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Simran was born as Rishibala Naval to Punjabi parents in Mumbai; her father is Ashok Naval and mother is Sharda. Simran has two sisters, Monal and Jyothi Naval, and a brother named Sumith. She did her schooling from St. Anthony's high school, Versova and finished her B.Com in Mumbai and was modelling simultaneously. She speaks Punjabi, Hindi, English, Tamil and Telugu. Simran is a trained dancer and can perform Bharatanatyam and Salsa.

She married Deepak, her childhood family friend, on December 2, 2003. They have two sons, Adheep and Aadit.

1995–1997: Debut and breakthrough

Simran made her debut in the 1995 Hindi film Sanam Harjai, directed by Saawan Kumar. It was the first Indian film to be shot in New Zealand and Simran stayed and shot abroad for three months, though the film was disaster at box office. Jaya Bachchan saw Simran presenting the show Superhit Muqabla on Doordarshan’s Metro channel, and subsequently offered her a leading role in her production, the romantic drama Tere Mere Sapne (1996). She then starred in supporting roles in Muqaddar, Angaara and Daadagiri; Bal Bramhachari, Agni Morcha, Gunda Gardi opposite Aditya Pancholi, Ayub Khan and along with Dharmendra. Meanwhile, she has been acting in South Indian languages and was a huge star in Tamil and Telugu cinema.

Her first South Indian film was the Malayalam film Indraprastham, with Mammootty in the lead role. In 1997, she appeared in her only Kannada film till date, Simhada Mari, opposite Shivarajkumar. Prior to her debut in Tamil films, Simran was associated with two projects which failed to materialize in 1996, Parthiepan's Soththukatchi and Bharathiraja's Siragugal Murivadhillai. She then made her debut in the Tamil movie industry, Vasanth's multi-starrer Nerukku Ner, produced by Mani Ratnam, and she signed on to work on the film swiftly in order to work with the noted producer. Then Simran starred in several successful movies such as V.I.P (1997), Natpukkaga (1998), Aval Varuvala (1998) and Kannedhirey Thondrinal (1998) with leading actors Prabhu Deva, Sarath Kumar, Ajith Kumar and Prasanth respectively. Her debut Telugu movie was Abbayi Gari Pelli in 1997, opposite Suman, which opened to poor reviews.

1998–2003: Success and stardom

Following successful debuts in Tamil and Telugu films, in 1998 she had her first release in K. S. Ravikumar's Kondattam, opposite Arjun Sarja. She also appeared in a supporting role with Akkineni Nagarjuna and Deepti Bhatnagar in Auto Driver. Both had average performances at the box office. She tasted her first success with Ajith Kumar in Aval Varuvala, a remake of 1997 Telugu film Pelli.^[17] Her role was well received by the critics.^[18]

In the same year, she acted in the blockbuster Vaali, opposite Ajith Kumar, for which she won Cinema Express Award for Best Actress – Tamil.^[19] She revealed that after working on the film, she became "alert in her choice of films", only signing ventures which had big production banners.^[20]. In the next year, she acted in the blockbuster Thulladha Manamum Thullum, opposite Vijay. She was highly appreciated for her performance in the film. In 1999, she acted in Jodi, with Prashanth and in Samarasimha Reddy, opposite Balakrishna in 1999. Both movies opened to positive reviews. The success continued with Tamil films Priyamaanavale, with Vijay and Parthen Rasithen, in which she portrayed a negative role. She also starred in hit Telugu films Kalisundam Raa, with Venkatesh and Nuvvu Vastavani with Nagarjuna.

In 2001, she concentrated on Telugu films and had a mixed year with Mrugaraju and Daddy, with Chiranjeevi and Bava Nachadu, with Nagarjuna which became average grossers. Her movie Narasimha Naidu, with Balakrishna became a blockbuster. In 2002, she again starred with Balakrishna in Seema Simham, which was an average grosser. In 2002, she did several successful Tamil films; Ramana with Vijaykanth, Pammal K. Sambandam, Panchathantiram with Kamal Haasan, Thamizh with Prasanth and Mani Ratnam's Kannathil Muthamittal, with Madhavan. She won several accolades for her performance in Kannathil Muthamittal, including a Filmfare award. At the height of her career, Simran left the film industry after her marriage.

2008–present: Return

Simran made a return in 2008 with Okka Magadu, opposite Balakrishna, John Appa Rao 40 plus and Seval. Her role in Gautham Menon's Vaaranam Aayiram was critically acclaimed and she won Filmfare and Vijay awards for the same. She starred in the Tamil films TN-07 AL 4777 and Ainthaam Padai in 2009. She made a brief appearance in Aaha Kalyanam in 2014 and Trisha Illana Nayanthara in 2015.^[21] In October 2015, Simran and her husband set up a production studio called Simran & Sons, and launched two new film projects.^[22]

After her marriage, Simran took a break from acting in films and moved on to the small screen where she acted in Jaya TV's serial Simran Thirai, which consisted of mini-serials all featuring Simran in the lead role and included many popular stars such as Ramji, Raaghav, Saakshi Siva and Abitha playing supporting roles. In 2009, she started acting in the Telugu serial Sundarakanda, telecast on Gemini TV, where she did a guest role. The serial was dubbed in Tamil as Sundarakandam and telecast on Polimer TV. In 2012, she hosted Jackpot, a game show on Jaya TV which was earlier hosted by Kushboo and Nadhiya. She acted in Agni Paravai, a serial telecast in Puthuyugam TV. She serves as one of the judges on the reality show Dance Tamizha Dance in Zee Tamizh.

On March 2002, Simran was signed up to endorse Fanta, the tangy orange-flavoured drink from Coca-Cola. According to a company spokesperson, "Film stars cut across various segments to establish a direct connect with the brand." The ad was conceived by the Lowe and directed by filmmaker Latha Menon.^[23][24] In the same year, Jyoti Labs launched Jeeva soap with Simran to endorse the brand and the ad.^[25] On June 4, 2008, PepsiCo announced Simran as the new brand ambassador for Kurkure for their brand in the South Indian market, joining the brand's long-standing endorser Juhi Chawla.^[26] Simran was chosen as the brand ambassador for the low calorie sugar substitute Sugar Free Gold by Cadila Healthcare.^[27][28] She is also connected with General Mills India for Pillsbury Atta and has appeared in several TV commercials.^[29]

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