Sobhita Dhulipala (born 31 May 1992) is an Indian actress and beauty pageant titleholder who works predominantly in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam cinema. She first gained national attention as a finalist at the Femina Miss India 2013 pageant, and later established herself as a leading actress through her role in the Amazon Prime Video series Made in Heaven (2019–2023).
| Full name | Sobhita Dhulipala |
|---|---|
| Born | 31 May 1992 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Actress, beauty pageant titleholder |
| Years active | 2013 onwards |
| Notable work | Made in Heaven, Ponniyin Selvan: I and II, Monkey Man |
| Pageant titles | Femina Miss India Earth 2013 (runner-up); represented India at Miss Earth 2013 |
| Spouse | Naga Chaitanya |
Dhulipala is of Telugu origin. She entered public life through the modelling and pageant circuit, and was a finalist at the Femina Miss India 2013 pageant, where she won the Femina Miss India Earth 2013 runner-up title. She subsequently represented India at the Miss Earth 2013 international pageant.
Dhulipala made her acting debut in Anurag Kashyap's Hindi neo-noir psychological thriller Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016). Her early work drew attention for its choice of unconventional, director-driven projects rather than mainstream commercial cinema.
She played the lead role of a Delhi-based wedding planner in the Amazon Prime Video series Made in Heaven, which streamed across two seasons between 2019 and 2023. The show brought her wider recognition and is regarded as her breakthrough work.
Dhulipala has worked across several Indian language industries. Her credits include the Telugu spy thriller Goodachari (2018) and the biographical action film Major (2022); the Malayalam films Moothon (2019) and Kurup (2021); and Mani Ratnam's two-part Tamil historical epic Ponniyin Selvan: I (2022) and Ponniyin Selvan: II (2023). She also featured in the Hindi crime thriller series The Night Manager (2023).
Dhulipala expanded to American cinema with the action thriller Monkey Man (2024), directed by Dev Patel.
Dhulipala is married to actor Naga Chaitanya.
Dhulipala is among a generation of Indian actors who transitioned from the pageant circuit to mainstream film and streaming work across multiple languages. Her filmography, spanning Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and English-language productions, reflects the increasing cross-industry mobility of Indian performers in the streaming era.