Sonam Kapoor was born on June 9, 1985 in Bombay to Anil Kapoor and Sunita Kapoor. Sonam is the eldest of 3 children and has a sister, Rhea and brother Harshavardhan. Anil Kapoor is a very well known Bollywood actor who shot to fame in Hollywood after his performance in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. Sonam’s mother was also a well known model in her time.

Sonam did her graduation in Political Science and Economic from University of Mumbai. She is fluent in Hindi, English and Punjabi. She also has training in classical and latin dance forms.

Sonam Kapoor started her stint in Bollywood by assisting under sanjay Leela Bansali during the making of his film titled ‘Black’. Sonam made her acting debut opposite Ranbir kapoor in Sanjay Leela Bansali’s ‘Saawariya’. The film bombed at the box office but shot Sonam to the limelight. Her next movie was titled ‘Delhi 6’ in which she starred opposite Abhishek Bachchan. This film also did not well. Sonam has signed David Dhawan’s ‘Come On Pappu’ opposite Akshay Kumar.

Even though her movies have not performed well, Sonam is still immensely popular with the youth and is considered one of the fashion icons of the country.