Sonam was born on June 9, 1985, in Chembur, Maharashtra, India to the famous Hindi film star Anil Kapoor and his ex- model wife Sunita Kapoor. Her uncles are producer Boney Kapoor of Mr. India fame and famous Hindi film actor Sanjay Kapoor. Sonam Kapoor is the eldest daughter and has one Sister Rhea and brother Harshwardhana. She can speak Hindi and English fluently beside that she knows Punjabi and Marathi too. She has been nicknamed as Giraffe by her father. Rani Mukherji is one of her best friends. Her early childhood passed in Mumbai and she started her schooling at Arya Vidya Mandir-Juhu, Mumbai. She did not carried the shy nature like her other fellow friends instead she use to play the game of basketball with her childhood friend Ranbir Kapoor in a local club.
