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{{short description|Indian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Shefali Shah
| image = File:Shefali Vipul.jpg
| alt = Shefali Shah with her husband Vipul Shah in 2019
| caption = Shefali Shah (left) in 2019
| birth_name = Shefali Shetty
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|40|2009|10|24}}<ref name="ToI-Age-2009" />

| birth_place = [[Mumbai, Maharashtra]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = actress
| yearsactive = 1995–present
| spouse = {{Marriage|[[Harsh Chhaya]]|1997|2001|reason=divorced}}<br>[[Vipul Amrutlal Shah]] (present)
}}

'''Shefali Shah''' ({{née}} '''Shetty'''), is an Indian actress who works in Bollywood films.<ref name="ToI-Age-2009">{{cite news|title=Now, I'll play my age in films: Shefali Shah|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Now-Ill-play-my-age-in-films-Shefali-Shah/articleshow/5153446.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=24 October 2009|access-date=28 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Shefali Shah wins best actor award|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Shefali-Shah-wins-best-actor-award/articleshow/2499452.cms|work=The Times of India|date=30 October 2007|access-date=28 July 2018}}</ref> After making her film debut with a minor role in the 1995 drama ''[[Rangeela (1995 film)|Rangeela]]'', she played a supporting role in the crime film ''[[Satya (1998 film)|Satya]]''. Her performance in ''Satya'' received critical praise and won her the [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress]] and a [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] nomination at the [[44th Filmfare Awards]]. She was later nominated for [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for her performance in the family drama ''[[Waqt: The Race Against Time]]'' (2005) and for her performance in ''[[Dil Dhadakne Do]]'' (2015).

In 2007, she received critical acclaim and won the [[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for her performance in ''[[The Last Lear]]''. She starred in the 2015 dramedy ''[[Dil Dhadakne Do]]'', receiving several nominations for Best Supporting Actress.<ref>{{cite news |title=Revealed: This 'Dil Dhadakne Do' actress will do a special cameo in 'Commando 2' |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-revealed-this-dil-dhadakne-do-actress-will-do-a-special-cameo-in-commando-2-2295063 |work=DNA India |date=22 January 2017 |ref=Last seen in Dil Dhadakne Do and Brothers in strong supporting roles, the National award winner Shefali Shah will now be seen doing a cameo in the Vidyut Jammwal-starrer, Commando 2. |language=en}}</ref> She, along with the main cast won the [[Screen Award|Screen Award for Best Ensemble Cast]] for the film.

==Early life==
{{BLP sources section|date=June 2018}}
Shefali Shah (née Shetty) is the only child of Sudhakar Shetty and Shobha Shetty.<ref>{{cite news|first=Vimla|last=Patil|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99jan24/sunday/head9.htm|title=A role to remember...|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|date=24 January 1999|access-date=28 July 2018}}</ref> She spent her early childhood at the RBI quarters in [[Santacruz, Mumbai]], where she attended Arya Vidya Mandir.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

==Career==
In the early days before starting her career in Bollywood, Shefali acted in a Gujarati stage drama called ''Ant Vagarni Antakshari''. She delivered a very powerful performance.

Shah made her television debut with the show ''Aarohan'' that aired on Doordarshan.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sadhwani |first1=Bhavya |title=Shefali Shah Has No Qualms About Doing Less Number Of Roles, As Long As They Are Special Ones |url=https://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/shefali-shah-has-no-qualms-about-doing-limited-number-of-roles-as-long-as-they-are-special-ones-364152.html |work=IndiaTimes |date=22 March 2019 |language=en-IN}}</ref> She made her film debut with ''[[Rangeela (1995 film)|Rangeela]]'' (1995),<ref>{{cite news|title=The Last Lear is my best performance: Shefali Shah|publisher=[[Sify]]|date=16 September 2008}}</ref> although she only had a few scenes in the film. She ventured into television with the serial ''Kabhie Kabhie''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Strong and never silent|newspaper=Indian Express|date=27 April 1998}}</ref>

She starred in the critically acclaimed film ''[[Satya (1998 film)|Satya]]'' (1998), for which she received the [[Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress]] and the [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress|Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Critics]].

Shah starred in the film ''[[Waqt: The Race Against Time]]'' (2005) as [[Amitabh Bachchan]]'s wife. The film was directed by her husband Vipul Shah. Shah's breakthrough performance was as Ria Verma in the internationally acclaimed ''[[Monsoon Wedding]]''. She graduated to mature roles as Kasturba Gandhi in ''[[Gandhi, My Father]]'' and as [[Anil Kapoor]]'s wife in the 2008 film ''[[Black & White (2008 Hindi film)|Black & White]]''. She won a [[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for her performance in [[Rituparno Ghosh]]'s ''[[The Last Lear]]''. In 2010, she took to the stage opposite [[Kiran Karmarkar]] in the Hindi version of [[Chandrakant Kulkarni]]'s play ''Dhyanimani''; ''Bas Itna Sa Khwab''.<ref>{{cite news|author=Rinky Kumar|title=Re-living a dream|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/RELIVING-a-dream/663213/|access-date=26 May 2011|newspaper=Indian Express|date=20 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014024259/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/RELIVING-a-dream/663213/|archive-date=14 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2019, Shefali Shah starred in a web television series called ''[[Delhi Crime]]'', which was written and directed by [[Richie Mehta]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-25|title=Delhi Crime a turning point in my life: Shefali Shah|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/delhi-crime-a-turning-point-in-my-life-my-career-shefali-shah-7065710/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

Shah was seen in the 2021 Netflix original anthology series of four short stories ''[[Ajeeb Daastaans]]'', opposite [[Manav Kaul]].

Currently she is working on various other projects such as ''Human'', a web series to be released on [[Hotstar]], directed by her husband [[Vipul Shah]]. She is also starring in ''Doctor G'' opposite [[Ayushmann Khurrana]] and [[Rakul Preet Singh]] and also working opposite [[Alia Bhatt]] in the upcoming movie ''Darlings''.

==Personal life==
Shah was married to television actor [[Harsh Chhaya]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/SexAndRelationships/I-get-on-with-life-quickly/Article1-214107.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023134101/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/SexAndRelationships/I-get-on-with-life-quickly/Article1-214107.aspx|url-status=dead|title='I get on with life quickly'|work=Hindustan Times|archive-date=23 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/harsh-chhayas-wife-shefali-to-replace-seema-kapoor-in-hasratein/1/276532.html|title=Harsh Chhaya's wife Shefali to replace Seema Kapoor in Hasratein|work=[[India Today]]|date=10 May 2013|access-date=28 July 2018}}</ref> After their divorce, she married director [[Vipul Amrutlal Shah]]. She has two sons with Shah.<ref>{{cite news|title=People say I look like Kasturba Gandhi: Shefali Shah|author=Subhash K Jha|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/people-say-i-look-like-kasturba-gandhi-shefali-shah-news-bollywood-kkfvqihegicsi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728191004/http://www.sify.com/movies/people-say-i-look-like-kasturba-gandhi-shefali-shah-news-bollywood-kkfvqihegicsi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 July 2018|publisher=[[Sify]]|date=8 March 2006|access-date=28 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Married to the 'boss'! Shefali Shah's waqt with Vipul!|url=http://movies.indiatimes.com/News-Gossip/Interviews/Actresses/Married-to-the-boss-Shefali-Shahs-waqt-with-Vipul/articleshow/1085581.cms|publisher=[[Indiatimes.com]] Movies|date=22 April 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213173126/http://movies.indiatimes.com/News-Gossip/Interviews/Actresses/Married-to-the-boss-Shefali-Shahs-waqt-with-Vipul/articleshow/1085581.cms|archive-date=13 February 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Filmography==
=== Films ===
{| class="wikitable"
|†
|Denotes films that have not yet been released
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year!!Movie!!Role!!Notes
|-
|1995||''[[Rangeela (1995 film)|Rangeela]]''||Mala Malhotra||
|-
|1998||''[[Satya (1998 film)|Satya]]''||Pyaari Mhatre||
|-
|2000
|''[[Mohabbatein]]''
|Nandini Khanna
| Cameo
|-
|-
|2001||''[[Monsoon Wedding]]''||Ria Verma||
|-
|2005||''[[Waqt: The Race Against Time]]''||Sumitra Thakur||
|-
|2005||''[[15 Park Avenue]]''||Lakshmi J. Roy||
|-
|2007||''[[Gandhi, My Father]]''||Kasturba Gandhi||<ref>{{cite news |title=Shefali Shah on playing different shades of an 'everywoman', and using silence as her weapon of choice- Entertainment News, Firstpost |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/shefali-shah-on-playing-different-shades-of-an-everywoman-and-using-silence-as-her-weapon-of-choice-6784511.html |work=Firstpost |date=16 June 2019 |ref=Silence has been a leitmotif in all her performances, from Rituparno Ghosh's The Last Lear (for which she won a National Award) |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2007||''[[The Last Lear]]''||Vandana||
|-
|2008||''[[Black & White (2008 Hindi film)|Black & White]]''||Roma Mathur||
|-
|2010||''[[Karthik Calling Karthik]]''||Dr. Shweta Kapadia||
|-
|2011||''[[Kuch Love Jaisa|Kucch Luv Jaisaa]]''||Madhu Saxena||
|-
|2014||''[[Lakshmi (2014 film)|Lakshmi]]''||Jyoti||
|-
|2015||''[[Dil Dhadakne Do]]''||Neelam Mehra||<ref>{{cite news |last1=Karki |first1=Tripti |title=Shefali Shah shares heartfelt experience on seeing parents '7 feet far' amid coronavirus outbreak |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/celebrities/shefali-shah-shares-heartfelt-experience-on-seeing-parents-7-feet-far-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-607737 |work=www.indiatvnews.com |date=14 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mothers are mere props in Bollywood: 'Dil Dhadakne Do' actress Shefali Shah |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/mothers-are-mere-props-in-bollywood-dil-dhadakne-do-actress-shefali-shah/articleshow/47530166.cms |work=The Economic Times |date=3 June 2015}}</ref>
|-
|2015||''[[Brothers (2015 film)|Brothers]]''||Maria Fernandes||
|-
|2016||''[[The Jungle Book (2016 film)|The Jungle Book]]''||[[Raksha (The Jungle Book)|Raksha]]|| Voice (Hindi)
|-
|2017||''[[Commando 2| Commando 2 : The Black Money Trail]]''||Leena Chowdhury||
|-
|-
|2017||''Juice''||Manju Singh|| Short Film
|-
|2018||''[[Once Again (2018 film)|Once Again]]''|| Tara Shetty||
|-
|2021||''[[Ajeeb Daastaans]]'' || Natasha ||[[Netflix]] Film
|-
|2022||''[[Darlings (film)|Darlings]]'' || TBA ||Filming<ref>{{cite news |title=Alia Bhatt begins filming for Darlings, her debut production venture also featuring Shefali Shah|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/alia-bhatt-begins-filming-for-darlings-her-debut-production-venture-also-featuring-shefali-shah-9776431.html|work=Firstpost |date=3 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
|2022||''[[Doctor G]]'' || Dr. Nandini ||Filming<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.com/magazines/panache/ayushmann-khurrana-starrer-comedy-drama-doctor-g-begins-production-in-bhopal/articleshow/84404388.cms|title= Ayushmann Khurrana-starrer comedy-drama 'Doctor G' begins production in Bhopal|work=The Economic Times|date=14 July 2021|access-date=14 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
|2022||''Jalsa'' || TBA ||Filming<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 August 2021 |title=Suresh Triveni’s Jalsa starring Vidya Balan and Shefali Shah commences filming|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/suresh-trivenis-jalsa-starring-vidya-balan-shefali-shah-commences-filming/|access-date=12 August 2021 |work=Bollywood Hungama}}</ref>
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#d1e4fd"
!Year(s)!!Show !!Role !!Notes
|-
|1993||''[[Banegi Apni Baat]]''||Richa
|
|-
|1993||''[[Nukkad|Naya Nukkad]]''||N/A
|
|-
|1993||''[[Tara (TV series)|Tara]]''|| Mala Malhotra
|
|-
|1993||''[[Aarohan (The Ascent)|Aarohan]]''||Cadet Nivedita
|
|-
|1996||''[[Hasratein]]''||Savithri/Saavi
|
|-
|1996||''Patjhad''||N/A
|
|-
|1997||''Kabhie Kabhie''||Radha Pathak
|
|-
|1997||''[[Sea Hawks (TV series)|Sea Hawks]]''||N/A
|
|-
|1999||''Raahein''||Preeti
|
|-
|2008||''[[Ramayan (2008 TV series)|Ramayan]]''||Sunaina
|
|-
|2019 || ''[[Delhi Crime]]'' || DCP Vartika Chaturvedi || Web series on [[Netflix]]
|
|-
|}

==Accolades==
;[[National Film Awards]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!Year
!Category
!Film
!Result
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[55th National Film Awards|2009]]
| [[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| ''[[The Last Lear]]''
| {{won}}
|}

;[[Filmfare Awards]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!Year
!Category
!Film
!Result
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[44th Filmfare Awards|1999]]
| [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress| Best Actress (Critics)]]
| rowspan="2"|''[[Satya (1998 film)|Satya]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| [[51st Filmfare Awards|2006]]
| ''[[Waqt: The Race Against Time]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[61st Filmfare Awards|2016]]
| ''[[Dil Dhadakne Do]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[63rd Filmfare Awards|2018]]
| Best Actress in a Short Film
| ''Juice''
| {{won}}
|}

;[[Screen Awards]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!Year
!Category
!Film
!Result
|-
| 1999
| rowspan="3"| [[Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| ''[[Satya (1998 film)|Satya]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Waqt: The Race Against Time ]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Gandhi, My Father]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2016
| Best Ensemble Cast
| ''[[Dil Dhadakne Do]]''
| {{won}}
|}

;[[Zee Cine Awards]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!Year
!Category
!Film
!Result
|-
| 1999
| rowspan="2"| [[Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Female|Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Female]]
| ''[[Satya (1998 film)|Satya]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Waqt: The Race Against Time ]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2008
| [[Zee Cine Critics Award for Best Actor – Female|Best Actress (Critics)]]
| ''[[Gandhi, My Father]]''
| {{won}}
|}

; Other Awards
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!Year
!Award
!Category
!Work
!Result
|-
|rowspan="2"|2007
|[[Tokyo Film Festival]]
|Best Actress
|rowspan="2"|''[[Gandhi, My Father]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Producers Guild Film Awards]]
|[[Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|2016
|[[Stardust Awards]]
|[[Stardust Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|''[[Dil Dhadakne Do]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|2019
|[[iReel Awards]]
|Best Actress - Drama
|rowspan="2"|''[[Delhi Crime]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|Asian Academy Creative Awards
|Best Actress in a Leading Role<br>({{small|Region: India}})
|{{won}}
|}

==References==
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