Aneet Padda

Aneet Padda – Full Biography

Basic Information

• Full Name: Aneet Padda
• Date of Birth: 13 October 2002
• Age: 23 years
• Place of Birth: Amritsar, Punjab, India
• Nationality: Indian
• Profession: Actress and model
• Years Active: 2022 – Present
• Industry: Hindi films and series

Family Background

• Padda does not come from a film family.
• She has said her father, who had once aspired to be an actor himself, was initially unsupportive of her acting ambitions.

Education

• Schooling: Spring Dale Senior School, Amritsar, Punjab.
• College Education: Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi.
• Degree: A bachelor’s degree majoring in Political Science with a minor in English.
• Alongside Studies: She began modelling in advertisements while an undergraduate, dividing her time between Mumbai and Chandigarh for work and Delhi for her studies. One of her earliest assignments was a textile advertisement shot in Chandigarh.
• Route Into Acting: She has said her desire to act came from performing in a play as a child. During the COVID-19 pandemic she sent more than 50 cold emails to production companies before realising casting is handled by agencies, and was subsequently hired for a coffee advertisement.

Career Highlights

• Acting Debut – “Salaam Venky” (2022), a brief role as Nandini, the love interest of Vishal Jethwa’s character
• First Lead Role – “Big Girls Don’t Cry” (2024), Nitya Mehra’s Amazon Prime Video coming-of-age series, in which she played Roohi and also wrote, composed and sang the original track “Masoom”
• Major Success – “Saiyaara” (2025), Mohit Suri’s romantic drama, in which she played Vaani Batra, an aspiring lyricist diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. The film grossed over ₹5.79 billion to become the fourth highest-grossing Indian film of the year.

Recent Activity

• Cast in the title role of Shakti Shalini, part of the Maddock Horror Comedy Universe, currently in post-production
• Reuniting with director Nitya Mehra for the courtroom drama Nyaya, alongside Fatima Sana Shaikh
• Signed as a brand ambassador for Lakmé, Mia by Tanishq, Reliance Trends and Pepsi following the success of Saiyaara

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