1. Anushka Shetty was born Sweety Shetty in Mangalore, Karnataka on November 7, 1981.

2. She has two older brothers, Gunaranjan Shetty and Sai Ramesh Shetty.

3. She has a Bachelor of Computer Applications from Mount Carmel College in Bangalore.

4. She was a yoga instructor trained under Bharat Thakur.

5. She made her movie debut in 2005, but her first success came in 2006 with Vikramarkudu.

6. She has won three Filmfare Awards South, two Nandi Awards, two SIIMA Awards, and one Tamil Nadu State Film Award.

7. She is the tallest actress in South films at 5 feet 9 inches.

8. She has a habit of collecting newspapers related to natural calamities for her scrapbook.

9. She learned acting from Kodi Ramakrishna, one of the most prolific film directors in Telugu cinema.