Karisma Kapoor (born 25 June 1974) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi movies. A part of the Kapoor family, she is the girl of actors Babita and Randhir Kapoor, and the senior sister of actress Kareena Kapoor. One of the most well known and highest-paid actresses of her time, she is the recipient of a few awards, counting a National Film Grant and four Filmfare Awards.

Kapoor made her acting debut with the film Prem Qaidi in 1991 and hence played the driving woman in a few box office hits, counting Jigar (1992), Anari (1993), Andaz Apna Apna (1994), Raja Babu (1994), Coolie No. 1 (1995), Saajan Chale Sasural (1996), and Jeet (1996). Featuring parts in the top-grossing romances Raja Hindustani (1996) and Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), built up her as a star. She won the Filmfare Grant for Best Actress for the previous, and the National Film Grant and the Filmfare Grant for Best Supporting Actress for the latter.

Kapoor cemented her status by featuring in five of David Dhawan's comedies—Judwaa (1997), Saint No.1 (1997), Biwi No.1 (1999), Haseena Maan Jaayegi (1999) and Dulhan Murmur Le Jayenge (2000), and the family drama Hum Saath-Saath Hain (1999). In the early 2000s, Kapoor won the Best Actress and Best Actress (Critics) awards at Filmfare for her main parts in the dramas Fiza (2000) and Zubeidaa (2001), individually. She took a vacation from acting after driving the tv cleanser opera Karishma: The Miracles of Destiny (2003–2004), and has since acted sporadically, featuring in the web-series Mentalhood (2020) and the riddle thriller Kill Mubarak (2024)

Kapoor was hitched to businessman Sanjay Kapoor from 2003 to 2016 – the previous couple has two children together. She has highlighted as a ability judge for a few reality shows.

Early life and background

Kapoor with her mother Babita (cleared out) and sister Kareena (right) at an occasion in 2003
Karisma Kapoor was born on 25 June 1974 in Mumbai, to performing artists Randhir Kapoor and Babita (née Shivdasani). Her more youthful sister, Kareena, is a film performing artist who is hitched to on-screen character Saif Ali Khan.Her fatherly granddad was the on-screen character and filmmaker Raj Kapoor, whereas her maternal granddad was on-screen character Hari Shivdasani. Her fatherly great-grandfather was performing artist Prithviraj Kapoor.The performing artists Rishi and Rajiv Kapoor are her uncles, whereas the performing artist Neetu Singh is her close relative. Her to begin with cousins are the on-screen characters Ranbir Kapoor, Armaan Jain and Aadar Jain, and the businessman Nikhil Nanda. The performing artists Shammi and Shashi Kapoor are her grand-uncles, and the late performing artist Sadhana was her mother's to begin with cousin.

Kapoor is casually called as "Lolo" at her domestic. Agreeing to Kapoor, the title Lolo was determined after her mother made a passing reference to the Italian on-screen character Gina Lollobrigida. Her fatherly and maternal grandparents were from Peshawar, Lyallpur and Karachi individually, who moved to Bombay for their film careers some time recently the parcel of India. Kapoor is of Punjabi plunge on her father's side, and on her mother's side she is of Sindhi and British descent.

Particularly motivated by the work of actresses Sridevi and Madhuri Dixit, Kapoor was sharp on seeking after acting since childhood. Whereas developing up, Kapoor routinely gone to grant ceremonies and went with her guardians to film sets. In any case, in spite of her family foundation, her father disliked of ladies working in movies, since he accepted it clashed with the conventional maternal obligations and obligation of ladies in the family. This driven to a strife between her guardians and they isolated in 1988. She and her sister Kareena were raised by their mother, who worked a few occupations to raise them, until she made her make a big appearance in movies as an actress.The couple accommodated in 2007, after living independently for a few years. Kapoor considered at the Cathedral and John Connon School and afterward, for a few months at Sophia College. Kapoor afterward said that she cleared out college to pursue acting for financial support.