Kangna Ranaut became born on 23 March 1987 at Bhambla (now Surajpur), a small city within the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh, into a Rajput circle of relatives. Her mother, Asha Ranaut, is a faculty instructor, and her father, Amardeep Ranaut, is a businessman. She has an elder sister, Rangoli, who as of 2014 works as her supervisor and a more youthful brother, Akshat. Her awesome-grandfather, Sarju Singh Ranaut, become a Member of the Legislative Assembly and her grandfather was an officer for the Indian Administrative Service. She grew up in a joint circle of relatives at their ancestral haveli (mansion) in Bhambla, and defined her adolescence as "easy and satisfied".
Ranaut made her acting debut in 2006 with a main role in the thriller Gangster, for which she was provided the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut, among different debut awards. Her portrayals of a man or woman based on actress Parveen Babi in Woh Lamhe (2006) and a smart socialite in Life in a... Metro (2007) was lauded, with the latter incomes her a Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance – Female. Kangna Ranaut received several awards, inclusive of the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Filmfare Award in the identical category for her position as a substance-abusing stick insect inside the drama Fashion (2008). Also in 2008, she featured as a village female in Dhaam Dhoom, her first Tamil film.