Yami Gautam

Yami Gautam Dhar (born 28 November 1988) is an Indian actress known predominantly for her work in Hindi films. She began her career as a model, and starred in television soap operas such as Chand Ke Paar Chalo (2008–2009) and Yeh Pyar Na Hoga Kam (2009–2010). She made her film debut through Kannada movie Ullasa Utsaha.In 2012, she had her first Hindi film release in the comedy-drama Vicky Donor, which earned her a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Gautam has since appeared in the thrillers Badlapur (2015) and Kaabil (2017), and greater success came for starring in the war film Uri: The Surgical Strike and the satire Bala (both 2019). She has since starred in the streaming films A Thursday (2022), Dasvi (2022) and Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga (2023), and had further commercial success with the satire OMG 2 (2023). Early life and background Yami Gautam was born in a Hindu Brahmin family in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh and was brought up in Chandigarh. Her father Mukesh Gautam is a Punjabi film director. He is the VP of PTC Network. Her mother is Anjali Gautam. She has a younger sister Surilie Gautam, who made her big screen debut with the Punjabi film Power Cut. Yami Gautam did her regular schooling, and later entered college to pursue a graduate degree in law honours. She had aspired to join Indian Administrative Services (IAS) as a young girl, but at the age of 20, she decided to venture into an acting career. Though she was pursuing studies in Law Honors (first-year PU Student of law), she left full-time studies for acting. Recently, she has been doing her part-time graduation from Mumbai. She is fond of reading, interior decoration and listening to music. Personal life In 2015, during the filming of Sanam Re, she began dating Pulkit Samrat. Though she never spoke about it, their relationship was confirmed by Samrat's wife. The couple eventually broke up in 2018.