Kimi Verma, the pretty girl from Los Angeles, had been a student in Mumbai earlier and won the Miss Bombay Title in the year 1994. She was also the choice for Miss Femina girl for beautiful hair in the same year. After winning the title, she was offered to play Punjabi heroine in many successful films. She played the role of an NRI girl in “Ajj De Ranjhe”, which was directed by Manmohan Singh. She was happy to get entry into Punjabi cinema, though she stayed in Los Angeles. She also hoped to do a documentary later on. She was a busy designer in LA and even owned a woman’s fashion house and is the lead designer and CEO of the company. She was also featured in the blockbuster movies such as ‘Mera Pind-My Home’ in 2008 and 'Ik Kudi Punjab Di’ in 2007. As there were no women centric roles in Punjabi cinema, she managed to balance her career as a fashion designer and as an actress.
She was also a star when many Bollywood heroines were in competition to act in Punjabi cinema and she stayed away from such competition and made her mark as an actress in Punjab. She was born in Punjab and later migrated to Mumbai to pursue her studies in MBA and later moved to Los Angeles. Her best film in Punjabi was ‘De Ranjhe’ which was a satirical take on the police system. Before getting leading lady offers, she was noticed by a film producer and given the role of a heroine in a film ‘Naseeobo’, when she was in class X. She also has acted with
Harbhajan Mann
(singer) in film ‘Jee Ayaan Nu’. She also presented talk shows on Star Plus and was a co-anchor with Shagoofta Ali in the programme ‘
Meri Saheli
’. She was also co-anchor in Alpha Punjabi for show Frontier Mail. She worked in films like ‘Shaheed Udham Singh’ and ‘Qeher’. She likes Punjabi culture and ready to promote it all the time. Although she is married, she got offers in Hindi films, but was reluctant to do them as roles were not meaningful. In US, she spends her time with sick children and tries to make them happy.