Shilpa Anand (born Shilpa Shivanand on 10 December 1982,), is a television and movie actress. She is the younger sister of Sakshi Shivanand, a popular actress from Karnataka.
Shilpa Anand was born in South Africa, and went to school there. After completing her education, she moved to India along with her family and then she started her acting career in Mumbai.
In terms of education, Shilpa Anand has five years of experience in all phases of the Software development life-cycle. She has expertise in Java J2EE application development and has been working in the E-Learning domain.
She has worked for clients within the healthcare, travel, Learning management, and Performance management field. She studied at the Punjab University, obtaining a Masters in Computer Applications (MCA), from 2000 to 2003.
Before her first movie, Shilpa did many adverts on television with many famous Bollywood actors such as: Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan etc. She started her career with Bollywood film Iqaar By Chance. She rose to stardom when she starred in the television series Dill Mill Gaye, in which she used to play the lead protagonist of Dr. Riddhima Gupta which made her a popular face of the TV world.
She was nominated at several Awards ceremonies in 'Best Actress' category for her role in the show such as New Talent Awards in 2008. She won the award alongside Karan Singh Grover for the best on-screen couple in August 2008. Her contract with the production house ended in June 2008 and this consequenced her leaving the show and her role of Dr. Riddhima Gupta. Her good height,acting skills and pretty looks are really cherished.