Neeru Bajwa (born 26 August 1980) is a Canadian actress, director and producer who has worked in Indian cinema mainly in Punjabi and Hindi (Bollywood) films.
Born on 26 August 1980 to Indian immigrants Jaswant Bajwa and Surinder Bajwa in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, Bajwa has two sisters—Rubina, an actress; Sabrina, a cloth designer and a brother Suhail.
In her documentary film Bollywood Bound, Bajwa admits to being a high school (from L.A. Matheson Secondary School) drop-out who had little interest in studies and was always inspired by the glamour of Bollywood, so she moved to Mumbai to fulfill her dreams.
1998
She started her career in 1998 with Dev Anand's Bollywood film Main Solah Baras Ki and then moved on to working in Hindi soap operas and Punjabi-language films.
2005
Bajwa started her career in Indian soap operas in 2005 with Hari Mirchi Lal Mirchi on DD1 before moving on to Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani on Zee TV followed by Jeet on Star Plus and then Guns and Roses on STAR One.
2013
In January 2013, Bajwa appeared in the multi-starer Punjabi film Saadi Love Story, produced by Jimmy Sheirgill productions, directed by Dheeraj Rattan and starring Diljit Dosanjh, Amrinder Gill, and Surveen Chawla.
She paired up opposite Diljit Dosanjh again in the film Jatt and Juliet 2 which broke all the previous opening day collection records for Punjabi cinema.
In August 2013, her film, Naughty Jatts was released in which she featured along with Binnu Dhillon, Arya Babbar and Roshan Prince.
The film got mixed reviews from critics.
2015
Bajwa married Harry Jawandha on 8 February 2015.
The couple had their first child, a girl, in August 2015.
2017
Bajwa debuted as a director in 2017 with the Punjabi film Sargi, which stars her sister Rubina Bajwa in the leading role alongside Jassi Gill and Babbal Rai.
She also owns a production company called Neeru Bajwa Entertainment.
2019
In November 2019, Bajwa starrer and produced film Beautiful Billo went on floors, in which she will be sharing the screen with her sister Rubina Bajwa.
Since April 2021, Bajwa is hosting a Punjabi show Jazba.