Happy birthday Shehnaz Gill: Lesser known facts about Punjab's Katrina Kaif

Shehnaz Gill, who is currently locked inside the house of Bigg Boss 13, has turned 26 today (January 27). She is not only a favourite with Salman Khan who likes to call her 'Punjab Ki Katrina Kaif' but also with others who consider her a complete entertainer. Here's looking at lesser known facts about the actress... (Photo: Instagram)

Also known as Sana, Shehnaz was born in Beas, Amritsar to a Sikh family. She got enrolled for B.Com at Lovely Professional University. However, in an unseen Bigg Boss video, she had revealed that she did not complete her studies and left college in the third year. (Photo: Instagram)

Shehnaz loves to act and sing, and this has been a passion with her since childhood. She left college to pursue her love for the arts as she began to get offers. She has also been a part of several modelling assignments. (Photo: Instagram)

Shehnaz has been a part of several popular Punjabi music videos. In 2015, she starred in the popular song 'Shiv Di Kitaab', which was sung by Gurvinder Brar, and since then Shehnaz hasn't looked back. (Photo: Instagram)

Shehnaz has not only been a part of popular music videos like Gary Sandhu's 'Yeah baby' or Ravneet Singh's 'Lakh Laahnta' as a model, but she has also lent her voice to songs like Veham, Sada Rabb Ne, Aunty Aunty etc. (Photo: Instagram)

She made her debut in the film industry with the movie 'Kala Shah Kala'. The film also starred Sargun Mehta and Binny Dhillon. (Photo: Instagram)

Even before she entered Bigg Boss 13, Shehnaz made headlines due to her fight with Himanshi Khurana. Shehnaz spoke ill of Himanshi's song in a Snapchat video, and the latter retorted by going LIVE on Instagram. Himanshi gave it back to Shehnaz and there's been no stopping the two ever since. (Photo: Instagram)

While Shehnaz's participation in the show is known to all, the actress did reveal during her interaction with one of the contestants that she was closer to her mom, and also shared how she left her home when things were not okay between her and her parents. (Photo: Instagram)

Called the entertainer in the house, Shehnaz is quite a strong player in Bigg Boss 13. She created headlines when Himanshi entered the house, and got into the limelight for her relationship with Sidharth Shukla. (Photo: Instagram)