Reema Lamba (born 24 October 1976[1][2]), better known as Mallika Sherawat, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Hindi language films.

[12] Sherawat was born as Reema Lamba in Moth,[13] a small village in Hisar district of Haryana to a Jat family.

[14] Mallika's father is Mukesh Kumar Lamba and she was born in the family of Seth Chhaju Ram, a leading Jat philanthropist.

[21] However, Sherawat's family has rebutted this as a story created by her to give her an aura of a rustic girl who made it big in Bollywood.

[18] Before entering films, Sherawat appeared in television commercials with Amitabh Bachchan for BPL and Shah Rukh Khan for Hyundai Santro.

[24] She debuted in films with a small rôle in Jeena Sirf Merre Liye where she was credited as Reema Lamba.

"[30] Her performance in the 2006 film Pyaar Ke Side Effects, co-starring Rahul Bose, won her praise from around the industry,[31] with critic Raja Sen commenting, "Mallika steals the show with her disarming candour.

She played a guest role in Himesh Reshammiya's Aap Ka Suroor - The Real Love Story and reportedly charged Rs.

Her performance received very favourable reviews with noted film critic Taran Adarsh writing, "Mallika Sherawat is electrifying.

[37][38] In 2009, Sherawat starred in a Hollywood film named Hisss, co-starring Irrfan Khan and directed by Jennifer Lynch.

[43] On 14 August 2009, Sherawat received honorary citizenship of Los Angeles in recognition of her career achievements and charitable work.

[44] In 2012 Sherawat featured with American pop star Bruno Mars in his parody video of Salt-n-Pepa's "Whatta Man" for the comedy website Funny or Die.

[50] During the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, Sherawat had herself locked in a cage for twelve hours to support the Free A Girl India NGO.