Education
She attended the C.G.High School (Prabhadevi) in Mumbai
in Sophia College to pursue a degree in Psychology
Rao walking the ramp for Archana Kochar at Lakme Fashion Week 2012– Day 5
She attended the C.G.High School (Prabhadevi) in Mumbai
in Sophia College to pursue a degree in Psychology
2002–2006
Amrita made her acting debut in Ab Ke Baras (2002) alongside Arya Babbar. She went on to star with Shahid Kapoor in his debut film, Ishq Vishk (2003) and became an overnight star after the success that film for her portrayal of Payal. She followed this up in 2004 with Masti, Main Hoon Na with Shahrukh Khan and Zayed Khan, and Deewaar. The year 2005 saw her performing as Priya in Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi! and Madhvi in Shikhar. In 2006, she starred in Pyare Mohan alongside Vivek Oberoi, and Sooraj R. Barjatya's blockbuster Vivah opposite Shahid Kapoor.
2007– Present
Her first part in 2007 was a special appearance for the song "Heyy Babyy" in the eponymous film, Heyy Babyy. She then made her debut in the Telugu film industry with Athidhi opposite Mahesh Babu. Amrita's movies in 2008 include My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves with Nikhil Dwivedi and Welcome to Sajjanpur with Shreyas Talpade. The following year, she portrayed Nandini in Victory and Mansi in Shortkut opposite Arshad Warsi.
Amrita was signed for ABCL Corp's The Legend Of Kunal and for a Tip's Film with Neil Nitin Mukesh to be directed by Ken Ghosh , but both the movies did not take-off and her only release in 2011 was Rajshree Production's Love U...Mr. Kalakaar!, produced by Sooraj Barjatia in which she played Ritu, the main role, alongside Tusshar Kapoor.She acted in Hook Yaa Crook, which is awaiting release. She kick started 2013 with Fox Star's Hit Film Jolly LLB starring Arshad Warsi and Boman Irani for which she received largely negative reviews. Anupama Chopra of Hindustan Times wrote "Amrita Rao, playing the girlfriend, stumbles badly in the key scene in which she questions Jolly's motives" .Amrita Rao is currently working on two major big-budget films Singh Saab - The Great opposite Sunny Deol and director Anil Sharma of Gaddar fame, and Prakash Jha's Satyagrah both movies scheduled to be released in 2013.