The actor-turned-politician contested Lok Sabha elections this year from Chandigarh and defeated fellow actor-turned-politician Gul Panag. The BJP MP is in the news for adopting Sarangpur village in Chandigarh under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojna of the Central government. On the entertainment front, she starred in two films-Khoobsurat and Total Siyapaa- and appeared as a judge on the reality show India's Got Talent.
Fast Fact: Kher won the National Film Award for Best Actress for the Bengali film Bariwali (1999).