the Tamil film Size Zero in which she played Soundarya ‘Sweety.’
  

  Anushka Shetty as Soundarya ‘Sweety’ in Size Zero (2015)

• Other popular Tamil films under her belt include Vettaikaaran (2009), Singam (2010), Singam 2 (2013), and Yennai Arindhaal (2015).

• She gained international stardom with the epic action film series Baahubali in which she played the role of Devasena. Although Baahubali was filmed in Telugu and Tamil languages initially, the film later turned into a pan-India film. Reportedly, she charged Rs 5 crore for playing Devasena.
  

  Anushka Shetty as Devasena in Baahubali 2: The Conclusion

• After taking a two-year-long hiatus from the entertainment industry, she starred in the film Nishabdham ( transl. Silence) in 2020. The film was released on Amazon Prime Video

• She ranked number one on the lists of Hyderabad Times Most Desirable Women (2015) and Hyderabad Times Forever Desirable Women (2021).

• She loves collecting poems and articles on nature.

• In an interview, she shared that she has a laughing sickness. She said that when she started laughing, she could not control it for a few minutes. She could even smile for 15 to 20 minutes continuously.