Madhuri
Dixit (born as Madhuri Shankar Dixit to a Marathi family on May 15,
1967) is a five-time Filmfare Awards winning Indian Bollywood actress.
She is a native of Mumbai, India. Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s,
she dominated Hindi cinema as a leading actress, appearing in many hit
films. She is considered to be an icon of the Bollywood film industry.

Madhuri,
born to Shankar and Snehlata Dixit, married an Indian-American, UCLA
trained cardiovascular surgeon who practices in Denver, Dr. Sriram
Madhav Nene, in 1999, also from a Marathi Koknastha Brahmin family. She
has two sons, Arin (born in March 2003 in Colorado) and Ryan (born on
March 8, 2005 in Colorado).She has two elder sisters, Rupa and Bharati,
and an elder brother, Ajit. Madhuri now lives with Dr. Nene and her two
children in Denver, Colorado, USA.

Dixit attended Parle College
and wanted to be a micro-biologist.She is trained as a Kathak dancer,
in the Indian classical tradition. She made her acting debut in "Abodh"
(1984). After a few minor and supporting roles her first major role was
in "Tezaab" (1988) which launched her career.

She then went on
to star in the hit films "Dayavan" (1988), "Ram Lakhan" (1989), "Dil"
(1990), "Saajan" (1991), "Beta" (1992), "Khalnayak" (1993), and the
Bollywood blockbuster "Hum Aapke Hain Kaun". (1994).