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{{short description|Indian actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Ayesha Kapur
| image = Ayesha kapur.jpg
| caption = Ayesha Kapur in 2012
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|09|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Düsseldorf]], Germany
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2005–2009
}}

'''Ayesha Kapur''' (born 13 September 1994) is an Indian Film actress who is best known in the [[Bollywood]] movie [[Black (2005 film)|Black]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=N |first1=Patcy (2 February 2005)|title='I don't think I look like Rani'|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/feb/02aye.htm|website=Rediff|access-date=17 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=14668642&cid=2359|title=Ayesha Kapoor refuses Preity Zinta - Sify.com|work=[[Sify]]|publisher=7 May 2008|access-date=18 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514171649/http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=14668642&cid=2359|archive-date=14 May 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kapur became the recipient of many Awards in the "Best Supporting Actress" category. In doing so, she became the second youngest (behind [[Darsheel Safary]]) person to be both nominated and win a [[Filmfare Award]] and is currently the youngest person ever to win a [[Zee Cine Award]] and an [[IIFA Award]].

==Personal life==
Kapur lives in [[Auroville]], [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]. Her mother, Jacqueline, is German, and her father is Punjabi businessman Dilip Kapur, owner of the [[Hidesign]] chain of leather goods stores.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=13662236|title=Ayesha Kapoor: The stunning 9-year-old in 'Black' - Sify.com|date=3 February 2005|work=[[Sify]]|access-date=18 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050206193808/http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=13662236|archive-date=6 February 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref> She has one brother, Milan, and two half-brothers from her father's first marriage, Akash and Vikas.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ramani|first1=Priya (30 August 2008)|title=Dilip Kapur: The French Connection|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/PkfcfOu4TlmTX9Kfi6qBGP/Dilip-Kapur--The-French-connection.html|website=LiveMint|access-date=17 September 2014}}</ref> She is currently pursuing her B.A. from [[Columbia University]].

==Career==
Kapur starred in her first major role in Bollywood in the 2005 movie [[Black (2005 film)|Black]], as the young Michelle McNally opposite [[Rani Mukerji]] and [[Amitabh Bachchan]]. She received praises and critical acclaim for her role.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://in.rediff.com/movies/2005/feb/04black.htm |title= Black: Bhansali's passion, pain and pleasure |author= Sita Menon |date=4 February 2005 |publisher= Rediff |access-date=15 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://movies.indiatimes.com/Reviews/Bollywood/Black/articleshow/1014887.cms |title= Black |author= Nikhat Kazmi |date= 3 February 2005 |publisher= Indiatimes |access-date= 15 January 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090926182845/http://movies.indiatimes.com/Reviews/Bollywood/Black/articleshow/1014887.cms |archive-date= 26 September 2009 |url-status= dead |df= dmy-all }}</ref> For her role, Kapur won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress]] (2006) at the [[51st Filmfare Awards]] and she holds the record for the youngest nominee and winner of the award in the female category.

Kapur's second movie was [[Sikandar (2009 film)|Sikandar]] in 2009 where she played the role of a young Kashmiri Muslim girl, Nasreen opposite the lead [[Parzan Dastur]], with whom she develops a bond and becomes his conscience keeper.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sahgal|first1=Geety (26 September 2014)|title=YRF signs Ayesha Kapur for a three film deal|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/yrf-signs-ayesha-kapur-for-a-three-film-deal/|website=TheIndianExpress|access-date=15 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=I am afraid fame will change me: Ayesha Kapur
|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-i-am-afraid-fame-will-change-me-ayesha-kapur-1283353|website=DNAIndia|access-date=15 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Das|first1=Sushmita (6 May 2009)|title=ALL WORK & ALL FUN|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/all-work---all-fun/455173/|website=TheIndianExpress|access-date=15 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sikandar Preview|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/previews/2009/sikandar-preview-110809.html|website=FilmiBeat|access-date=15 December 2020}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Year
! scope="col"|Title
! scope="col"|Role
! class="unsortable" scope="col"|Notes
|-
| 2005
!scope="row"|''[[Black (2005 film)|Black]]''
| Young Michelle McNally
| [[51st Filmfare Awards]]- [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] (2006) 9th [[Zee Cine Awards]]- [[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Female|Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Female]] (2006) [[7th IIFA Awards]]- [[IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] (2006) [[Bollywood Movie Awards]]- [[Bollywood Movie Award – Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] (2006) [[Producers Guild Film Awards]]- [[Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]] (2006) [[Screen Awards]]- [[Screen Award for Best Child Artist|Best Child Artist]] (2006) [[Stardust Awards]]- Exciting New Face of the Year (2006)
|-
| 2006
!scope="row"|''Sanaa (short)''
|
|
|-
| 2009
!scope="row"|''[[Sikandar (2009 film)|Sikandar]]''
| Nasreen Banu
|
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1754159}}
* {{instagram|ayeshakapur}}

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