Evelyn Lakshmi Sharma is a German actress and model who appears primarily in Indian films of the

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

language. She marked her film debut with the 2006 American film ''Turn Left'' and made her

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debut in the 2012 film '' From Sydney with Love''. She gained prominence following her appearance in the 2013 film ''

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani ''Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani'' (), also abbreviated as ''YJHD'', is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age romantic comedy film directed by Ayan Mukerji, written by Mukerji and Hussain Dalal, and produced by Karan Johar under Dharma Produc ...

''.

Early life and background

Evelyn Lakshmi Sharma was born and raised in

Aschaffenburg Aschaffenburg (; Hessian: ''Aschebersch'', ) is a town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg, despite being its administrative seat, is not part of the district of Aschaffenburg. Aschaffenburg belonged to the Archbishopric ...

, Bavaria, Germany, to an Indian

Punjabi Hindu Punjabi Hindus are adherents of Hinduism who identify ethnically, linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Punjabis and are natives of the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. Punjabi Hindus are the third-largest religious g ...

father and a German mother. She holds German citizenship. In October 2019, Sharma got engaged to an Indo-Australian dental surgeon and entrepreneur, Tushaan Bhindi. On 15 May 2021, she married Bhindi in

Brisbane Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a ...

, Australia. Their first child, a daughter, was born that November.

Career

Sharma began her acting career with a bit part in the 2006 American film ''Turn Left''. In 2012, she made her

debut playing Lubaina Snyder in the film '' From Sydney with Love''. The following year, she was featured in the film ''

'', and her performance was praised in ''

Nautanki Saala! ''Nautanki Saala!'' () is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy, romantic comedy-drama film directed by Rohan Sippy, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Kunaal Roy Kapur along with Pooja Salvi, Evelyn Sharma and Gaelyn Mendonca. Abhishek Ba ...

'' and ''

Issaq ''Issaq'' () is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language romantic film directed by Manish Tiwary and produced by Dhaval Gada and Shailesh R. Singh. The film, written by Padmaja Thakore-Tiwary, Manish Tiwary and Pawan Sony, was released on 26 July 2013. T ...

''. In 2014, she played the role of Janet D'souza in the sleeper hit '' Yaariyan''. In August 2014, Sharma released her first music single, "Something Beautiful", produced by Brooklyn Shanti. She has also hosted her own travel show titled ''Life Mein Ek Baar''. In May 2015, she appeared in Devang Dholakia's '' Kuch Kuch Locha Hai'' opposite Navdeep Chabbra,

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and

Ram Kapoor Ram Kapoor (; born 1 September 1973) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi films and television. One of the highest paid television actor in India, he is known for portraying Jai Walia in ''Kasamh Se'' and Ram Kapoor in ''Bade Achhe L ...

and it was released on 8 May 2015. She was also featured in ''

Ishqedarriyaan ''Ishqedarriyaan'' () is a 2015 Bollywood romance film directed by V. K. Prakash and produced by Rajesh Banga, starring Mahaakshay Chakraborty, Evelyn Sharma and Mohit Dutta. The film was slated to release on 15 May 2015 with '' Bombay Velv ...

,'' which was released on 29 May 2015. She appeared in ''

Saaho ''Saaho'' () is a 2019 Indian action thriller film directed by Sujeeth and produced by UV Creations and T-Series. It was filmed simultaneously in Telugu and Hindi, stars Prabhas in the titular role, alongside Shraddha Kapoor, Chunky Pande ...

'' and '' Kissebaaz'' in the year 2019.

Filmography

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