Anushka Shetty is an Indian film actress. Shetty was born in Mangalore, Karnataka, India on November 7, 1981.

She moved to Bangalore, which is also in the province of Karnataka, to complete her schooling and attend college. Shetty uses the nickname "Sweety" within her family and closest friends.http://anushka.in/

Shetty made her debut in the 2005 Telugu film, called "Super". Since then, Shetty has created a career for herself in both Telugu and Tamil language films. As of July 2010, Shetty has performed in twenty seven films; twenty three of these are Telugu language films and four are Tamil language films. Shetty occasionally performs in the role of playback singer, such as in the films "Super" and "Rendu".

Shetty has also worked as a yoga instructor in the past. Her yoga teacher was Bharat Thakkur.

Anushka Shetty's career was established in 2005 with the Telugu film "Super". The year 2010 is her most productive year yet, with a total of eight films expected to be released.

In 2009, Shetty won the "Nandi Special Jury Award" for her role in Arundhati and the "Vijay Award for Favourite Heroine" for her role in the film Vettaikkaran.

Shetty has already acted alongside some of the most well known celebrities of Tollywood (Telugu cinema). Shetty hasbeen featured alongside Nagarjuna, Venkatesh, Jagapathi Babu, Ravi Teja, Prabhas and Gopichand, for example.http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/may/31/slide-show-1-south-interview-with-anushka-shetty.htm

The following list is a brief summary of the career timeline of Anushka Shetty:

• 2005: Super
• 2006: Vikramarkudu
• 2007: Lakshyam
• 2009 :Arundhati
• 2010: Eight films due for release