Shilpa Shukla is an Indian theater, television and Bollywood film actress.
Born: February 22, 1982 (age 31), Vaishali district
Spouse: Mohit Tripathi
Parents: N. K. Shukla
Siblings: Tenzin Priyadarshi
Education: Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram, University of Delhi, Miranda House
Early life and education
She was born into a Bihari Bhumihar family in Vaishali and Brought up in New Delhi, Kolkata and Gujarat. She Attended Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram, New Delhi till Class XII, then went to Miranda House, University of Delhi.
Career
She started her acting career with eminent theater MKRaina. Later she worked with director Arvind Gaur of the Asmita Theatre Group, her best plays are Mahesh Dattani's Final Solutions and Tara, Govind Deshpande's Antim Diwas, Ashok Lal's Ek Mamooli Aadmi, Girish Karnad's Rakt Kalyan (Taledanda) and Neil Simon's Log-Baag. After making his film debut With The critically acclaimed Khamosh Pani in 2003, she next Appeared in Sudhir Mishra's Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi also in 2003. Though popular acclaim came her way, When She played an arrogant and stubborn role of Bindia Naik in Sharukh Khan starrer, Chak De! India in 2007, que got her a Filmfare Award nomination And Also the National award consideration. Her forthcoming film directed by debutant Director BAPass Ajay Bahl, won the Audience Choice Award for best film at the South Asian Film Festival Alternative (SAAFF) in Paris, France.
In 2012, the film was named the Best Film in Indian Competition at the 12th Osian's Cinefan Film Festival.
