Kiran Rathod is a popular Indian film actress. She has acted in Bollywood and Tamil cinema (Kollywood). She belongs to a rajput royal family of Rajasthan.

She was born on January 4th 1981 and is a graduate of Mithibai College in Mumbai. She first started appearing in Hindi pop song albums in late 1990s when she caught the attention of Hindi movie producers and she made her first film appearance was as 'Monishka' - Hrithik Roshan's spoilt and wealthy fiancee in the film Yaadein.The film was a major box office flop. After that she could not get any major offers as she was growing plump. After a few sporadic appearances in minor films, she moved down south where she appeared in a number of huge hits: Gemini with Vikram, Anbe Sivam with Kamal Hassan, Villain with Ajith Kumar, Winner with Prashanth, and Diwan with Sarath Kumar.

She is rumored to have married to two men but it was denied by her and she claims she is still single. Recently she acted in an Indian version of Malena, High school which has created a lot of controversies.