Pallavi was born in Perth in 1992 and grew up in Melbourne, where her education and early life shaped her creative path

Her Hollywood debut began with the Academy Award-nominated Lion (film), featuring Pallavi Sharda, where she played Prama. She later starred as Preeta in Tom & Jerry (2021) and Asha in the Wedding Season series (2022).

Pallavi Sharda played the lead role of Asha Maurya in the Netflix Wedding Season series, becoming the first South Asian diaspora actress to headline a Hollywood studio rom-com.

She is known for her groundbreaking Indian–Australian actress journey, spanning Bollywood, Hollywood, British television, and Australian screens. Beyond acting, she is recognised for her Bharatanatyam training and Indian classical dance career, as well as her advocacy for representation. Bharatanatyam training and Indian classical dance career, as well as her advocacy for representation. Pallavi Sharda’s voice has been central to interviews on identity, women of colour in film and representation in the arts.

Pallavi Sharda, the Indian–Australian actress who starred in Netflix’s Wedding Season, has appeared in a diverse range of acclaimed television roles. She played Georgie Burman in Les Norton and Princess Chandrika in the British period drama Beecham House. On Netflix, she portrayed Megan Chapman in the sci-fi thriller The One, Maddie in the lockdown dramedy Retrograde, and Corrie D’Souza in The Twelve, a performance earned her a Logie Award nomination.

Looking ahead, Pallavi is set to appear in two new 2025 releases: SPIT, where she plays an over-the-top, wildly unqualified lawyer, and ONE MORE SHOT, in which she takes on the role of Pia.

The Academy Award–nominated film Lion was a career milestone for Pallavi Sharda, who starred as Prama alongside Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman, making it her highest-rated film to date. However in 2022, Pallavi took centre stage in Netflix’s Wedding Season, a romantic comedy that quickly rose to Netflix’s top 10 films globally. With this role, she became the first South Asian woman to lead a studio-backed romantic comedy, expanding representation in a genre where diverse voices have long been underrepresented.scription

She trained in Bharatanatyam from a young age and quickly became a recognised exponent of the art form. Her background in Indian classical dance has been a significant influence throughout her acting career, and she is known for her fluid, free-style movements, which earned her numerous theatrical roles in India.

Pallavi Sharda is fluent in English, French, Hindi and some Punjabi, reflecting her diverse Australian-Indian background. She studied French at the university of Melbourne and in Lyon, France.

Pallavi Sharda's education and early life were rooted in Melbourne, where she studied Law, Media & Communications, and French at the University of Melbourne.

Pallavi moved to India in 2012 during her undergraduate studies, beginning her Indian–Australian actress journey in Bollywood.

Her first Australian film was Save Your Legs (2013), which she shot in India with an Australian crew. Since then, she has appeared in a wide range of projects including Lion (film), One More Shot and Spit.