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.
She did her schooling from St. Anthony's Girls' High School, Mumbai. After completing her degree in commerce from Sydenham college, Shetty did a fas