Malaika Arora (born 23 October 1973[1]) is an Indian actress, dancer, model, VJ and television personality who appears in Hindi-language films.

Her parents divorced when she was 11 years old, and she moved to Chembur with her sister Amrita and mother,[6][7][8] who raised them as a single mom.

She is also an alumnus of the Holy Cross High School Thane, where she studied until ninth grade.

She lived in Borla Society, Chembur opposite Basant Talkies before starting her modelling career.

[12] Malaika then entered the modelling world, appearing in many advertisements, as well as album songs like Bally Sagoo's "Gur Naalo Ishq Mitha" opposite Jas Arora, and item numbers such as "Chaiyya Chaiyya" in the 1998 Bollywood film Dil Se...[12] In 2010, she featured in the item song "Munni Badnaam Hui" in the film Dabangg, which was produced by her former husband Arbaaz Khan.

[13] On 12 March 2011, she helped set a world record with 1235 participants performing a choreographed dance to "Munni Badnaam" which she led.

In 2014, she confirmed that she would make a cameo appearance in the Farah Khan-directed action comedy-drama film Happy New Year.

[23][24] Arora was married to Bollywood actor-director-producer Arbaaz Khan in 1998, after she met him during a coffee ad shoot.

[28] After the divorce Arora maintained primary custody of their son, while Khan received visitation rights, as per the settlement reached in the Bandra Family Court.