Yami Gautam Biography

Born in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, on November 28, 1988, the rising B-Town actress Yami Gautam was brought up in Chandigarh. Her father Mukesh Gautam works as co-ordinator for Zee News channel. She has worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Punjabi, Kannada and Telugu films. Yami is now focusing on her Hindi films career. Surilie Gautam, the sister of Yami appeared in Punjabi flick titled 'Power Cut'.

Yami was doing her studies in Law Honors, when she entered the field of acting at the age 20. Listening music, interior decoration and reading are some of the hobbies of Yami. 'Vicky Donor' opposite Ayushman Khurana was Yami Gautam's debut film in Bollywood. The actress managed to gain much praises for her performance in this film and Taran Adarsh wrote that "Yami Gautam makes an imposing debut. She adds enormous value to the movie by her act, screen presence and striking looks. She's truly admirable towards the latter part of the film." Yami Gautam also starred in the recent release 'Total Siyapaa' alongside Ali Zafar. The movie narrated a love story of an Indian girl and a Pakistani guy. The actress will be seen next in the upcoming film 'Action Jackson' alongside Ajay Devgn.

Some of Yami's Telugu films include 'Nuvvila', 'Gouravam', 'Yuddham' and she is currently filming for the Telugu flick 'Courier Boy Kalyan'. 'Ullasa Utsaha' was the Kannada flick, in which Yami appeared in. Apart from this, Yami is shooting for Tamil film 'Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum'. As of now, Yami has won four awards, '5th Boroplus Gold Awards' for Rising Film Star from TV, 'BIG Star Entertainment Awards' for Most Entertaining Actor (Film) Debut - Female, 'Zee Cine Awards' for Best Female Debut and IIFA Awards for Star Debut of the Year - Female.

Talking about Yami's television journey, she has appeared in television series like 'Chand Ke Paar Chalo', 'Raajkumar Aaryyan', 'Yeh Pyar Na Hoga Kam', 'Meethi Choori No. 1', Kitchen Champion Season 1'. Yami is also seen on the cover pages of the magazines like Femina and Prevention. The young beauty has also endorsed the products like Fair and Lovely, Samsung Mobile, Cornetto, Chevrolet, etc.