Shamita Shetty (born 2 February 1979) is an Indian Bollywood actress, model and interior designer. She made her Hindi film debut in the multi-starrer blockbuster musical romance film Mohabbatein (2000), which earned her phenomenal fame and earned her the IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female.She went on to do films including Bewafaa (2005) and Cash (2007).] Following this, she participated in several reality television shows like Bigg Boss 3 (2009) and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (2015). Later, she was a finalist on the stunt-based show Khatron Ke Khiladi 9 (2019) and the game reality series Bigg Boss OTT (2021) and Bigg Boss 15 (2021–2022).Shetty was born in a Tulu speaking bunt family, in Mangalore. Her late father Surendra and her mother Sunanda were manufacturers of tamper-proof water caps in the pharmaceutical industry. Shilpa Shetty is her elder sister.
