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{{short description|German model and actress}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox person/Wikidata|fetchwikidata=ALL
| birth_name = Evelyn Lakshmi Sharma
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Frankfurt]], [[Hesse]], [[West Germany]]
| years_active = 2004–2019
| nationality = German
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model}}
| image = Evelyn sharma cropped.jpg
| caption = Sharma in 2014
| spouse = {{marriage|Dr Tushaan Bhindi|15 May 2021}}
| children = 2
}}

'''Evelyn Lakshmi Sharma'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maharshi |first=Arunima |date=9 July 2019 |title=Evelyn Sharma On Her 'Mixed Identity' & Saying No To Degrading Roles Written For 'Foreign Girls' |url=https://www.indianwomenblog.org/evelyn-sharma-on-her-mixed-identity-saying-no-to-degrading-roles-written-for-foreign-girls/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227005551/http://www.indianwomenblog.org/evelyn-sharma-on-her-mixed-identity-saying-no-to-degrading-roles-written-for-foreign-girls/ |archive-date=27 December 2019 |access-date=3 September 2020 |website=Indian Women Blog}}</ref> is a German actress and model who appears primarily in Indian films of the [[Hindi]] language. She marked her film debut with the 2006 American film ''Turn Left'' and made her [[Bollywood]] debut in the 2012 film ''[[From Sydney with Love]]''. She gained prominence following her appearance in the 2013 film ''[[Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/more/news/view/id/1433402 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430064721/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/more/news/view/id/1433402 |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 April 2012 |title=Ranbir to romance Evelyn in YJHD | Hindi Movies News |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |date=27 April 2012 |access-date=1 April 2013}}</ref>

==Early life and background==
Evelyn Lakshmi Sharma was born and raised in [[Frankfurt]], [[Hesse]], [[West Germany]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/evelyn-sharma-a-small-town-girl/article7278221.ece |title=Evelyn Sharma, a small town girl |newspaper=The Hindu |date=3 June 2015 |access-date=11 August 2015 |last1=George |first1=Liza |archive-date=3 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203162737/http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/evelyn-sharma-a-small-town-girl/article7278221.ece |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mid-day.com/photos/evelyn-sharma-celebrates-her-birthday/5688/54024 |title=Evelyn Sharma celebrates her birthday |access-date=16 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925144403/http://www.mid-day.com/photos/evelyn-sharma-celebrates-her-birthday/5688/54024 |archive-date=25 September 2015 }}</ref> to an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Punjabi Hindus|Punjabi Hindu]] father and a German mother.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Hindi-now-is-not-a-problem-to-me-anymore-Evelyn-Sharma/articleshow/47247338.cms |title=Hindi now is not a problem to me anymore: Evelyn Sharma |work=The Times of India |access-date=5 September 2016 |archive-date=18 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118122929/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Hindi-now-is-not-a-problem-to-me-anymore-Evelyn-Sharma/articleshow/47247338.cms?from=mdr |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Evelyn-Sharma-Someone-beautiful-will-always-be-seen-as-eye-candy/articleshow/48800147.cms |title=Evelyn Sharma: Someone beautiful will always be seen as eye-candy |work=The Times of India |access-date=5 September 2016 |archive-date=15 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115050944/https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Evelyn-Sharma-Someone-beautiful-will-always-be-seen-as-eye-candy/articleshow/48800147.cms |url-status=live}}</ref> She holds German citizenship.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://in.style.yahoo.com/favourite-indian-actors-indian-slideshow-wp-035435843/photo-p-yeh-jawani-hai-dewani-photo-035435785.html |title=They are your favourite Indian actors, but are they Indian at all? |work=Yahoo! |access-date=22 April 2017 |language=en-IN |archive-date=22 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622154714/https://in.style.yahoo.com/favourite-indian-actors-indian-slideshow-wp-035435843/photo-p-yeh-jawani-hai-dewani-photo-035435785.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2019, Sharma got engaged to an [[Indian Australians|Indo-Australian]] dental surgeon and entrepreneur, Tushaan Bhindi.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 October 2019 |title=Evelyn Sharma gets engaged: 'It was a dream come true, his proposal was perfect'. See pic |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/evelyn-sharma-gets-engaged-it-was-a-dream-come-true-his-proposal-was-perfect-see-pic/story-9Ua560YvXnpEbmHvZ3G43L.html |access-date=13 September 2020 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=30 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130125724/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/evelyn-sharma-gets-engaged-it-was-a-dream-come-true-his-proposal-was-perfect-see-pic/story-9Ua560YvXnpEbmHvZ3G43L.html |url-status=live}}</ref> On 15 May 2021, she married Bhindi in [[Brisbane]], [[Australia]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 June 2021 |title=EXCLUSIVE! Evelyn Sharma weds beau Dr Tushaan Bhindi in Brisbane |url=https://www.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/exclusive-evelyn-sharma-weds-beau-dr-tushaan-bhindi-in-brisbane/articleshow/83285611.cms |work=The Times of India |language=en |access-date=7 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 June 2021 |title=Evelyn Sharma shares serene first pictures from wedding with Tushaan Bhindi |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/evelyn-sharma-shares-serene-first-pictures-from-wedding-with-tushaan-bhindi-see-here-101623042770951.html |work=Hindustan Times |language=en |access-date=7 June 2021}}</ref> Their first child, a daughter, was born that November.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 November 2021 |title=Evelyn Sharma welcomes daughter Ava Rania Bhindi, shares first photo |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/evelyn-sharma-welcomes-daughter-ava-rania-bhindi-shares-first-photo-7630603/ |access-date=25 December 2021 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
Sharma began her acting career with a bit part in the 2006 American film ''Turn Left''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/an-evelyn-sharma-to-remember/1/326183.html |title=An Evelyn Sharma to remember : Celebrities, News - India Today |publisher=Indiatoday.intoday.in |date=23 November 2013 |access-date=11 August 2015 |archive-date=25 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125014613/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/an-evelyn-sharma-to-remember/1/326183.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, she made her [[Bollywood]] debut playing Lubaina Snyder in the film ''[[From Sydney with Love]]''.<ref>Harshikaa Udasi. "[http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-cinema/shot-cuts/article4061627.ece Shot Cuts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916220037/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-cinema/shot-cuts/article4061627.ece |date=16 September 2018 }}". ''[[The Hindu]]''. 4 November 2012.</ref> The following year, she was featured in the film ''[[Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani]]'', and her performance was praised in ''[[Nautanki Saala!]]'' and ''[[Issaq]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Evelyns-the-flavour-this-year/articleshow/20890004.cms |title=Evelyn's the flavour this year |work=The Times of India |date=3 July 2013 |access-date=5 September 2016 |archive-date=12 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812215236/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Evelyns-the-flavour-this-year/articleshow/20890004.cms |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014, she played the role of Janet D'souza in the sleeper hit ''[[Yaariyan (2014 film)|Yaariyan]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rwUVAN7-cI |title=Watch Evelyn Sharma Doing Sunny Sunny in Bikini |publisher=24x7 Bulletin |date=16 December 2013 |access-date=16 December 2013 |page=1 |archive-date=12 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112065458/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rwUVAN7-cI&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2014, Sharma released her first music single, "Something Beautiful", produced by Brooklyn Shanti. She has also hosted her own travel show titled ''Life Mein Ek Baar''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/10/evelyn-sharma-all-set-to-produce-her-own-reality-show/ |title=Evelyn Sharma all set to produce her own reality show |date=12 October 2014 |publisher=news.biharprabha.com |agency=IANS |access-date=12 October 2014 |archive-date=21 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021055104/http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/10/evelyn-sharma-all-set-to-produce-her-own-reality-show/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2015, she appeared in Devang Dholakia's ''[[Kuch Kuch Locha Hai]]'' opposite Navdeep Chabbra, [[Sunny Leone]] and [[Ram Kapoor]] and it was released on 8 May 2015. She was also featured in ''[[Ishqedarriyaan]],'' which was released on 29 May 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=Evelyn in Ishqedariyan |url=http://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Evelyn-Sharma-is-eyeing-Kwood/articleshow/46043000.cms |work=The Times of India |access-date=11 August 2015 |archive-date=7 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207122700/http://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Evelyn-Sharma-is-eyeing-Kwood/articleshow/46043000.cms |url-status=live}}</ref> She appeared in ''[[Saaho]]'' and ''[[Kissebaaz]]'' in the year 2019.

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Key
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
| Denotes films that have not yet been released
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Film
!scope="col"| Role
!scope="col"| Language
!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2006
!scope="row"| ''Turn Left''
| Snobby Girl
| English
|Hollywood debut
|-
| 2012
!scope="row"| ''[[From Sydney with Love]]''
| Lubaina Snyder
|[[Hindi]]
| [[Bollywood]] debut
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2013
!scope="row"| ''[[Nautanki Saala!]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Evelyn-Sharma-finds-her-dream-home-in-Bandra/articleshow/52307797.cms |title=Evelyn Sharma finds her dream home in Bandra - Times of India |website=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=30 December 2016 |archive-date=8 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208065840/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Evelyn-Sharma-finds-her-dream-home-in-Bandra/articleshow/52307797.cms |url-status=live}}</ref>
| Sita Devi
|Hindi
|
|-
!scope="row"| ''[[Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani]]''
| Lara
|Hindi
|
|-
!scope="row"| ''[[Issaq]]''
| Rosaline
|Hindi
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2014
!scope="row"| ''[[Yaariyan (2014 film)|Yaariyan]]''
| Janet D'Souza
|Hindi
|
|-
!scope="row"| ''[[Main Tera Hero]]''
| Veronica
|Hindi
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2015
!scope="row"| ''[[Kuch Kuch Locha Hai]]''
| Naina
|Hindi
|
|-
!scope="row" |''[[Ishqedarriyaan]]
| Luvleen
|Hindi
|
|-
!scope="row"| ''[[Gaddar: The Traitor]]''
|
| [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
|Special appearance
|-
| rowspan="4" |2017
!scope="row"| ''Anni Pa De''
|
|Punjabi
| Music video
|-
!scope="row"| ''[[Hindi Medium]]''
|
|Hindi
|
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Jab Harry Met Sejal]]''
| Irina
|Hindi
| Special appearance
|-
!scope="row"| ''Party Non Stop''
|
| Hindi/English
|Music Video
|-
| rowspan="2"|2018
!scope="row"|''[[Jack and Dil]]''
|Lara
|Hindi
|
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Bhaiaji Superhit]]''
|Stephanie
|Hindi
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2019
!scope="row"|''[[Kissebaaz]]''
|Bindass Babli
|Hindi
|
|-
! scope="row"|''[[Saaho]]''
|Jennifer
|Telugu/Hindi
|[[Tollywood (Telugu)|Tollywood]] debut
|-
! scope="row"|''[[X Ray: The Inner Image]]''
|Herself
|Hindi
|Special appearance in song "Jigliya"
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Evelyn Sharma}}
* {{Official website}}
* {{IMDb name}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama person}}


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Ajay Kumar at 06:09, 20 August 2023