Happy Birthday Athiya Shetty: From schooling with Tiger Shroff to dating cricketer KL Rahul, lesser-known facts about Suniel Shetty's daughter!

Athiya Shetty is one of the top actors of the new generation in Bollywood. She is gorgeous, fit and lovely as told by many of her industry friends. The actress is turning 30 today, she was born on 5 November 1992 to actor Sunil Shetty and director Mana Shetty in Mumbai. She made her acting debut in the romantic action film Hero, in 2015, produced by Salman Khan and directed by Nikkhil Advani. Today, on her birthday, let us unveil some lesser-known facts about the actress.

Athiya is dating cricketer KL Rahul and this is no surprise but they are about to tie the knot soon. The couple showers love on each other through social media and are one of the cutest ones in the industry.

Athiya has a goofy nickname that very few people know about and it is Attu Pattu.

Athiya did her schooling at the American School of Bombay and you will be shocked to know that Tiger Shroff and Shraddha Kapoor were her seniors by two years.

Athiya has a degree in filmmaking from the New York Film Academy. Along with that, she also attended Remo D'Souza's Dance Academy to hone her skills as a dancer.

Not Suniel Shetty, but Aishwarya Rai Bachchan inspired Athiya to become an actor. She visited the sets of 'Umrao Jaan' in 2006 and that's when she knew that acting is what she wanna do to make a living.

Suniel Shetty made a debut in Bollywood with 'Balwaan,' released on September 11th, 1992 and Athiya's first Bollywood release 'Hero' also came out on September 11th, 2015.