Aditi Rao Hydari | |
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Born | [1] Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India | 28 October 1978
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2006–present |
Spouses | |
Mother | Vidya Rao |
Relatives | Kiran Rao (cousin) |
Family | Tyabji–Hydari family |
Aditi Rao Hydari (Hindi: [ədɪtɪ ɾɑːʋ ɦɛːdɾiː]; born 28 October 1978) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films. Born into the Tyabji–Hydari family, she made her film debut with the Malayalam film Prajapathi (2006). She received attention for her roles in Delhi 6 (2009) and Yeh Saali Zindagi (2011), for which she won her first Screen Award.[2] She subsequently appeared in Rockstar (2011), the horror film Murder 3 (2013), Boss (2013), and the thriller Wazir (2016), as well as the period drama Padmaavat (2018), which was commercially successful and earned her an IIFA Award.[3]
Aditi starred in Mani Ratnam's romantic drama Kaatru Veliyidai (2017), for which she won a SIIMA Award.[4] She received a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for Sammohanam (2018). She has since starred in several Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, such as Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018), Sufiyum Sujatayum (2020) and Maha Samudram (2021), as well as the Hindi anthology film Ajeeb Daastaans (2021) and series Jubilee (2023) and Heeramandi (2024).