Pallavi Sharda, was born in Perth, Australia,is an Australian-Indian actress and dancer trained in Bharatha Natyam.Her parents are from India, her father is fromPunjabi.Both her parents areIITalumni and have PhDs in science and engineering.They migrated to Australia in the 1980s before she was born.
Sharda came to Melbourne where she grew up in the outer north-western suburbs. She went to school at Lowther Hall in Essendon where she obtained an academic scholarship and commenced her LLB and BA (Media & Communications) & Diploma in Modern Languages (French) at the University of Melbourne, at the age of 16 and graduated with honours.
Sharda shifted from Melbourne to Mumbai to pursue her career in the performing arts.Sharda started her career by playing a "cameo" in Karan Johar's My Name Is Khan (2010). In March 2010 Sharda was crowned "Miss India Australia" in Sydney.
She next starred in the comedic-drama film, Dus Tola (2010), in which she played the role of "Geeta", a village dance teacher. Pallavi's performance was identified as the best element of the film by The Times of India. Sharda's second release, an Indo-American film called Walkaway was released on October 2010 across United States. Sharda's next Bollywood release, Love Breakups Zindagi released on 2011.
In 2011 / 2012 Sharda was the lead actress of the theatrical musical, Taj Express directed by Shruti Merchant and choreographed by Vaibhavi Merchant.
Sharda made her Australian film debut with comedy film Save Your Legs, which released on 28 February 2013. She then appeared in Abhinav Kashyap's Bollywood film Besharam, in which she portrayed a woman whose car is stolen by a petty thief. Pallavi's next Bollywood venture, Hawaizaada, was released worldwide on 30 January 2015. Directed by Vibhu Puri and co-starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Mithun Chakraborty, the film is inspired by the true events of Shivkar Bapuji Talpade, who is believed to have flown an unmanned aircraft in 1895 Bombay. Sharda received critical acclaim for her portray of a courtesan dancer during the British Raj era in Mumbai.
She joined SONY ESPN's team, as their new face for the (IPL) 2016 Indian Premier League.
ShardaPallavi's,Bollywood film Begum Jaan released in April 2017. Pallavi received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Gulabo, a sex worker in rural punjab, at the time of India's partition from Pakistan.
She's regarded as ambassador for multicultural relations in Australia. In 2015 ShardaPallavi, was appointed the 'Queen of Moomba', Melbourne's largest community festival, alongside retired Australian cricketer Shane Warne.
ShardaPallavi joined Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman in the Hollywood film Lion in 2016, and playing a lead role in ABC Australia's new medical drama titled Pulse.
