Asha Bhat

Bhat was born in Bhadravati, an industrial city in the Shimoga district of Indian state of Karnataka on 5 September 1992 to parents Subrahmanya and Shyamala Bhat. Both her parents are medical laboratory technicians and have been serving the Bhadravati city clinical laboratories. She has one elder sister, Dr. Akshatha, who is a paediatrician.

Bhat attended St. Charles School in Bhadravathi and pursued her pre-university education at Alva's Pre-University College in Moodbidri. She enrolled for National Cadet Corps (NCC) while studying at the Alvas College and was selected to participate in the Republic Day Camp. She was a member of NCC delegation from SAARC nations and visited Sri Lanka Military Academy and won all rounder award in the year 2009, awarded by the president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa. She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Electronic engineering from R.V. College of Engineering. Bhat made her acting debut in 2019 with the Hindi action adventure film Junglee. She played Meera, an animal activist alongside Vidyut Jamwal. Devesh Sharma of Filmfare praised her role for not being an "arm-candy", Priyanka Sinha Jha of News18 noted that despite the screen scape her role doesn't "add value". The film became a box office average.

In 2021, Bhat made her Kannada film debut with Roberrt, playing Amrutha opposite Darshan. A Sharadhaa of The New Indian Express stated that she "shines" in her scenes. The film eventually became the highest-grossing Kannada film of the year.

Bhatt next played Meera, an assistant director opposite Vishwak Sen, in the 2022 fil Ori Devuda, which marked her Telugu debut. The film was a commercial success with Murali Krishna CH of Cinema Express being appreciative of her "expressive eyes".