1. Pallavi Sharda was born on 5 March 1988 and is an Australian actress and Bharathanatyam dancer of Indian descent.
24 Facts About Pallavi Sharda
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Pallavi Sharda won the Miss India Australia beauty pageant in 2010.
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Pallavi Sharda has starred in Hindi language films Besharam, Hawaizaada and Begum Jaan.
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Pallavi Sharda came to Melbourne as a toddler where she grew up in the outer north-western suburbs.
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Pallavi Sharda shifted base from Melbourne to Mumbai in 2008 to follow a career in film.
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Pallavi Sharda started her Bollywood career by playing a cameo in Karan Johar's My Name Is Khan.
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In March 2010 at the age of 23 Pallavi Sharda was crowned Miss India Australia in Sydney.
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Pallavi Sharda next starred in the comedic-drama film, Dus Tola opposite acclaimed actor Manoj Bajpayee, in which she played the role of Geeta, a village dance teacher.
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Pallavi Sharda's performance was identified as the best element of the film by The Times of India.
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In 2011 and 2012 Pallavi Sharda was the lead actress of the theatrical musical, Taj Express directed by Shruti Merchant and choreographed by Vaibhavi Merchant.
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Pallavi Sharda made her Australian film debut with comedy film Save Your Legs, which released on 28 February 2013.
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Pallavi Sharda then appeared in Abhinav Kashyap's Bollywood film Besharam.
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Pallavi Sharda received critical acclaim for her portrayal of a courtesan dancer during the British Raj era in Mumbai.
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Pallavi Sharda joined Sony ESPN's team as their new face for the IPL 2016 Indian Premier League.
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Pallavi Sharda joined Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman in the Hollywood film Lion in 2016.
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Pallavi Sharda played a leading role in ABC Australia's medical drama Pulse, her performance awarded her the "Rising Star" award by the Casting Guild of Australia.
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Pallavi Sharda is currently starring in Beecham House, ITV's historical drama series directed by Gurinder Chadha and the ABC-TV comedy Retrograde.
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Pallavi Sharda starred in the Audible original The Missed, written by Sami Shah.
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Pallavi Sharda is on the board of advisers for e-Kutir, a social entrepreneurship company focused on improving the lives of Indians using the 'base of pyramid' model.
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Pallavi Sharda's focus areas are Sanitation and Mother and Child.
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Pallavi Sharda is a regular keynote speaker on Asia Literacy in Australia, cross-cultural relations between India and Australia and women's empowerment in India.
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Pallavi Sharda was named on the list of forty most influential Asian Australians at the inaugural Asian-Australian Leadership Summit.
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Pallavi Sharda partnered with World Vision Australia alongside other notable notable Australian women activists to raise her voices to empower 1,000 girls.
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In 2024 Pallavi Sharda became an Ambassador of the Witchery White Shirt campaign to help raise awareness for Ovarian Cancer Research.