Biography

Kim was born in Ahmednagar to an Indian father and a Japanese mother and did her schooling at St. Joseph's Convent in Panchgani. She then returned to her hometown and joined a junior college. Of her college days, she said 'Having studied in a boarding school, where most of the girls were from aboard, living and studying in Ahmednagar came as a culture shock'. While in her twelfth standard, she decided to quit studies. Her niece used to study in Army Public School of Ahmednagar. As one of the famous faces of Ahmednagar college, she was offered many fashion shows and modeling.

In August 2011 it was revealed that Kim had secretly married a Kenyan businessman named Ali Punjani, who she had been dating for a few weeks.

Career

On a trip to Mumbai, she auditioned for Close-Up toothpaste and was selected. She then appeared in Sunsilk, Pepsi, Tata Safari, Ponds, Fair & Lovely, Clean-n-Clear and Liril advertisements. She is also the brand ambassador of Olay

Olay

Olay is an American skin care line. It is one of the top skin care retail brands in the world, except for Japan, and is one of Procter & Gamble's multi-billion dollar brands. For the 2009 fiscal year ended June 30, Olay accounted for an estimated $2.8 billion of P&G's $79 billion in revenue.-Early...

 in India.

Sharma caught the eye of producer Aditya Chopra

Aditya Chopra

Aditya Chopra is an Indian film producer, screenwriter and director. He is most known for directing his only three films Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge , Mohabbatein , and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi...

 who signed her for his next directorial venture titled Mohabbatein

Mohabbatein

Mohabbatein , is a 2000 Indian Bollywood film directed by Aditya Chopra. The movie stars Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan in pivotal roles, along with six young debutantes. Aishwarya Rai appeared in flashbacks as Khan's lover. The movie was filmed at Oxford, England and Longleat...

. The film also marked the launch of five other newcomers-Uday Chopra

Uday Chopra

Uday Chopra is a Bollywood actor, producer, and assistant director.He is the son of Yash Chopra and brother of Aditya Chopra, and worked as assistant director on a number of his father's and brother's movies under the Yash Raj Films banner. In 1994 Chopra produced Yeh Dillagi starring Akshay...

, Jugal Hansraj

Jugal Hansraj

Jugal Hansraj is an Indian actor and director based at Mumbai.Hansraj started his career as a child artiste in the 1983 film Masoom, which starred Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi. The film was about a 9-year-old boy whose stepmother was not willing to accept him into the family because he was...

, Jimmy Shergill

Jimmy Shergill

Jasjit Singh Gill , popularly known as Jimmy Shergill , is an Indian actor.-Early life:Shergill was born in a Jatt Sikh family in Gorakhpur, India and studied there till 5th Grade in St. Paul's School. Then, his family shifted to Patiala...

, Shamita Shetty

Shamita Shetty

Shamita Shetty is an Indian actress. She is the younger sister of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty.- Early life :Shamita is the second and youngest daughter of Surendra and Sunanda Shetty...

 and Preeti Jhangiani

Preeti Jhangiani

Preeti Jhangiani is an Indian actress and model. She is fluent in Kannada, Sindhi, Hindi, English. She studied in Jai Hind College, Mumbai where her older sister Deepa studied as well...

. Mohabbatein also starred superstars Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...

, Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. It was a huge hit and started Kim's career in Bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2000	Mohabbatein Mohabbatein Mohabbatein , is a 2000 Indian Bollywood film directed by Aditya Chopra. The movie stars Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan in pivotal roles, along with six young debutantes. Aishwarya Rai appeared in flashbacks as Khan's lover. The movie was filmed at Oxford, England and Longleat...	Sanjana	Hindi Hindi Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...	Hindi film debut
2002	Tumse Achcha Kaun Hai Tumse Achcha Kaun Hai Tum Se Achcha Kaun Hai is a 2002 Bollywood romantic film directed by Deepak Anand. Starring Rati Agnihotri, Ali Asghar and Aarti Chhabria, it premiered on 26 April 2002 in Mumbai.-Plot:...	Bobby Gujral	Hindi
	Kehtaa Hai Dil Baar Baar Kehtaa Hai Dil Baar Baar Kehtaa Hai Dil Baar Baar is a 2002 Indian Bollywood film directed by Rahul Dholakia and stars Jimmy Shergill, Kim Sharma, Paresh Rawal in pivotal roles.-Cast:* Jimmy Shergill... Sunder Kapoor* Kim Sharma... Ritu Patel...	Ritu Patel	Hindi
	Khadgam Khadgam Khadgam is a 2002 Telugu language Patriotic movie produced by Sunkara Madhu Murali under Karthikeya Movies banner. The film features Srikanth, Ravi Teja, Prakash Raj, Sangeetha, Sonali Bendre and Kim Sharma in the lead roles. Music has been composed Devi Sri Prasad. The movie released on 29...		Telugu Telugu language Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...
2003	Alai Alai (film) Alai is a 2003 Indian Tamil romantic comedy film. The film stars Silambarasan, Trisha, Raghuvaran and Vivek. The film is directed by Vikram K Kumar. The score and soundtrack, composed by Vidyasagar, was released on April 2003. It flopped because of the release of Kaadhal Kondein...	Item number	Tamil Tamil language Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
2004	Fida Fida Fida is a Bollywood movie released in 2004. The film, directed by Ken Ghosh, stars Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Fardeen Khan and Kim Sharma. Though the film released to critical acclaim, it was a flop at the box-office.-Plot:...	Sonia	Hindi
2005	Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav	Rita	Hindi
	Yakeen Yakeen Yakeen is the name of two Indian films:*Yakeen *Yakeen ...	Tanya S. Thakur	Hindi
	Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story	Laadli Begum	Hindi
2006	Tom, Dick, and Harry	Bijli	Hindi
	Ladies Tailor	Radhika	Hindi
	Zindaggi Rocks Zindaggi Rocks Zindaggi Rocks is a 2006 Bollywood film, directed by Tanuja Chandra and produced by Anurradha Prasad. It is about the love story between a famous singer, Kriya, played by Sushmita Sen and a doctor, played by Shiney Ahuja....	Joy	Hindi
	Moonlight		Hindi
2007	Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamana Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamana Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamana is a Bollywood comedy film directed by Amur Batula. Released in 2006 it stars Mahima Chaudhary, Rekha and Ashmit Patel. Its central set up is of four female friends and their problems with boyfriends and husbands, and it has been compared to Sex and the City....	Kanika	Hindi
	Nehlle Pe Dehlla Nehlle Pe Dehlla Nehlle Pe Dehlla is a 2007 Hindi film directed by Ajay D. Chandok, and starring Saif Ali Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha Basu and Kim Sharma. The film was filmed in 2002, even though it premiered on 2 March, 2007...	Kim	Hindi
	Heyy Babyy Heyy Babyy Heyy Babyy is a 2007 Hindi comedy film starring Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Fardeen Khan, Riteish Deshmukh and Boman Irani. It is the first full-length feature film directed by Sajid Khan. It released on 24 August 2007 to a good response and was the seventh highest grossing Bollywood film of 2007...		Hindi	Special Appearance
	Chhodon Naa Yaar Chhodon Naa Yaar Chhodon Naa Yaar is a 2007 Bollywood drama film directed by Dillip Sood and starringJimmy Shergill and Kim Sharma.-Plot:Ravi , Shiv and Sunny , three final year students from a Delhi Mass Com College decided to make their diploma film about a myth which was prevalent in the northern hills of India...	Rashmi	Hindi
	Godfather: The Legend Continues Godfather (2007 film) Godfather - The legend continues is a Pakistani Urdu film directed by Hariday Shetty which was released across theaters in Pakistan on October 14, 2007. The film has massive star cast including both Pakistani and Indian actors and will show Vinod Khanna for the very first time on the Pakistani...		Urdu Urdu Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...	Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan... i film
2008	Money Hai Toh Honey Hai Money Hai Toh Honey Hai Money Hai Toh Honey Hai is a Bollywood comedy film directed by Ganesh Acharya and produced by Kumar Mangat. It features a cast of stars including Govinda, Aftab Shivdasani, Upen Patel, Hansika Motwani, Celina Jaitley and Manoj Bajpai in the lead roles with Ravi Kissen and Prem Chopra in supporting...	Sara	Hindi	Special Appearance
	Deshdrohi	Item Number	Hindi
2009	The Whisperers	Natasha	English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
	Magadheera Magadheera Magadheera is a 2009 Telugu film. The film is a historical drama love tale, directed by S. S. Rajamouli and produced by Allu Aravind. The film stars Ram Charan Tej and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles, while actors Sri Hari Raghumundri and Dev Gill play other prominent roles. The film features an...	Item Number	Telugu
	Anjaneyulu	Item Number	Telugu
	Daddy Cool	Jenny	Hindi
	Yagam	Sophie	Telugu
	Sinam		Tamil Tamil language Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
2010	Marega Salaa	Tanya	Hindi
(2011 film)	Loot		Hindi

External links

• Kim Sharma's Last Movie "LOOT" at FilmyPanda.com