D O B September 21,1980
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Mumbai
Known For Actor
Married N/A

Biography Kareena Kapoor born on September often informally referred to as Bebo is an Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood films Born into a film family where both her parents Randhir Kapoor and Babita and her elder sister Karisma were actors Kapoor faced the media spotlight from a very young age However she did not make her acting debut until the film Refugee which earned her the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award Her melodrama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham became India's highest grossing film in the overseas market in and is her biggest commercial success to date After receiving negative reviews for a series of repetitive roles between and Kapoor accepted more demanding parts in order to avoid being typecast Consequently from to she was recognized by critics for displaying greater versatility Her portrayal of a sex worker in Chameli proved to be the turning point in her career and garnered her the Filmfare Special Performance Award She later received two Critics Awards for Best Actress at the Filmfare ceremony for her performances in the critically acclaimed Dev and Omkara In Kapoor earned a Filmfare Best Actress Award for her performance in the Imtiaz Ali directed romantic comedy film Jab We More Met Although the box office earnings of her films have varied considerably Kapoor has established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in the Hindi film industry Kapoor's off-screen life is subject to wide media coverage in India with frequent press coverage of her and boyfriend actor Saif Ali Khan and speculation of a possible marriage Born in Mumbai Maharashtra into the Kapoor film family of Punjabi Khatri origin Kapoor is the youngest daughter of actors Randhir Kapoor and Babita n e Shivdasani She is the granddaughter of actor and filmmaker Raj Kapoor great-granddaughter of actor Prithviraj Kapoor sister of actress Karisma Kapoor and niece of actor Rishi Kapoor According to Kapoor the name Kareena was derived from the book Anna Karenina which her mother read while she was pregnant with her She is also often informally referred to as Bebo As children the Kapoor sisters dreamed of becoming actresses Kapoor was particularly inspired by actresses Nargis and Meena Kumari However despite her family background her father disapproved of women acting because he believed it to be incompatible with their duty to the family This led to conflict between her parents and Kapoor's mother ultimately left her father Kapoor was raised in Lokhandwala by her mother who worked several jobs to support her daughters until Karisma debuted as an actress in Kapoor attended Jamnabai Narsee School in Mumbai before progressing to Welham Girls Boarding School in Dehradun She studied commerce for two years at the Mithibai College in Vile Parle Mumbai However she disliked her term there and studied only because she was close to her family Kapoor then registered for a three-month summer course in microcomputers at Harvard University in the United States She later developed an interest in law and enrolled at the Government Law College in Churchgate However after completing one year at Churchgate Kapoor returned to her initial plan to become an actress and began training at the Kishore Namit Kapoor's Acting Institute in Andheri Kapoor was initially scheduled to make her debut in Rakesh Roshan's Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai opposite the director's son Hrithik Roshan However several days into the filming she abandoned the project and later explained that it was probably destined that I was not to be in the film After all it was a launch for his son The whole focus was on the boy Now I am glad I did not do the movie Kapoor made her debut later that year in J P Dutta's war drama Refugee Set during the Indo-Pakistani war of the film centers on a man known simply as Refugee portrayed by debutant Abhishek Bachchan He illegally transports civilians back and forth across the Indo-Pakistani border Kapoor portrayed Naaz a Bangladeshi girl who falls in love with Refugee while illegally migrating to Pakistan with her family Her debut performance was acclaimed by critics Taran Adarsh of indiaFM wrote Kareena Kapoor has a magnetic personality which will make the viewer fall in love with her instantly What surprises you is the ease with which she emotes the most difficult of scenes There's no denying the fact that she is a natural performer who is very camera friendly Refugee was the fifth-highest grossing film in India in and Kapoor's performance earned her the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award In Kapoor starred opposite Shahid Kapoor in Imtiaz Ali's romantic comedy Jab We Met Relating the story of two people with contrasting personalities who meet on a train and eventually fall in love Kapoor played the female protagonist Geet Dhillon a vivacious Sikh girl with a strong zest for life The film was received favourably by critics and became one of the year's most successful films earning a domestic total of Rs million US million Kapoor won several awards for her performance including a Filmfare Best Actress Award and her second Star Screen Award for Best Actress Rajeev Masand from CNN-IBN noted Uninhibited and spontaneous Kareena Kapoor is the soul of this picture its biggest strength as she brings alive her character with not just those smart lines but with the kind of candor actors seldom invest in their work Kapoor next starred in Rohit Shetty's comedy Golmaal Returns the sequel to the film Golmaal A part of an ensemble cast that included Ajay Devgan Arshad Warsi Tusshar Kapoor Shreyas Talpade Amrita Arora Celina Jaitley and Anjana Sukhani Kapoor played a distrustful wife who believed her husband to be unfaithful The film received a mixed reception from critics and Kapoor herself received mixed reviews The Indian Express believed the screenplay was unoriginal concluding There is nothing particularly new about a suspicious wife keeping tabs on her husband and there is nothing particularly new in the way Kareena plays it Golmaal Returns was nonetheless a major financial success with revenues of over Rs million US million domestically In Kapoor began dating actor Shahid Kapoor whom she eventually parted with during the filming of Jab We Met in In September speculation began to surface that she was dating Saif Ali Khan On October during Manish Malhotra's grand finale show at the Lakme Fashion Week Khan confirmed their relationship to the media Kapoor is very close to her family and has resided with her mother Babita for much of her life Kapoor and her mother lived together in Lokhandwala and then at Park Avenue in Bandra Mumbai for several years and in Kapoor and her mother purchased adjacent flats in Khar Mumbai designed by Akshay Kumar's wife Twinkle Khanna Kapoor says she is an avid reader and swimmer in her leisure time Kapoor's weight and diet have often been scrutinized by the media In Kapoor declared that she was becoming a vegetarian to keep her weight in check Kapoor has denied rumours that she is suffering from anorexia and has attributed her weight loss to yoga and a closely-monitored balanced diet When Kapoor lost weight and collapsed on set during the filming of Tashan in media speculation about her health was rampant She dismissed the incident as a minor health scare Hailing from a family deeply involved in the film industry Kapoor faced the media spotlight from a very young age despite not making her acting debut until As a child Kapoor attended award ceremonies and events with her mother Babita and sister Karisma Kapoor and would also accompany her sister on set during filming In previous years in response to media speculation Kapoor had developed a nonchalant relationship with the media and gained a reputation for discussing her professional or private life with the press with few reservations During Kapoor made her first appearance on Karan Johar's talk show Koffee with Karan alongside Rani Mukerji whilst two years later she appeared along with Shahid Kapoor and Karisma Kapoor The following year she appeared as a guest judge along with Priyanka Chopra on the singing talent contest Indian Idol Several months later Kapoor was chosen alongside actors Shahid Kapoor and Urmila Matondkar to model and walk the ramp for designer Manish Malhotra's fashion display titled Freedom during Fashion Week In Kapoor was among several Bollywood celebrities to perform at the opening ceremony of Kapil Dev s Indian Cricket League ICL in Chandigarh In June Kapoor modelled once again for Manish Malhotra's fashion display at the IIFA Fashion Extravaganza Kapoor annually features in many polls in the media In she was ranked third on Rediff's Top Bollywood Female Stars She was later ranked seventh and fifth in respectively and came back to the third position in In February Kapoor appeared fourth on Indiatimes list of Top Hottest Actresses of Bollywood and later that year the actress was ranked eighth by the U K magazine Eastern Eye as one of Asia's Sexiest Women Kapoor has also won numerous vegetarian online polls being declared the female winner of PETA India's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrities successively in and In March she became the only woman to be featured on Filmfare Magazine's annual Power List a list of the ten most powerful people of Bollywood