| Starred in Sanjay Gupta 's shelved film " Dostana" . Co starring Sanjay Dutt and Fardeen Khan. |
| Changed her name from Ashwini Shetty to Shilpa Shetty for her acting career. |
| Was signed for Rambha's role in Jung opposite Ajay Devgan, but opted out. |
| Gave birth to her 1st child at age 36, a son Viaan Raj Kundra on May 21, 2012. Child's father is her husband, Raj Kundra. |
| Is diabetic. |
| She donated all the money she made from her movie 'Phir Milenge' to an AIDS charity. |
| Received critical acclaim and nominations for her performances in movies like: Baazigar, Dhadkan, Rishtey and Phir Milenge. |
| Her movie Phir Milenge was viewed by the United Nations who appreciated the movie for its support of AIDS awareness. |
| In 2007, she won series 5 of Celebrity Big Brother (2001). |
| Shilpa's cousin - Prem Shetty - was credited with a 'Special Thanks' on the acclaimed Indian art house film entitled 'The Last Monk' which premiered at the Cannes FIlm Festival 2006. |
| Beside her native language Tulu, she speaks English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil and Urdu. |
| Her appearance on Celebrity Big Brother (2001) caused a huge racism and bullying row. As several housemates didn't approve of her presence, they made fun of her accent, cooking and native country. Following these incidents, broadcasting network Channel 4 received a record-breaking 40,000 complaints, and the controversy developed into a diplomatic crisis between the UK and India. Even Prime Minister Tony Blair and Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, while visiting India, condemned these acts of unfairness and intolerance (January 2007). |
| AIDS activist and PETA supporter. |
| Shilpa is considered to have the best body in Bollywood. |
| Shilpa and Shamita are the first sisters to appear in a film together in the history of Bollywood. |
| Sahara One crowned her the 2004 DIVA of the year. |
| Won Best Supporting Actress for Pardesi Babu (1998) at the Zee Gold Bollywood Awards. |
| Captain of her school's baseball team. She is also a black-belt karate champion. |
| Indian top model. |
| Sued Stardust India magazine because the magazine produced a report about her on-off relationship with Akhsay Kumar. According to her opinion, the article made her name disgraced and she lost some offers on films. She won the lawsuit. |
| Older sister of Shamita Shetty |