Kareena Kapoor Khan is an Indian actress who has appeared in more than 60 Hindi films. She made her acting debut opposite Abhishek Bachchan in the 2000 drama Refugee, for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. The following year, she appeared in five films, including the romance Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai, the thriller Ajnabee, and the ensemble melodrama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.... The latter emerged as the highest-grossing Bollywood film in overseas to that point, and the success of these films established her in Bollywood. This success was followed by repetitive roles in a series of commercial failures.

In 2004, Kapoor portrayed a prostitute in the drama Chameli, which proved to be a turning point in her career, earning her a Filmfare Special Award. That same year, she played a Muslim woman affected by the 2002 Gujarat riots in Govind Nihalani's political drama Dev, and two years later, she played the Desdemona character in Omkara (2006), an adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello from director Vishal Bhardwaj. She won two Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for these films. In 2007, Kapoor played a loquacious Sikh girl in Jab We Met, a commercially successful romantic comedy co-starring Shahid Kapoor, for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.

Kapoor co-starred with Aamir Khan in Rajkumar Hirani's comedy-drama 3 Idiots (2009), which emerged as the highest-grossing Indian film to that point. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the family drama We Are Family and played a tomboy in the lucrative comedy Golmaal 3 (both 2010). In 2011, she played the leading lady in the top-grossing action films Bodyguard and Ra.One. Among her four releases in 2012, she received praise for playing a free-spirited woman in Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, a troubled actress in Heroine and a prostitute in Talaash: The Answer Lies Within. In the next few years, she (now Kapoor Khan) decreased her workload, taking on smaller parts of the love-interest in the androcentric films Singham Returns (2014) and Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015); the latter ranks among Indian cinema's highest earners. This changed in 2016 when she starred in two commercial successes, the satire Ki & Ka and the acclaimed drama Udta Punjab. Further success came with the ensemble comedies Veere Di Wedding (2018) and Good Newwz (2019). After reuniting with Aamir Khan in the commercially failed drama Laal Singh Chaddha (2022), Kapoor Khan had her first streaming film release in the thriller Jaane Jaan (2023). In 2024, she had another female-led commercial success in the comedy Crew.

Films

Key

†	Denotes productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2000	Refugee	Nazneen "Naaz" Ahmed
2001	Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai	Pooja Saxena
	Yaadein	Isha Singh Puri
	Ajnabee	Priya Malhotra
	Aśoka	Kaurwaki
	Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...	Pooja Sharma
2002	Mujhse Dosti Karoge!	Tina Kapoor
	Jeena Sirf Merre Liye	Pinky/Pooja
2003	Talaash: The Hunt Begins...	Tina
	Khushi	Khushi Singh (Laali)
	Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon	Sanjana
	LOC Kargil	Simran
2004	Chameli	Chameli
	Yuva	Mira
	Dev	Aaliya	Also playback singer for "Jab Nahin Aaye The Tum"
	Fida	Neha Mehra	Also playback singer for "Aaja Ve Mahi"
	Aitraaz	Priya Saxena
	Hulchul	Anjali Pathak
2005	Bewafaa	Anjali
	Kyon Ki	Dr. Tanvi Khurana
	Dosti: Friends Forever	Anjali
2006	36 China Town	Priya Singhania
	Chup Chup Ke	Shruti Chauhan
	Omkara	Dolly Mishra
	Don	Kamini	Special appearance
2007	Kya Love Story Hai	Herself	Special appearance in the song "It's Rocking"
	Jab We Met	Geet Dhillon
2008	Halla Bol	Herself	Cameo appearance
	Tashan	Pooja Singh	Also playback singer for "Pooja Ka Tashan"
	Roadside Romeo	Laila	Animated feature film Voice only
	Golmaal Returns	Ekta
2009	Luck by Chance	Herself	Cameo appearance
	Billu	Unnamed	Special appearance in the song "Marjaani"
	Kambakkht Ishq	Simrita Rai
	Main Aurr Mrs Khanna	Raina Khanna
	Kurbaan	Avantika Ahuja
	3 Idiots	Pia Sahastrabuddhe
2010	Milenge Milenge	Priya
	We Are Family	Shreya Arora
	Golmaal 3	Daboo
2011	Bodyguard	Divya
	Ra.One	Sonia
2012	Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu	Riana Braganza
	Agent Vinod	Iram Parveen Bilal/ Dr. Ruby Mendes
	Rowdy Rathore	Unnamed	Special appearance in song "Chinta Ta"
	Heroine	Mahi Arora
	Talaash: The Answer Lies Within	Rosie/Simran
	Dabangg 2	Item Dancer	Special appearance in the song "Fevicol Se"
2013	Bombay Talkies	Herself	Special appearance in song "Apna Bombay Talkies"
	Satyagraha	Yasmin Ahmed
	Gori Tere Pyaar Mein!	Dia Sharma
2014	Singham Returns	Avni Kamat
	The Shaukeens	Herself	Cameo appearance
	Happy Ending	Herself	Cameo appearance
2015	Gabbar Is Back	Sunaina	Special appearance
	Bajrangi Bhaijaan	Rasika Pandey
	Brothers	Mary	Special appearance in the song "Mera Naam Mary Hai"
2016	Ki & Ka	Kia
	Udta Punjab	Dr. Preet Sahni
2018	Veere Di Wedding	Kalindi Puri
2019	Good Newwz	Deepti Batra
2020	Angrezi Medium	Naina Kohli
2022	Laal Singh Chaddha	Rupa D'Souza
2023	Jaane Jaan	Maya D'Souza
	The Buckingham Murders	Jasmeet Bhamra	Also producer
2024	Crew	Jasmine Kohli
	Singham Again †	Avni Kamat	Filming

Documentary

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2000	Bollywood im Alpenrausch	Herself	Uncredited role
2013	The Indian Food Wisdom and The Art of Eating Right	Herself
2015	Bollywood And Beyond: A Century Of Indian Cinema	Herself
	Girl Rising India – Woh Padhegi, Woh Udegi	Herself

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah	Mahi Arora/Herself
2012	Punar Vivah	Mahi Arora	Episode 154
2012	C.I.D.	Herself	Episode "Heroine Ka Khatra"
2018	Naagin 3	Kaalindi	Special appearance
2019	Dance India Dance Battle Of The Champions	Judge
2022	Spy Bahu	Narrator	For first episode and trailers

See also

• Awards and nominations received by Kareena Kapoor Khan