Anushka Sharma (Hindi: अनुष्का शर्मा, Kannada: ಅನುಷ್ಕಾ ಶರ್ಮ, born 1988) is model and actress in the Bollywood film industry. In 2008, she played the female lead role in the Bollywood film Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, directed by Aditya Chopra, who earlier directed hits like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) and Mohabbatein (2000).