Sonali Raut

She is the younger sister of India's most successful overseas supermodel Ujjwala Raut. Her father is a deputy commissioner of police.^{[citation needed]} She completed her graduation from Mithibai College, Mumbai.^{[citation needed]}

In 2010, Raut won a modeling assignment in the annual Kingfisher Calendar, which features models in swimsuits.^[6] She was the face of MAC Cosmetics in India.^[7]

In 2011 she had done a sensational photoshoot with popular actor Ranveer Singh for Maxim magazine.^[8][9]

In 2014, Raut starred in the Bollywood film The Xposé opposite Himesh Reshammiya and Yo Yo Honey Singh in a lead role,^[10] playing the role of a movie star who is murdered. Popular film critic Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama wrote that she looked glamorous and played her role with confidence.^[11] In an interview, she described Bollywood as "not very welcoming".^[12] She dropped a commitment to be in a film entitled 99% Useless Fellows, angering the Kannada film director S. K. Basheed, to act as a contestant in the Indian reality TV show Bigg Boss.^[13]

She became one of the contestants on Bigg Boss 8 and was evicted after a surprise vote decision, but was later brought back by the Bigg Boss because of her popularity.^[14][15] Then she was evicted, along with Puneet Issar, after 105 days.^[16][17]

Raut was offered the lead role in the film Hate Story 3 and was also offered a music video to mark the success of the series, she was the first choice for the film but She turned down Hate Story 3 as she wants to do roles that she can call her own.^[18]

In 2016, Raut was seen in the film Great Grand Masti in which she played Shiney. She was also seen in the item song of the film "Lipstick Laga Ke". The song 'Lipstick Laga Ke' had become so much popular and was one of the top 20 songs of 2016.^[19]

In the year 2017 she was signed as the cover for FFACE Fashion Calendar.^{[citation needed]}

As of 2020, Raut has also signed action-thriller web series Dangerous opposite Karan Singh Grover directed by Bhushan Patel, produced by Mika Singh and written by Vikram Bhatt.^[20]

She has also signed Music Video “Sniper” with Singer Shaan.^[21]

She is currently a contestant in Bigg Boss Marathi 6.^[22]