Sridevi was born on August 13, 1963 in her fathers hometown of Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India. Her mother was from Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. So Sridevi grew up speaking Telugu and Tamil. She has a sister named Srilatha and a stepbrother named Satish. Her dad passed away during the year 1991, while her mom died during 1997. She started her career at a very early age in 1967 as a child artiste in a Tamil movie Kandhan Karunai. She also starred as a child actress in a Telugu movie Bangarakka in 1977, and in a Malyalam movie Kumara Sambhavan in 1969. She established strong onscreen pair with Kamal Hasan in Tamil films from 1977-1983 and then with Jeetendra in Hindi Films from 1983-1988, She has also appeared in the TV series Malini Iyer, judged a TV show Kaboom as well as appeared in numerous print and TV ads. She is also on the Board of Directors of the Asian Academy of Film & Television. She married Boney Kapoor on Jn June 2, 1996 and had\ two daughters: Jhanvi and Khushi.