Deepika Amin was born Deepika Deshpande in Mumbai in a Maharashtrian family. Her paternal grandfather was the Sahitya Akademi Award winning Marathi poet Atmaram Ravaji Deshpande. Her maternal grandmother Kusumavati Deshpande, was a writer of Marathi literature and professor of English Literature in Nagpur University.

Her father Ulhas Deshpande was an Air Vice Marshall in the Indian Air Force. Her mother Kshama Deshpande is an accomplished Kathak dancer and disciple of the Kathak maestro Shri Gopi Krishna.

She grew up in Delhi, attending school in Loreto Convent and studying Economics (Hons) in Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University.

She lives with her husband and daughter in Mumbai.

Television

She got her first break with Lekh Tandon's and Gul Anand's serial Farmaan where she played the lead opposite Kanwaljit. Some of her noted serials are Tashan-e-Ishq and 9 Malabar Hill on Zee TV, Junoon on Doordarshan, Siyasat on Epic.

She was in Shyam Benegal's serial Amravati Ki Kathayein and his 10 part historic series Samvidhaan. She played the role of Empress Ruqaiya Sultan Begum in the critically acclaimed series Siyaasat on Epic channel.

Theatre

Deepika Amin began her theatre career with plays directed by noted theatre director Barry John - Theatre Action Group.^[1][4] Her other co actors were Shah Rukh Khan and Manoj Bajpayee.^[1] She has been a member of Prime Time Theatre Company for many years working in plays directed by Lillete Dubey.

She has acted in plays like Girish Karnad's Boiled Beans on Toast^[5] and Wedding Album(directed by Lilette Dubey),^[6] Partap Sharma's Sammy,^[7] and in musicals like Annie Get Your Gun and South Pacific.^[4]

She is trained singer in Indian Classical music and also plays the guitar.