Pallavi Sharda

Pallavi Sharda
Pallavi at Chandon launch
Born	Pallavi Sharda (1988-03-05) 5 March 1988 (age 28) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present
Parent(s)	Dr. Hema Sharda Dr. Nalin Sharda
Website	www.pallavisharda.com

Pallavi Sharda (born 5 March 1988) is an Australian-Indian actress and dancer (of Indian ancestry), trained in Bharatha Natyam.

Sharda was born on 5 March 1988 in Perth, Australia to Dr. Hema Sharda (Director of South Asian Relations at the University of Western Australia), and Dr. Nalin Kant Sharda (Professor of Computer Science at Victoria University). Her parents are from Delhi, her father is Punjabi. Both her parents are IIT alumni and have PhDs in science and engineering. They migrated to Australia in the 1980s before she was born. Sharda came to Melbourne as a toddler where she grew up in the outer north-western suburbs. She went to school at Lowther Hall in Essendon where she obtained an academic scholarship and commenced her LLB and BA (Media & Communications) & Diploma in Modern Languages (French) at the University of Melbourne, at the age of 16 and graduated with honours. Sharda shifted base from Melbourne to Mumbai in 2010.

Sharda shifted from Melbourne to Mumbai only to pursue her career in the performing arts. Sharda started her Bollywood career by playing a cameo in Karan Johar's My Name Is Khan (2010). In March 2010 Sharda was crowned "Miss India Australia" in Sydney.

She next starred in the comedic-drama film, Dus Tola (2010), in which she played the role of Geeta, a village dance teacher. Pallavi's performance was identified as the best element of the film by The Times of India. Sharda's second release, an Indo-American film called Walkaway was released on 29 October 2010 across United States. Sharda's next Bollywood release, Love Breakups Zindagi released on 7 October 2011.

In 2011 and 2012 Sharda was the lead actress of the theatrical musical, Taj Express directed by Shruti Merchant and choreographed by Vaibhavi Merchant.