- Born
- Birth nameAnita Hasnandani
- Nickname
- Natassha
- Height5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
- Anita Hassanandani Reddy (born 14 April 1981) is an Indian actress and model who has acted in multilingual films and serials. She appears in Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, and Tamil films. After appearing as a model for EverYuth, Sunsilk, Boroplus and other brands, she made her debut on the television screen in daytime soap Kabhii Sautan Kabhii Sahelii. She made her Hindi film debut with the 2003 Thriller film Kucch To Hai. She later worked in the films Krishna Cottage, a supernatural thriller; and Koi Aap Sa. She also starred in the television show Kavyanjali, playing the protagonist Anjali, a middle class girl marrying into a business tycoon's family. Other than her mainstream Bollywood film and television screen performances, she also worked in some South Indian movies including Nenupelliki Ready and Thotti Gang which later was remade as Yeh Dil in Hindi with Tusshar Kapoor. She appeared in a song in a Telugu movie, Nenunnanu.
Since 2013 she appears in the role of Shagun Arora on the television show Ye Hai Mohabbatein. She was a wild card entry in season 8 of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Dibyayan Chakravorty
- ParentsKavita Hassanandani
- Good friend of Ekta Kapoor, the Queen of Indian Soaps. Has high respect for Shobha Kapoor, who has been influential to her.
- Her first serial was Balaji's Telefilms, "Kabhi Sautan Kabhie Saheli".
- Broke off engagement with Eijaz Khan at the end of 2009.
- She is a Manoj Kumar discovery. Manoj Kumar discovered her and was to launch a film with her. After the film was shelved he recommended her name to several people including Ekta Kapoor.
- She was born "Natasha Hassanandani" but changed her name to "Anita" when she started her film career. Later went back to using her real name Natasha.
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