Mallika Sherawat (IPA: [m?llika] ITRANS:mallikA) (born October 24, as Reema Lamba in Rohtak, Haryana, India) is an Indian actress and model . She has a degree in philosophy from Miranda House, Delhi University.
Sherawat’s birth name is Reema Lamba; she adopted the screen name of “Mallika”, meaning “queen”, to avoid confusion with other actresses named Reema. “Sherawat” is her mother’s maiden name
Mallika became popular for her show of skin and several kisses in her movie Khwahish (2003) which was, by Indian standards quite scandalous, as it featured seventeen on-screen kisses. Later that year, she starred in Murder, again a film that raised eyebrows, since she showed a lot of skin. She was nominated in the ‘Best Actress’ category in the Zee Cine Awards, for her part in Murder. She has also been in the news for an appearance in a Jackie Chan film, The Myth, in which she plays the daughter of a martial arts veteran. She appeared at the Cannes film festival as part of the publicity for the film.
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