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Karisma Kapoor is an Indian film actress. Part of the Kapoor family, she is the daughter of film actors Randhir and Babita and the elder sister of actress Kareena Kapoor. Kapoor is known for her acclaimed performance mostly in the women-centric films. Kapoor has established a successful film career in Hindi films, and is regarded as the nation's most successful and highest-paid actresses.
Kapoor made her acting debut at the age of seventeen with Prem Qaidi in 1991. She subsequently featured in several highly successful films, including the dramas Jigar (1992), Anari (1993), Raja Babu and Suhaag (1994), the comedies Coolie No. 1, Gopi Kishan (1995) and Saajan Chale Sasural and the action thriller Jeet (1996), the later of which paired her with Salman Khan and Sunny Deol. She established herself as a leading actress of Bollywood with the romantic comedy Raja Hindustani (1996), opposite Aamir Khan. The film earned her unanimous praise from critics as well as the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. The following year, she received widespread recognition as well as the National Film Award and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for portraying a headstrong dancer in the Yash Raj's produced musical romance Dil Toh Pagal Hai. Subsequently, she played leading roles in several of the highly successful Hindi films, including the comedies Hero No.1 (1997) and Biwi No.1 (1999), the family drama Hum Saath-Saath Hain (1999), and the romantic comedy Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge (2000). Her acclaimed performances in the dramas, Fiza (2000) and Zubeidaa (2001) won her two consecutive Best Actress and Critics Best Actress awards at Filmfare. Later in 2002, she portrayed a troubled daughter-in-law in the revenge drama Shakti: The Power for which she received Best Actress nominations at several award ceremonies. In 2003, she married businessman Sanjay Kapur and took sabbatical from films, though she appeared in several television shows during the time, and provided her voice for the role of Chhaya in the 2011 action thriller Bodyguard, which ranks among one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of all time. She made her comeback with the period drama Dangerous Ishq (2012), after which she again took a sabbatical.