Sherlyn Chopra (born 11 February 1987) is an Indian actress and model known for her work in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. She made her debut in 2007 with Red Swastik. In July 2012, Chopra gained media attention after appearing cover for American Playboy magazine, being the first Indian to do so, she was described as a "Bollywood legend'. She was then selected to host the sixth season of the show MTV Splitsvilla. In December 2013, she released her music single titled "Bad Girl". She was a contestant in the reality show Bigg Boss in 2009.

Early life

Chopra was born in Hyderabad, India to a Punjabi Christian father and a Persian Muslim mother. She has a sister working as an emcee and an elder brother settled in New Zealand and working as a Software Engineer. Her parents first made contact in Iran. At home, her family speaks Hindi, English, Urdu and were once active members of the Methodist Church, where Sherlyn was so religious that at once byhearted and recited Psalms 119, verbatim in the presence of the congregation.

She attended Stanley Girls High School, where she was a studious pupil, had no friends and came about as a geek. She passed out as the school topper. Later, she got admission into Saint Ann's College for Women, Secunderabad. In 1999 she was crowned "Miss Andhra", which eventually boosted her interest towards showbiz. As per Chopra, her prolonged work struggle led to sexual exploitation in the industry and ultimately resulted in her becoming one of the strong voices of the "Me Too" movement in India.

Career

Chopra's started her acting career as a leading lady in Bollywood films. She appeared in movies such as Time Pass, Red Swastik and Game. She made her Telugu film debut in A Film by Aravind opposite Richard Rishi. Chopra was also a contestant on Bigg Boss. She was evicted from the show on Day 27. In 2013, Sherlyn was signed as the lead protagonist in Kamasutra 3D, directed by Rupesh Paul, and she also appeared in the trailer which was released at the 66th Cannes International Film Festival. After a one day shoot, Ms. Sherlyn Chopra walked out of Kamasutra 3D.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Language	Note(s)
2002	Vendi Mabbu	Divya	Telugu
	University	Sherlyn	Tamil
2005	A Film by Aravind	Nirupama	Telugu	Telugu debut
	Time Pass	Jenny	Hindi
	Dosti: Friends Forever	Leena Bharucha	Hindi
2006	Jawani Diwani: A Youthful Joyride	Mona	Hindi
	Something Special	Mona	Telugu
	Naughty Boy	Sonia	Hindi
2007	Game	Tina	Hindi
	Raqeeb		Hindi
	Red Swastik	Anamika/Zeenat	Hindi
2009	Dil Bole Hadippa!	Sonia Saluja	Hindi
2014	Kamasutra 3D	Kamaa Devi	English	Not completed
2016	Wajah Tum Ho	Item Number	Hindi	Special appearance in "Dil Mein Chhuppa Loonga" song
2017	Maya	Maya	Hindi	Short film directed by, written by, and produced by herself
2018	Chameli	Chameli	Hindi
2019	The Sherlyn Chopra	App	English
2020	She Kills	Lead Role	Hindi
2020	Dirty Love	Lead Role	Hindi
2020	The Last Wish	Lead Role	Hindi
2023	Paurashpur 2	Queen	Hindi
2024	Paurashpur 3	Queen	Hindi

Television

Year	Name	Role	Note(s)	Ref
2009	Bigg Boss 3	Contestant
2013	MTV Splitsvilla 6	Host	Along with Nikhil Chinapa

Discography

Year	Album	Track
2007	Outrageous	Outrageous
		Dard
		U Gimme Fever
		Pehli Nazar
		Karle Pyaar
		Tere Bin
		Outrageous - Remix
2011		Dard-E-Sherlyn
2014		Bad Girl ft. Ikka
2019		Tunu Tunu ft. Vicky & Hardik
		Vote Daal
		KATAAR

See also

• List of people in Playboy 2010–2020