Kapoor was born in the suburb of Chembur, Maharashtra, in Mumbai on 9 June 1986. She is the daughter of actor Anil Kapoor and ex-model Sunita Kapoor[2] and the granddaughter of filmmaker Surinder Kapoor.[3] The family moved to a house in the suburb of Juhu, where her parents still reside, when she was one month old.[4] Kapoor is the eldest of three children; the others are sister Rhea Kapoor and brother Harshvardhan.[5] She is the niece of producer Boney Kapoor, actor Sanjay Kapoor and producer Sandeep Marwah.[6] She is also the first cousin of actor, Arjun Kapoor and Anushala Kapoor. Furthermore she is the second cousin of actor Ranveer Singh from her mothers side. She attended the Arya Vidya Mandir school in Juhu and then enrolled in the United World College of South East Asia, boarding school in Singapore, to do her International Baccalaureate.[2] She studied theatre and arts in Singapore for 2 years.[4] She also studied Political Science and Economics from University of East London. She speaks English, Hindi, Punjabi and Marathi and is a well trained classical dancer.[5]