# Jal Shah

_Nepalese actor-model_

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Last updated: 2026-10-31

> Jal Shah (Nepali: जल शाह) is a Nepali actress. She started her film career with Avatar (1996) when she was 13 years old. She was one of the top actress in Nepali movies from 90s to mid 2000s She went on to act in more than three dozen films. Her last film to date was Krodh (2006).

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 1975 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6125806#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6125806#P19))
- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6125806#P27))
- **Occupation:** model; actor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6125806#P106))

## About

As of 2018, she was married to Sharad Kumar Rimal and had one daughter. They were living in the United States.

Writer Prema Shah was her mother.

## Questions

**When was Jal Shah born?**  
Jal Shah was born on 1975 in Nepal.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Jal Shah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jal_Shah) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): जल शाह](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q6125806](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6125806) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

## Licence and attribution

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## Cite this page

"Jal Shah". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/jal-shah. Retrieved 9 November 2026.