- Born
- Birth nameKareena Randhir Kapoor
- Nickname
- Bebo
- Height1.65 m
- Kareena was born to Sindhi-speaking Babita (nee Shivdasani) and Punjabi-speaking Randhir Kapoor in Bombay, India. She has an elder sister, Karisma.
She is born in a family that have been actors for generations, including her paternal great-grandfather, Prithviraj Kapoor; her grandfather, Raj Kapoor; her paternal uncles, Shammi, Shashi, Rishi, and Rajiv; as well as aunt, Neetu Singh, & Jennifer Kendall, the wives of Rishi and Shashi respectively. On her maternal side, her grandfather, Hari Shivdasani, and aunt, Sadhana, have been actors in their own rights.
As a child she studied in Jamnabai Narsee School in Juhu, Bombay, and thereafter was enrolled in Dehra Dun's prestigious Welham Girls' Boarding School. Then she re-located to Harvard for approximately 3 months to take a course in information technology and microcomputers. Upon her return to India, she joined the Government Law College in Churchgate, Bombay, but left it after one year, to enroll in the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting School.
Her film debut was in the year 2000 with Refugee (2000) along with the debut of Amitabh Bachchan's son, Abhishek. She went on to appear in 31 other Hindi movies, and has thus far won four awards for her performances in Refugee (2000), Chameli (2003), Dev (2004), and Omkara (2006).
She is one of the most sought-after actresses in Bollywood, considered bankable, with an enviable A-listing and as of June 2007 is to appear in 'Tashan', 'Lajjo', 'Kismat Talkies' amongst others.
In 2012, she married actor Saif Ali Khan, son of actress Sharmila Tagore.- IMDb mini biography by: rAjOo
- SpouseSaif Ali Khan(October 16, 2012 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenJehangir Ali Khan Pataudi
- Parents
- RelativesKarisma Kapoor(Sibling)Prithviraj Kapoor(Great Grandparent)Raj Kapoor(Grandparent)Riddhima Kapoor(Cousin)Ranbir Kapoor(Cousin)Hari Shivdasani(Grandparent)
- Her lips
- Has a mannequin of herself in Madame Tussaud's Museum in England. Along with Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Amitabh Bachchan.
- Was the original choice for Blockbuster movies Ram-leela and Chennai express, but declined both movies due to scheduling problems.
- Turned down a role in Coup de foudre à Bollywood (2004).
- Her great grandfather (Prithviraj Kapoor), her grandfather (Raj Kapoor) and his two brothers (Shammi & Shashi), her mother (Babita), her father (Randhir) and his two brothers (Rishi & Rajiv) have all been film stars over the last fifty years and her sister (Karisma) have been acting in Bollywood flicks keeping it all within the family.
- Granddaughter of Raj Kapoor, great-granddaughter of Prithviraj Kapoor and great-great-granddaughter of Dewan Basheswarnath Kapoor.
- Life is full of happiness and tears, be strong and have faith.
- I want a man I can keep for myself. I wouldn't ever share my man with anyone else.
- I am not a home breaker and I can never be. I haven't been brought up to create havoc in other people's homes.
- If I found out that my man is unfaithful, there'd be no tears, no shor-sharaba, I'd just slaughter him.
- Men are gutless. Why can't they own up to the women they love?
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