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'''Sherlyn Chopra''' is an [[India]]n actress and model known for her work in [[Bollywood]].<ref name="Telegraph first nude" /> In July 2012, Chopra became the first Indian woman to pose nude for ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine.<ref name="Telegraph first nude">{{Cite web|title=Bollywood star becomes first Indian to pose nude for Playboy|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/9426510/Bollywood-star-becomes-first-Indian-to-pose-nude-for-Playboy.html|access-date=2021-01-23|website=The Telegraph|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Sherlyn Chopra shoots for Playboy |url= http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/sherlyn-chopra-shoots-for-playboy-244120 |date= 17 July 2013|publisher=NDTV}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sherlyn Chopra goes Naked to ride on Horseback|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2013/09/sherlyn-chopra-goes-naked-to-ride-on-horseback/|publisher=Bihar Prabda|date=20 September 2013}}</ref> The photos were released two years later.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=August 14, 2014|title=Sherlyn Chopra's Playboy photoshoot pics finally out|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/sherlyn-chopras-playboy-photoshoot-pics-out-204041-2014-08-14|access-date=2021-01-23|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> She was then selected to host the sixth season of the show ''[[MTV Splitsvilla]]''.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|title=Sherlyn Chopra to host the sixth season of MTV Splitsvilla|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sherlyn-chopra-to-host-the-sixth-season-of-mtv-splitsvilla/384755-44-124.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413230653/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sherlyn-chopra-to-host-the-sixth-season-of-mtv-splitsvilla/384755-44-124.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 April 2013|access-date=23 April 2013|newspaper=IBN Live|date=23 April 2013}}</ref> In December 2013, she released her music single titled "Bad Girl".<ref>{{cite web|title=Sherlyn Chopra's new Music Video Bad Girl goes Viral|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/01/sherlyn-chopras-news-song-bad-girl-goes-viral/|work=Biharprabha News|access-date=4 January 2014}}</ref> She was a contestant in the reality show ''[[Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series)|Bigg Boss]]'' in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodmantra.com/news/sherlyn-chopra-evicted-from-bigg-boss/5017/|title=Sherlyn Chopra evicted from Bigg Boss|date=30 October 2009}}</ref>

==Early life and modelling==

Chopra was born to a Christian father and a Muslim mother.<ref>{{cite web

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|archive-date= 13 February 2020}}</ref> Her father was a doctor.<ref name=parents>{{cite web|author=Staff Reporter |date=23 July 2012 |url=http://www.emirates247.com/2.569/take-one/bollywood-insult-playboy-calls-sherlyn-chopra-a-legend-2012-07-23-1.468465 |title=Bollywood insult? Playboy calls Sherlyn Chopra a legend |publisher=emirates247.com |access-date=23 July 2012}}</ref> She attended [[Stanley Girls High School]] and Saint Ann's College for Women in [[Secunderabad]]. In 1999 she was crowned "Miss Andhra".<ref name="photogallery.indiatimes.com">{{cite web|url=http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/celebs/bollywood/sherlyn-chopra/sherlyn-chopras-unseen-pics/articleshow/15417811.cms|title=Sherlyn won a beauty contest, she added as a caption "When I waz crowned Miss Andhra Pradesh.....'}}</ref><ref name=conf>{{cite web|author=Madhumitha |date=18 December 2008 |url=http://www.go-nxg.com/?p=3253 |title=Confessions of a diva |publisher=Go-nxg.com |access-date=8 July 2011}}</ref>

==Acting career==

Chopra's early acting career consisted of roles in few [[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]] ''.<ref>{{cite web|title=A film by Aravind |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-afilmbyaravind.html|work=idlebrain.com}}</ref> Chopra was also a contestant on ''[[Bigg Boss (Season 3)|Bigg Boss]]''.<ref name="autogenerated">{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv-/Rakhis-mom-on-Bigg-Boss/articleshow/5088996.cms |title=Rakhi's mom on Bigg Boss |date=6 October 2009 |work=[[The Times of India]]|publisher=[[Indiatimes]]}}</ref> She was evicted from the show on Day 27.<ref>[http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/awards/filmfare-awards/Outrageous-Sherlyn/articleshow/5625547.cms Sherlyn Chopra at 55th Idea Filmfare Awards in Mumbai]. Photogallery.indiatimes.com (27 February 2010). Retrieved on 30 April 2013.</ref> From 2013 on, she filmed as the lead protagonist in ''[[Kamasutra 3D]]'', directed by [[Rupesh Paul]], and she also appeared in the trailer which was released at the [[2013 Cannes Film Festival|66th Cannes International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Tabloid/Post-Playboy-stint-Sherlyn-Chopra-to-do-Kama-Sutra-in-3D/Article1-951664.aspx |title=Sherlyn Chopra to do Kama Sutra film in 3D, after Playboy stint |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=29 October 2012 |access-date=20 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/93747.html|title=Indian @ Cannes 'Kamasutra 3D' icing up the cake of 66th CIFF|publisher= indiaglitz.com |date=17 May 2013 |access-date=1 June 2013}}</ref> In June 2016, she told the media that she was not working on the project anymore.<ref name="Hindustan Times">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/kamasutra-3d-is-not-my-film-sherlyn-chopra/story-rSXBHx4xqbPZhP57syZK5K.html |title=Kamasutra 3D is not my film: Sherlyn Chopra |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=16 August 2016 |access-date=19 October 2016}}</ref>

|Special appearance in "Dil Mein Chhuppa Loonga" song<ref>[https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/031116/watch-wajah-tum-ho-new-song-dil-mein-chhupa-loonga-is-all-about-sex-only-sex.html]</ref>

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biggboss.org/housemates/sherlyn-chopra|title=Sherlyn Chopra|website=biggboss.org|publisher=Bigg Boss Nau|access-date=August 3, 2017}}</ref>

| Along with Nikhil Chinappa

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* [[List of people in Playboy 2010–19]]