Neha Dhupia is the daughter of Commander Pradip Singh Dhupia with the Indian Navy and Manpinder. She has a brother, Hardeep who is a high flier with Jet Airways.
She completed her schooling in Vizag, then in Naval Public School, and eventually graduated in History from Jesus and Mary College in Delhi.In 1999, she started her career as an actress in Rajdhani a TV serial.
Since then she has appeared in a number of TV advertisements, ramp shows, as well as two music videos.In 2002, she was crowned Miss India Universe in 2002 and competed at Miss Universe 2002, finishing in the top ten.
She had also done Ad campaigns for Reebok, National Electronics, Pepsi, LG, Gillette, Maruti & Mitsubishi Lancer.
Dhupia made her film debut in the 2003 Bollywood film Qayamat: City Under Threat (2003), which performed averagely at the box office.
She rose to fame with her role in the film Julie and then appeared in Sheesha (2005) in a dual role of twin sisters, but the film did not do well at the box office.
She then starred in films such as Kyaa Kool Hai Hum (2005) and Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007), which did well at the box office, and also featured in a segment of the anthology film Dus Kahaniyaan (2007).
In the following years, Dhupia appeared in supporting roles in multiple critically and commercially acclaimed films including Chup Chup Ke (2006), Ek Chalis Ki Last Local (2007), Mithya (2008), Maharathi (2008), Singh Is Kinng (2008) and Dasvidaniya (2008).
In 2011, she plays Eva Braun in the film Dear Friend Hitler -a film about Mahatma Gandhi.
Her most recent films are Paying Guest, Action Replayy De Dana Dan and Pappu cant dance sala .
She has also worked on her first international project with Chris Kattan in IFC's Bollywood Hero.
Dhupia made her acting debut in a play in New Delhi called Graffiti. Thereafter she appeared in a music video for Indipop band Euphoria and also modeled for various advertisement campaigns. She then appeared in the TV serial "Rajdhani".
In 2002 she entered the Femina Miss India pageant finishing in first place, winning the Femina Miss India Universe title, and was subsequently sent to the Miss Universe 2002 pageant in Puerto Rico. She was placed in the top 10.
