Kajol

Kajol Devgan (née Mukherjee) (born 5 August 1974), better known as Kajol is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. She has also appeared in two Tamil films.  She has received six Filmfare Awards. In 2011, she was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award by the Government of India.

Early life
Kajol is half Marathi and half Bengali. She was born to actress Tanuja and film director and producer, Shomu Mukherjee. Her younger sister, Tanisha Mukherjee is also an actress. Her cousins, Rani Mukherjee, Sharbani Mukherjee and Mohnish Behl are also Bollywood actors.

Career
She started her career at the age of seventeen. She started in her first movie in 1992 with the movie Bekhudi which failed to do well at the box office although this didn't affect her career. A year later in 1993, she starred in Baazigar which was a box office hit. Since then, she has done many commercially successful movies which include Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Karan Arjun, Ishq, Gupt, Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Fanaa, My Name Is Khan, and Dilwale.

Personal life
She is married to fellow actor, Ajay Devgn. They have a daughter and a son. 
Awards
Filmfare Awards
 2010 Best Actress - My Name Is Khan
2006 Best Actress - Fanaa
2001 Best Actress - Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
1998 Best Actress - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
1997 Best Villain/Villainess - Gupt
1995 Best Actress - Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

Screen Weekly Awards
2002 Best Actress - Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
1999 Best Actress - Dushman

Padma Shri Award
2011 Padma Shri by the Government of India

References

Category:Indian actors
Category:Living people
Category:1974 births
Category:Actors from Mumbai
Category:Marathi people
Category:Filmfare Awards winners