Rubina Dilaik
Born/Date of Birthday: 26 August 1989
Place of Birth: Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Height: 1.5 m
Occupation: Actress
Known for: Chotti Bahu, Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki, Bigg Boss 14
Spouse(s): Abhinav Shukla ​(m. 2018)​
Siblings: Jyotika Dilaik, Rohini Dilaik
Parents: Gopal Dilaik, Shakuntla Dilaik

Rubina Dilaik (born 26 August 1989) is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi television shows. She is best known for portraying the leading role Radhika in Zee TV's popular soap Chotti Bahu and Soumya Singh in Colors TV's Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki. In 2020, Dilaik participated in Bigg Boss 14 and emerged as the winner of the show.

Early life and career
1989–2008: Early life and career beginnings
Dilaik was born on 26 August 1989 in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. She studied at Shimla Public School and St. Bede's College, Shimla. Her father is also a writer and has written many books in Hindi.

In her early days, she was a beauty pageant contender for which she won two local beauty pageants and was crowned Miss Shimla in 2006. She was a national-level champion in debate during her school days. In 2008, she won the Miss North India Pageant held at Chandigarh.

2008–2013: Acting debut and breakthrough
She started her acting career from Chotti Bahu though she wanted to be an IAS and was preparing but got selected in auditions was held in Chandigarh. Dilaik gained recognition by playing Radhika Shastri in Zee TV's Chotti Bahu opposite Avinash Sachdev and reprising the role in the show's sequel. In 2012, she played Simran "Smiley" Gill in Sony TV's Saas Bina Sasural.

In 2013, she played Divya Jakhotia in Zee TV's Punar Vivah - Ek Nayi Umeed opposite Karan Grover.

2013–present: Television comeback and Bigg Boss 14
From 2013 to 2014, she portrayed Sita in Life OK's mythological show Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev and Jeannie in SAB TV's Jeannie Aur Juju.

From 2016 to 2020, Dilaik portrayed Soumya Singh, a transgender woman in Colors TV's Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki opposite Vivian Dsena, for which she was awarded for Best Personality in Colors' Golden Petal Awards 2017 and Best Actress in ITA Awards 2017. In March 2021, she returned to the series.

In October 2020, Dilaik entered as a contestant in the fourteenth season of Bigg Boss, the Indian version of reality TV show Big Brother. She took part in the house along with her husband Abhinav Shukla. She stayed in the house for twenty weeks and emerged as the winner.

Bollywood debut
Bigg Boss 14 winner Rubina Dilaik is all set to make her Bollywood debut with the Hindi movie Ardh. The project marks the directorial debut of music composer-singer Palaash Muchhal. The movie also features Hiten Tejwani and actor Rajpal Yadav. Filming of the movie Ardh started from September 2021 and will be release on 2022. Rubina defeated 50 girls in look-test for the film. Palash in an interview said that her character of Radhika in Chhoti Bahu tilted the scales in her favor, beating no less than 50 others who aspired for the same. According to the sources, the film "Ardh" is going to release digitally on the [Zee5] soon.

Media
In 2016, Dilaik was ranked eleventh in the 50 Sexiest Asian Women List by Eastern Eye. She moved up a place to the tenth spot in the same list in 2017.

Dilaik was ranked at No. 10 in The Times Most Desirable Women on TV 2020.

Actress to get feature in Vogue cover special edition of July 2022.

Personal life
Dilaik married television actor Abhinav Shukla in 2018.