Isha Koppikar was born on September 19, 1976 in Bombay, India. Eesha Koppikar comes from a family of learned academicians, as she herself has completed her course in Life Sciences from Ruia College in Bombay. She has a younger brother. After completing
her college course, she starred in a Tamil movie (En Swasa Katre) opposite Arvind Swamy, which got her a lot of positive reviews. Isha Koppikar contested the 1995 Miss India contest, and won the Miss Talent crown.