Beginning her career as a model, Rao made her acting debut with Ab Ke Baras 2002 She then starred in Ken Ghosh's love-story Ishq Vishk 2003 and earned a Filmfare nomination in the "Best Female Debut" category.
Contents
* 1 Personal life
* 2 Career
o 2.1 Modeling
o 2.2 Acting
* 3 Awards and nominations
o 3.1 Filmfare Awards
o 3.2 Star Screen Awards
o 3.3 Zee Cine Awards
o 3.4 International Indian Film Academy Awards
o 3.5 Stardust Awards
o 3.6 Other awards won
* 4 Filmography
* 5 References
* 6 External links
Personal life
Amrita was born in Mumbai to a Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin family. She speaks Marathi, Hindi, English and her mother tongue, KonkaniShe attended Convent Girls High school in Mumbai, and later enrolled in Sophia College to pursue a degree in Psychology. Her younger sister, Preetika Rao, is a Model, Journalist-Columnist and a South-Indian film actress.
Career
Modeling
While studying in Sophia College, Amrita auditioned for an advertisement for Fairever Face Cream. Her appearance in Cadbury’s Perk Karwa Chaut ad and the Bru Coffee advertisement helped her receive offers from film directors in Bollywood.citation needed
Acting
Amrita made her acting debut with Ab Ke Baras 2002, and followed that with her, Ishq Vishk, in which she portrayed Payal. She became an overnight star after the success that film. She followed this up with films Masti 2004 and Main Hoon Na, Deewaar 2004, Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi 2005, Shikhar 2005 and Pyare Mohan 2006 She starred in Sooraj R. Barjatya's Vivah 2006 opposite Shahid Kapoor
Her performance earned her a Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award.citation neede
n 2007 Amrita made her debut in the Telugu film industry with Athidhi opposite Mahesh Babu. Amrita's releases in 2008 include My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves and Welcome to Sajjanpur. Amrita's releases in 2009 are Victory, and Shortkut. Since then Amrita has not had a major movie release. Year 2011 will see her comeback with the movie Love U...Mr. Kala
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