- A photo of Anushka appears on the wall in the film Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006). This was 2 years before her debut.
- Anushka's first movie in theatre was Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995).
- She confessed that she decided to become an actress after watching Kareena Kapoor in the movie Jab We Met (2007).
- In an interview, She confessed that Aditya Chopra told her that she was not the most good-looking girl around but that she was talented.
- She originally intended to pursue a career in modelling or journalism, and had no aspirations to be an actress.
- She is the first bollywood actress whose film PK (2014) crossed 300 crore mark at box office.
- Got married to her boyfriend and Indian cricketer Virat Kohli in 2017, in a private ceremony in Italy.
- In December 2014, Anushka Sharma auctioned the leather jacket she wore in Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012) on eBay, with proceeds going to the redevelopment of the flood-ravaged states of Kashmir and Assam.
- She admires and respects actor Shah Rukh Khan a lot. Her debut was with Khan. Khan once confessed that she told him that she doesn't like him as an actor, but he is a very good person.
- She was once shortlisted for Steven Spielberg's movie based on Indo-Pak relations, along with Bradley Cooper, Denzel Washington and Richard Gere. However, Spielberg dropped the plan of making the movie.
- Rejected lead roles in 2 States (2014) and Ki & Ka (2016), which went to Alia Bhatt and Kareena Kapoor respectively. Both films were hits at the box office.
- She was the first choice for the lead role in Imtiaz Ali's Tamasha (2015). But She rejected the role saying that it wasn't meaty enough. The role went to Deepika Padukone.
- She auditioned for Kareena Kapoor's role in 3 Idiots (2009). This was before her debut in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008).
- She is the youngest bollywood actress who became producer. She became a producer at the age of 25.
- Anushka Sharma became the first bollywood actress to appear on the Enterpreneur magazine.
- Her father is a retired Army-Officer and her mother is a housewife. Her brother is in Merchant Navy.
- Is a good friend of actors Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif.
- She rapped for a song in her film Phillauri (2017).
- Played the role of love interest of a cricketer in the film Patiala House (2011). She would eventually marry real life Indian cricketer Virat Kohli.
- She was trained by well-known style consultant Prasad Bidapa when she was just 15.
- Her first co-star, frequent collaborator and ex-boyfriend Ranveer Singh plays the role of former Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev in the film '83 (2021), while her husband Virat Kohli himself serves as the current Indian cricket captain.
- If not an actress, Anushka Sharma would have been a Journalist. Before foraying into modelling world, she had first enrolled for a journalism course.
- Sister of Karnesh Ssharma.
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