Alia Bhatt

Biography

Alia Bhatt (born March 15, 1993) is an Indian-born British actress and producer who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. After appearing as a child artist in *Sangharsh* (1999), she made her adult debut in *Student of the Year* (2012), earning a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She received the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for *Highway* (2014). Over the following years, her credits included *2 States* (2014), *Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania* (2014), *Kapoor & Sons* (2016), and *Dear Zindagi* (2016). Bhatt won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for *Udta Punjab* (2016), *Raazi* (2018), and *Gully Boy* (2019). For the biographical drama *Gangubai Kathiawadi* (2022), she won both the National Film Award for Best Actress and a fourth Filmfare Award for Best Actress, later winning a fifth for *Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani* (2023). Her other screen credits include the Telugu-language feature *RRR* (2022), *Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva* (2022), and her English-language debut in *Heart of Stone* (2023). Through her production banner Eternal Sunshine Productions, she produced and starred in *Darlings* (2022) and *Jigra* (2024), and executive produced the streaming series *Poacher* (2024).