Minissha Lamba is an Indian actress and poker player who has appeared in several Hindi films. She was born on January 18, 1985 in New Delhi, India. Lamba made her acting debut with the 2005 film Yahaan and has since appeared in movies like Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007), Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008), Well Done Abba (2010), and Bheja Fry 2 (2011).

Minissha Lamba was born into a Punjabi Sikh family to Kawel Lamba and Manju Lamba. She studied at Chettinad Vidyashram School in Chennai and Army Public School in Srinagar before majoring in English (Hons.) from Miranda House, University of Delhi. While in college, Lamba began modeling for ad campaigns and was approached by director Shoojit Sircar to act in his film Yahaan, marking her acting debut.