23 Facts About Kiara Advani

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Kiara Advani won the IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress for the latter.

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Kiara Advani was born 31 July 1991, to Jagdeep Kiara Advani, a Sindhi Hindu businessman and Genevieve Jaffrey, a teacher whose father was originally from Lucknow and whose mother was of Scottish, Irish, Portuguese, and Spanish ancestry.

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Kiara Advani is related to several celebrities through her maternal family.

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Kiara Advani attended the Cathedral and John Connon School, and later attended Jai Hind College where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in mass communications.

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Kiara Advani has stated that it was Salman Khan's suggestion to change her name, as Alia Bhatt was already an established actress.

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Kiara Advani began her acting career with the Hindi ensemble comedy film Fugly.

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Kiara Advani had a supporting role opposite Sushant Singh Rajput, as the real-life character of his wife, hotel manager Sakshi Rawat.

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Kiara Advani featured with Shahid Kapoor in the music video "Urvashi", sung by Yo Yo Honey Singh.

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Kiara Advani expanded to Telugu cinema in 2018, appearing with Mahesh Babu in the action film Bharat Ane Nenu from Koratala Siva, about a student who unexpectedly becomes the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.

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Kiara Advani received wider attention later in 2019 for Sandeep Reddy Vanga's romantic drama Kabir Singh, starring Shahid Kapoor.

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Kiara Advani then starred in the comedy Good Newwz alongside Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Diljit Dosanjh, about two couples tryst with in vitro fertilization.

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Kiara Advani won the IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Good Newwz.

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Kiara Advani next featured in the war film Shershaah, based on the life of army officer Vikram Batra, in which she played Batra's girlfriend.

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Kiara Advani received a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.

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Kiara Advani starred alongside an ensemble cast in Jugjugg Jeeyo, a comedy-drama about divorce, in which Varun Dhawan and her played an unhappily married couple.

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Kiara Advani then starred in the comic thriller Govinda Naam Mera, with Vicky Kaushal and Bhumi Pednekar, which released digitally on Disney+ Hotstar.

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Kiara Advani will reunite with Kartik Aaryan in the romantic drama Satyaprem Ki Katha.

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Raghuvendra Singh of Filmfare finds Kiara Advani to be "charming, vivacious and always full on energy".

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In 2019, Kiara Advani took part of the campaign as brand ambassador for Giordano handbags.

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In 2023, Kiara Advani became the new face of the mango drink brand, Slice.

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In March 2023, Kiara Advani performed at the opening ceremony of the Women's Premier League alongside Kriti Sanon and AP Dhillon.

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Kiara Advani ranked 30th in GQ Indias listing of the 30 most influential young Indians.

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Kiara Advani has featured in The Times of India listing of the "Most Desirable Woman", ranking sixth in 2019 and fourth in 2020.