Sridevi (born on 13 August 1963) is an Indian film
actress who has worked in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and a few Kannada
films. Sridevi is described by the Indian media as "the First Female
Superstar of Bollywood".
Sridevi started her career as a child artist in M.A.
Thirumugham's devotional Thunaivan at the age of four, and continued to act as
a child artist in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She made her
Bollywood debut as a child artist in Julie (1975) and got her first
breakthrough as a lead actress with the Tamil film Moondru Mudichu (1976).
Sridevi's Bollywood debut as a lead actress was in
Solva Sawan (1978), and she gained wide public attention with Himmatwala
(1983), which was followed by a number of popular films in the 1980s and 1990s
such as Sadma, Nagina, Mr. India, Chaalbaaz, Chandni, Lamhe, Khuda Gawah and
Judaai.
In 2012, Sridevi returned to films after a 15-year
long hiatus with English Vinglish and became the only actress in the history of
Hindi Cinema to make a highly successful comeback. In 2013, the Government of
India awarded her Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour. She was also
voted 'India's Greatest Actress in 100 Years' in a CNN-IBN national poll
conducted in 2013 on the occasion of the Centenary of Indian Cinema. In her
career, Sridevi has won five Filmfare Awards including a Filmfare Special
Award.
Sridevi was born in Sivakasi, Tamilnadu on 13 August
1963. Her native language is Tamil and she also speaks Telugu. Her father was a
lawyer. She has a sister and two step brothers. Sridevi married Boney Kapoor, a
film producer and the elder brother of actors Anil Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor, in
1996. They have two daughters, Janhvi and Khushi.
