Amrita Rao was born to Deepak and Kanchan Rao in the year 1981. Model Preeta Rao is her identical twin. She was schooled at Convent Girls High School, Mumbai and later enrolled in Sophia College to pursue a degree in psychology. Amrita Rao made her debut in the year 2002 with the film Ab Ke Baras.While studying in Sophia College she auditioned for an advertisement for Fairever Face Cream. She was selected amongst 60 other contestants. Her appearance in Cadbury痴 Perk and the Bru coffee ads helped her receive offers from film directors in Bollywood.In 2006, her film Vivah was a universal success and her performance was well appreciated by critics for which she received a Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award. Amrita Rao recently made her debut in Tollywood with the Telugu hit Athidhi.