Alia Bhatt (born 15 March 1993) is an actress and producer who works in Hindi films. She is one of the most successful actresses of her generation. She made her debut in Student of the Year (2012) and went on to win acclaim for Highway, Udta Punjab, Raazi and Gully Boy. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress for Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022) and holds the record for the most Filmfare Awards for Best Actress, with six.
Quick Facts
| Full name | Alia Bhatt |
| Born | 15 March 1993, Bombay (now Mumbai), India |
| Age | 33 |
| Nationality | British (raised in India) |
| Occupation | Actress, producer, entrepreneur |
| Years active | 1999, 2012–present |
| Parents | Mahesh Bhatt (filmmaker), Soni Razdan (actress) |
| Spouse | Ranbir Kapoor (m. 2022) |
| Children | 1 (Raha, born 2022) |
| Ventures | Eternal Sunshine Productions, Ed-a-Mamma |
| Known for | Highway, Udta Punjab, Raazi, Gully Boy, Gangubai Kathiawadi, RRR |
Early Life
Bhatt was born in Bombay to the filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and the actress Soni Razdan. Her father is of Gujarati descent, and her mother has Kashmiri Pandit and German heritage. Her elder sister, Shaheen, is a writer. She holds British citizenship through her mother but was raised in India. She made her first screen appearance as a child in Sangharsh (1999).
Career
Bhatt made her adult debut in Karan Johar’s Student of the Year (2012). Her breakthrough came with Imtiaz Ali’s road drama Highway (2014), in which she played a kidnapped young woman, and she won the Filmfare Critics Award for it. She followed it with the hits 2 States (2014) and Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014). In Udta Punjab (2016) she played a Bihari migrant caught up in Punjab’s drug trade and won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. She also starred in Dear Zindagi (2016) opposite Shah Rukh Khan.
In Meghna Gulzar’s spy thriller Raazi (2018) she played an Indian woman who marries into a Pakistani military family to gather intelligence. The film was a major success. She co-starred with Ranveer Singh in Gully Boy (2019). She played the title role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022), about a woman who rises to power in Mumbai’s red-light district, and won the National Film Award for Best Actress. The same year she appeared in S. S. Rajamouli’s global hit RRR, starred in Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva with Ranbir Kapoor, and produced and starred in the Netflix dark comedy Darlings.
Bhatt made her Hollywood debut opposite Gal Gadot in the Netflix thriller Heart of Stone (2023). She starred with Ranveer Singh in Karan Johar’s Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023) and headlined the action drama Jigra (2024). She leads Alpha (2026), part of Yash Raj Films’ spy series, and stars with Ranbir Kapoor and Vicky Kaushal in Bhansali’s Love & War.
Business Ventures
Bhatt founded the production company Eternal Sunshine Productions in 2019. She also created Ed-a-Mamma, a sustainable children’s clothing brand. She became Gucci’s first Indian global ambassador in 2023 and a global ambassador for L’Oréal Paris in 2024.
Personal Life
Bhatt married Ranbir Kapoor on 14 April 2022 in Mumbai, and their daughter, Raha, was born on 6 November 2022. In 2024 she said publicly that she had been diagnosed with ADHD.
Awards and Honours
Selected Filmography
Frequently Asked Questions
When and where was Alia Bhatt born?
Alia Bhatt was born on 15 March 1993 in Bombay (now Mumbai), India and is 33 years old.
What is Alia Bhatt known for?
Known for: Highway, Udta Punjab, Raazi, Gully Boy, Gangubai Kathiawadi, RRR.
Featured image: Alia Bhatt at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, 12 May 2026. Photo by Gabriel Hutchinson, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
