Shraddha Kapoor

Shraddha Kapoor is an Indian actress and singer who works in Hindi films. The daughter of actor Shakti Kapoor, she began her acting career with a brief role in the 2010 heist film Teen Patti, and followed it with her first leading role in the teen drama Luv Ka The End.

Kapoor gained wide recognition for playing a singer in the commercially successful romantic drama Aashiqui 2, for which she received a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. The following year, she portrayed a character based on Ophelia in Vishal Bhardwaj's critically acclaimed drama Haider, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet.