Sanya Malhotra was born on February 25, 1992 in Delhi. She is an Indian actress and a trained contemporary and ballet dancer. She is recognized for her noteworthy debut as Babita Kumari in a sports biopic film '
Dangal (2016)' starring alongside
Aamir Khan and
Fatima Sana Shaikh which ranks among the highest-grossing Indian films. Malhotra has also choreographed Khan in the song 'Sexy Baliye' from the film '
Secret Superstar (2017)'. (This is a lesser known fact)
Sanya's performance in Vishal Bhardwaj's drama '
Pataakha (2018)', Ritesh Batra's '
Photograph (2019)', and Amir Sharma's '
Badhaai Ho (2018)' was highly appreciated. She was also seen in '
Shakuntala Devi (2020)', '
Ludo (2020)' in the year 2020, both of which had an OTT release. Her work in the latest Netflix release '
Pagglait (2021)' garnered a lot of compliments across the film industry and among the viewers. Her upcoming projects include a Netflix original, '
Meenakshi Sundareshwar (2021)' starring opposite
Abhimanyu Dasani and '
Love Hostel (2022)' alongside
Vikrant Massey and
Bobby Deol.