Urvashi Rautela

Actress

Birthday February 25, 1994

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India

Age 30 years old

Nationality India

Height 1.68 m

#6008 Most Popular

1994

Urvashi Rautela (born 25 February 1994) is an Indian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who predominantly works in Hindi films.

Rautela was born on 25 February 1994, in Haridwar to Meera Rautela and Manwar Singh Rautela, in a Garhwali Rajput family.

Her hometown is Kotdwar.

Rautela was educated at St. Joseph's Convent School in Kotdwar.

She is an alumna of Gargi College, Delhi.

Rautela's journey in the fashion industry began at the age of 15 when she got her first major break at Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week.

2009

She began her modelling career at the age of 15 and also previously won the title of Miss Teen India 2009.

She also won the title of Miss Teen India 2009.

As a teenage model, she walked the ramp as a showstopper for Lakme Fashion Week, Amazon Fashion Week, Bombay Fashion Week, and Dubai Fashion Week.

2011

In 2011, Rautela won Indian Princess 2011 and Miss Asian Supermodel 2011.

She also won the title of Miss Tourism Queen of the Year 2011 which took place in China, making her the first Indian woman to win this pageant.

She was also offered Ishaqzaade but turned it down as she wanted to prioritise her focus on the Miss Universe pageant.

2012

In 2012, Rautela won the coveted crown of I AM She – Miss Universe India along with the special award for Miss Photogenic.

However, she had to relinquish her crown because she was underage at that time.

2013

Rautela made her acting debut in 2013 with Singh Saab the Great (2013) and has since appeared in some notable films like Sanam Re (2016), Great Grand Masti (2016), Hate Story 4 (2018) and Pagalpanti (2019).

2014

She made her debut in the Kannada film industry with Mr. Airavata in 2014.

Her foray into Tamil cinema came in 2022 with The Legend.

Following the release of the film, Urvashi appeared in Yo Yo Honey Singh's international video album Love Dose, which was released in October 2014.

Soon after, she ventured into the Kannada cinema and made her debut with the film Mr. Airavata.

Although the film received negative reviews from critics, Urvashi's dance sequence was praised.

Sunayana Suresh, writing for Times of India noted, "Urvashi is expressive and leaves her mark in the few scenes and songs she appears in, especially with her dancing."

Later, she appeared in two other Hindi films, Sanam Re and Great Grand Masti, both of which had average box office collections.

2015

She gained prominence after winning the title of Miss Diva- Miss Universe India 2015, and representing India at Miss Universe 2015.

In 2015, she participated in Indian pageantry once again and won the title.

She represented India in Miss Universe 2015, however she did not place.

Rautela made her Hindi film debut with the film Singh Saab The Great where she starred as the female lead opposite Sunny Deol.

2016

She also featured in two music videos in 2016.

Laal Dupatta with Mika Singh and Anupama Raag, and Gal Bann Gayi along with Vidyut Jammwal.

2017

In 2017, Rautela starred in a special dance sequence Haseeno Ka Deewana in the film Kaabil.

Her performance received compliments from Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan.

Apart from that, she made a special appearance in a Bangladeshi film Porobashinee.

2018

In 2018, she appeared in the revenge drama Hate Story 4.

Rachit Gupta of the Times of India commented on her performance, stating, "Urvashi Rautela has the main role and her character has plenty to offer. She starts off as a girl dancing in a strip club, but as the story unfolds, her character gets plenty of twists, turns and reveals. There's a lot on her table and the pretty actress handles the myriad emotions and shades with ease."

2019

In February 2019, Rautela appeared in Anees Bazmee's comedy film Pagalpanti which received unfavorable reviews and was a box-office flop.

2020

In 2020, she starred in Virgin Bhanupriya a comedy-drama directed by Ajay Lohan and produced by Shreyans Mahendra Dhariwal.

The film was released on ZEE5 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rautela made her Tamil debut with the film The Legend, alongside Saravanan Arul.

In 2023, she also featured in an item number in the Telugu film Waltair Veerayya, starring popular actors Chiranjeevi and Ravi Teja.

In the same year, she made another special appearance in a song for the Telugu film Agent.

She appeared in a song in Skanda (2023).