Born into Bombay filmdom's legendary Kapoor clan, Karisma Kapoor made her film debut with Prem Qaidi (1991) opposite Harish. Her next big hit was Anari (1993) and during this time she made news with a fight with her Andaz Apna Apna (1994) co-star, actress Raveena Tandon. She had a series of hit comedies between 1994 and '97 starting with Raja Babu (1994) and ending with Hero No. 1 (1997) with Govinda and director David Dhawan. She hit the big time with the super success of Raja Hindustani (1996) and further consolidated her career with Dil To Pagal Hai (1997). Today she is the reigning megastar of Hindi cinema leaving her contemporaries like Manisha Koirala and Raveena Tandon far behind. In Fiza (2000) she surprised many with an excellent performance showing great emotional range and depth.

She has won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress 1996 for her role as Arthi in Raja Hindustani (1996).

Karisma has won the National Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) as also the Filmfare and Zee award in the same category.

Her great grandfather (Prithviraj Kapoor), her grandfather (Raj Kapoor) and his two brothers (Shammi & Shashi), her mother (Babita), her father (Randhir) and his two brothers (Rishi & Rajiv) have all been film stars over the last fifty years and her sister (Kareena) have been acting in Bollywood flicks keeping it all within the family.

Granddaughter of Raj Kapoor.

Hindi megastar.

Was offered Rani Mukherjee's role in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

Older sister of Kareena Kapoor.

Her green eyes are the trademark of the Kapoor family. She was the first woman and the fifth generation in the Kapoor's clan to have green eyes.

Dated Ajay Devgan. [1994]

Dated Abhishek Bachchan. [2000]

Daughter of actor and director Randhir Kapoor and Babita Kapoor.

Formerly engaged to Abhishek Bachchan (2002)

Great grand-daughter of film actor Prithviraj Kapoor and great great granddaughter of Dewan Basheswarnath Kapoor. She is the 4th in line of a generation of filmstars (a world record).

Had her own tv serial on StarPlus India called "Karishma." She played three different roles.

Gave birth to a baby girl, Samiera, on March 9th, 2005 in Bombay, India.

Did not attend her cousin, Riddhima Kapoor's wedding on Wednesday 25 January 2006. Also absent from this ceremony were her mother, Babita, and sister, Kareena. Riddhima is the daughter of her uncle Rishi Kapoor and aunt, Neetu Singh.

Her nickname "lolo" is from the Hollywood actress "Gina Lollobrigida"