She gained fame for her role in Taal, which won the 1994 Miss World Pageant, and became an international star for her award-winning role in Devdas.

Her other films include Dhoom 2 and Guru.

She began her professional career as a teen model for Camlin Pencils, and later won a Ford supermodel contest and appeared in Vogue.

She won her first Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her role in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, and a second for Devdas, a film that won ten Filmfare awards in 2002.

She married fellow actor Abhishek Bachchan in 2007, and gave birth to a daughter in 2011.

She named her daughter Aaradhya Bachchan in 2012.

She and Abhishek Bachchan, who she starred with in Kuch Na Kaho, had a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony.

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