Rakhi Sawant was born to a Marathi Hindu family on 25 November 1980 in Mumbai, India . She is an Indian Bollywood actress.Her real name is Neeru Sawant and she is popular as an item girl.

Her father is an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) with the Mumbai Police. She has a brother, Rakesh and a sister, Jaya. Rakhi studied in Goklibai School, Vile Parle and later studied Arts at Mithibai College.

Apart from her appearance on the silver screen, Sawant has also appeared in a number of music videos, most notably for the remix number Pardesiya. In 2006, she was a cast member of reality show Bigg Boss, the Indian version of Big Brother. She was voted off the show by fellow cast members after a month, but has been brought back and was one of the final 4 participants.