Ayesha Giulia Kapur (born 13 September 1994) is an Indian-German actress, who is best known in the

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movie

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. Kapur became the recipient of many Awards in the "Best Supporting Actress" category. In doing so, she became the second youngest (behind

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) person to be both nominated and win a

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and is currently the youngest person ever to win a

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and an IIFA Award.

Personal life

Kapur grew up and resides in

Auroville Auroville (; City of Dawn) is an experimental township in Viluppuram district, mostly in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, with some parts in the Union Territory of Pondicherry in India. It was founded in 1968 by Mirra Alfassa (known as "the ...

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. Her mother Jacqueline is German, and her father is Punjabi businessman Dilip Kapur, owner of the Hidesign chain of leather goods stores. She has one brother, Milan, and two half-brothers from her father's first marriage, Akash and Vikas. She grew up speaking English, German and Tamil, and also speaks Hindi. Kapur did her schooling from

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and graduated from the

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in 2020.

Career

Kapur starred in her first major role in Bollywood in the 2005 movie ''

'', as the young Michelle McNally opposite Rani Mukerji and Amitabh Bachchan. She received praises and critical acclaim for her role. For her role, Kapur won the

Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress The Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress is given by ''Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role. Although the Filmfare ...

(2006) at the

51st Filmfare Awards The 51st Filmfare Awards took place on 25 February 2006 at the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai. The show was hosted by Javed Jaffrey. '' Parineeta'' led the ceremony with 13 nominations, followed by ''Black'' with 11 nominations. ''Black'' rec ...

and she holds the record for the youngest nominee and winner of the award in the female category. Kapur's second movie was '' Sikandar'' in 2009 where she played the role of a young Kashmiri Muslim girl, Nasreen opposite the lead

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, with whom she develops a bond and becomes his conscience keeper. Since 2010, Kapur along with her mother Jacqueline, also runs her own brand of accessories, Ayesha Accessories.

Filmography

Awards

References

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