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).