Sweety Shetty, known by her stage name Anushka Shetty, is an Indian actress known for her work majorly in Telugu and Tamil cinema. She is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards South, two Nandi Awards, two SIIMA Awards and one Tamil Nadu State Film Award. Having appeared over 50 films in a variety of roles, she is one of the highest-paid South Indian actresses. She was honoured with Kalaimamani in 2010 by the Government of Tamil Nadu.
Shetty was born as Sweety on 7 November 1981 in Mangalore, Karnataka. She is an ethnic Tuluva hailing from a Tulu-speaking Bunt family from Bellipady village in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. Her parents are Prafulla and A. N. Vittal Shetty and she has two elder brothers, Gunaranjan Shetty and Sai Ramesh Shetty. Shetty received her Bachelor of Computer Applications from Mount Carmel College in Bangalore. She was also a yoga instructor, trained under Bharat Thakur. While filming her debut film Super, the director Puri Jagannadh and producer Nagarjuna were keen for Shetty to have a screen name as they felt her real name Sweety may not be appealing to the audience. While mulling over different names, they came across Anushka Manchanda who was singing one of the songs in the film. They liked her first name and decided to adopt Anushka as the screen name for Shetty's film career.
| Date of Birth | 7th November 1981 |
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| Age | 43 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Country | India |
| Current City | Mangaluru |
| Birth Place | Mangaluru |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Nationality | India |
| Citizenship | India |
| Language | Tamil, Telugu |
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| Reference | IMDB |
| Education |
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| Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, Bengaluru University |
| Occupation | actor, model |
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