Urvashi Dholakia

Dholakia was born on 9 July 1979 to a Gujarati mother and a Punjabi father.^[3][1]

Dholakia married at age 16 and had twin boys, Kshitij and Sagar, at age 17; she has raised them as a single mother.^[4]

Dholakia made her acting debut at 6 in a TV commercial for Lux soap with Revathi.^[5] As a child she appeared as Rajlaxmi in the Doordarshan TV series Shrikant. Her first TV adult role was in Doordarshan's Dekh Bhai Dekh as Shilpa followed by Waqt Ki Raftar.^[6]

The 2000s decade came as a golden period in bringing Dholakia to the top list of most popular actresses up until then, as she achieved a lot of universal acclaim and awards success for her great performances in the Ekta Kapoor shows Ghar Ek Mandir, Kabhii Sautan Kabhii Sahelii, Kasautii Zindagii Kay and Kahiin To Hoga.^[7]

Among these, the character of Komolika in Kasautii Zindagii Kay (2001–2008), one of the longest running television series at that point, went on to be opined by many reviews as the most iconic villainess till date, winning her a number of recognitions.^{[citation needed]} Since then, Dholakia and Kapoor have collaborated many times.

In 2012, she participated in Colors TV's Bigg Boss 6 and on 12 January 2013, she emerged as the winner of the season.^[8] As of 2017, she is featured in Colors TV's historical fantasy series Chandrakanta as Queen Iravati.^[9]

Dholakia in 2022 again came back to fiction genre in Naagin 6 as Urvashi.^[10]