Yami Gautam was born on 28 November 1988 in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, India is an Indian actress who mainly works in Hindi language films. She made her Bollywood debut film Vicky Donor (2012).
Yami Gautam is the daughter of Mukesh Gautam and Anjali Gautam. Her father Mukesh Gautam is a Punjabi film director and VP of PTC Network. She has a younger sister named Surilie Gautam.
Some additional details about Yami Gautam
- Yami Gautam married Aditya Dhar on 4 June 2021.
- After marriage, she changed her name to Yami Gautam Dhar.
- She was born in n Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh and was brought up in Chandigarh.
- Her family relocated to Chandigarh because her grandfather established a school for poor children there.
- Yami Gautam was ranked 12th in 2012, 16th in 2018, 8th in 2019 and 15th in 2020 on Times’ 50 Most Desirable Women list.
- Initially, She began her career as a model.
- When she was young, she wanted to join the Indian Administrative Services (IAS).
- She did her schooling from Yadavindra Public School, Chandigarh.
- At the age of 20, she relocated to Mumbai, for the purpose to pursue a career in films. At that time, she was pursuing studies in Law Honors (first-year PU Student of law) and left her studies for acting.
- In Mumbai, Yami began bagged her first TV advertisement for Fair & Lovely
- After that, she worked in television serials such as Chand Ke Paar Chalo (2008–2009) and Yeh Pyar Na Hoga Kam (2009–2010).
- She also took part in reality shows such as Kitchen Champion Season 1 and Meethi Choori No 1.
- She made her Bollywood debut film Vicky Donor (2012) and earned Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut.
- She completed her part-time graduation from Mumbai.
- Her younger sister named Surilie Gautam made her acting debut with Punjabi film Power Cut (2012).