Shilpa Shetty Kundra (born June 8, 1975) is an Indian film actress and
model. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar (1993), she has
appeared in nearly 40 Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films, her
first leading role being in the 1994 film Aag. Her performances in
Dhadkan (2000) and Rishtey (2002) were appreciated, while her portrayal
of an AIDS patient in Phir Milenge (2004) won her many accolades. Her
younger sister Shamita Shetty is also a Bollywood film actress.After
taking part in the British Celebrity Big Brother 5 reality TV series in
2007, Shetty was crowned the winner with 63% of the final vote, after an
international racism controversy involving her and fellow contestants
Jade Goody, Jo O'Meara and Danielle Lloyd. This was followed by a
re-establishment of her status in the film industry in 2007 when she
appeared in two successive movies, Life in a... Metro and Apne, with her
performance in the former drawing positive reviews