Digital Star Srishti Shrivastava, has had a streak of Girliyapa’s success – Girls Hostel, Pa-Gals, and Girlsplanning- and even She’s become a near-omnipresent face online. Read to know more about her!
Srishti Shrivastava is an Indian actress who primarily works for the Hindi entertainment industry. She came into the limelight after she played the role of Jo aka Anandi Joshi in the TVF-Girliyapa series Girl’s Hostel.
Early Life, Family, and Education
Born on 21 September 1993 (age 31 years; as of 2025) in Balia, Uttar Pradesh. Srishti Shrivastava belongs to a middle-class household in Mumbai. Along with her Uttar Pradesh roots, Srishti shifted to Mumbai with her parents when she was a month old.
For her schooling, Shrivastava attended Gundecha Education Academy, Mumbai, and Lilavatibai Podar High School, Mumbai, respectively.
Meanwhile, Srishti was only four when she took up acting. In addition to it, she received her acting stints from her grandfather who was himself an actor and acted in several prominent period dramas.
Soon after pursuing her higher secondary education, Srishti attended Sophia College for Women, Mumbai, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Media.
Fascinated with acting, Srishti often participated in several theatrical plays in her college. During one of her college cultural functions, she came across a director who advised her to go to theatres to pursue acting.
As a result, she joined a drama school in Mumbai. However, according to Srishti, joining the drama school came with a reality check and also helped her in learning the nuances of acting.
Career
Theatre
Soon after Srishti Shrivastava joined The Drama School, Mumbai, she started working in several theatrical productions.
Meanwhile, she gained prominence for her play, 7/7/07. Not only this, but she has appeared as a theatrical actor in plays including Shikhandi-The Story of the In-betweens, Chuhal, Final Solutions, Adrak, and many more.
Breakthrough
In 2016, Srishti made her acting debut with the YouTube channel’s Girliyapa video, “Why Should Hot Girls Have All the Fun?” The video garnered appreciation and more than 15 million views on YouTube
However, initially, Srishti went through rejections in multiple acting auditions, and she landed a role in TVF’s Humorously Ours; wherein she played Dolly.
Films and Web Series
Soon after acting for YouTube channels, Srishti made her film debut with the Hindi film Ok Jaanu, wherein she played Aisha. The next year, she appeared in Dil Junglee opposite Taapsee Pannu.
In 2017, Srishti also gained immense popularity for starring in the Girliyapa series Pa-Gals; wherein she played Mamta Kulkarni.
In recent years, Srishti has appeared in multiple Hindi films including Gully Boy, Gulabo Sitabo, and Maja Ma.
Meanwhile, the TVF series Girls Hostel, wherein Srishti played the role of Jo became one of the popular series of TVF-Girliyapa.
Awards and Achievements of Srishti Shrivastava
In 2018, she received the Best Actor Award in a supporting role and the Best Ensemble for the play Shikhandi – The Story of the In-Betweens at the META Awards.
She received the Streaming Award for the TV series, Pa-Gals.
In 2018, she was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress in a Web Series Award at Girliyapa Popular Award.
Although we don’t have much information about Srishti’s updated net worth, as of 2025, she had an estimated net worth of $6.5 million, which in INR is 40-45 Crores.
Srishti Shrivastava Relationship Timeline
As of 2025, she is unmarried. Although Srishti likes to keep her relationship under wraps, many sources claim that she is dating actor Abhishek Chauhan.
Do you know these lesser-known facts about Srishti Shrivastava?
Her favorite actors include Irrfan Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and Manav Kaul. Additionally, her favorite actresses are Madhuri Dixit and Faezez.
Before venturing into acting, she worked as an intern in the advertising agency, Ogilvy &Mather.
Shristi received a self-written appreciation letter from Amitabh Bachchan for playing Guddu in Gulabo Sitabo.
Besides being an actress, Srishti Shrivastava is a trained dancer.
She has featured in many TV commercials including Swiggy.
Fond of cats, Srishti has a pet cat.
As of 2025, she has more than 319K followers on Instagram.
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