Shilpa Shetty (born 8 June 1975) is an Indian film actress . She has also appeared in the PeTA India campaign ads.

She briefly dated co-star Akshay Kumar, but they broke up for unknown reasons.

Shilpa Shetty laughs a lot when she was young. She still laughs most of the time. According to Shilpa's mother (Sunanda), Shilpa was a naughty child and was called a "fightercock" as she mostly fought with her younger sister (Shamita). Her mom also acknowledges that she was a very bubbly and vivacious child and her pet name is "Manya" but her mom calls her "babucha" or "Honeybunch". Shilpa went to school at St. Anthony's Girl's convent in Chembur then she went to Podar College.

Shilpa was her school team's baseball captain. She is a black belt Karate champion. She actively participated in her father's chemical business. Acting was the only thing she had not tried her hand at.

Shilpa has a great sence of humor and has the capacity to crack jokes on her self. She'll start laughing even before you crack a joke. Shilpa dreams of working in films with Tom Cruise and Jackie Chan. Shilpa's method of spending a holiday would be wake up late, cook, watch movies, work out and spend time with her family. Shilpa is also a huge fan of prints, especially Tiger and Leopard prints. Her room is filled with all the different kind of prints. Even her pillow case.