DOB: 21/03/1978

Recent News:

Rani sets up her own gym at home taking a cue and common trainer,Satyajit Chaurasia, of friend Aamir Khan.

Rani was seen filiming in Amritsar for Yashraj Films' untitled flick. Dressed in bright colored salwar kameezwith dupatta, she seems to have lost some weight. (Sep 16)

Rani recently moved from her Yari Road apartment into her new bungalow at Juhu, which has been done up by Twinkle Khanna. The staff at her house wears uniforms mongramed with her initials RM.

Known For:

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Saathiya (2002), Hum Tum (2004), Yuva (2004), Black (2005), Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007)

Awards:

Filmfare Awards

Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)

Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for Saathiya (2002)

Filmfare Best Actress Award for Hum Tum (2004)

Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Yuva (2004)

Filmfare Best Actress Award for Black (2005)

Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for Black (2005)

Star Screen Awards

Star Screen Awards Best Fresh Talen for Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat (1997)

Star Screen Awards Special Jury Award for Saathiya (2003)

Star Screen Award Best Actress for Hum Tum (2005)

Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress for Yuva (2005)

Star Screen Award Best Actress for Black (2006)

Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 (Rani & Abhishek Bachchan) for Bunty Aur Babli (2006)

Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 (Rani & Shahrukh Khan) for KANK (2007)

Zee Cine Awards

Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Female for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1999)

Zee Cine Awards, Lux Face of the Year for Ghulam & Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1999)

Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female for Hum Tum (2005)

Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female for Black (2008)

International Indian Film Academy Awards

IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award for Veer-Zaara (2005)

IIFA Best Actress Award for Hum Tum (2005)

IIFA Best Actress Award for Black (2006)

IIFA Best Actress Award for Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2007)

Star's Sabsey Favourite Kaun Awards

Star's Sabsey Favourite Heroine, Hum Tum & Veer-Zaara (2005)

Star's Sabsey Favourite Heroine, Black (2006)

Star's Sabsey Favourite Heroine, KANK (2007)

Star's Sabsey Favourite Heroine, Ta Ra Rum Pum and Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2008)

Stardust Awards

Stardust Star of the Year Award - Female, Black (2006)

National Honours

Rajiv Gandhi Award (2004)

Notes:

Rani Mukerji's father Ram Mukherjee is a retired director and one of the founders of Filmalaya Studios while her mother Krishna was a playback singer. Her brother Raja Mukherjee is a film producer, now turned director. Her maternal aunt, Debashree Roy, is a national award-winning Bengali film actress and her cousin, Kajol, is a popular Bollywood actress.

Rani, a trained Odissi dancer, studied at Maneckji Cooper High School in Juhu, and later enrolled at Mithibai College in Mumbai.

Rani's debut film was Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat (1996).

Rani has been romantically linked to many names in the industry, the latest being Aditya Chopra but she has strongly denied all the rumors.