Sohaila Kapur is an Indian actress, journalist, television personality, theatre director and playwright. She was born in a Punjabi Hindu family to Kulbhushan Kapur and Sheel Kanta Kapur. Her father was the physician to Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, former President of India. She is the niece of famous Indian actor Dev Anand and the third and youngest sister of Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur.

Sohaila first married Anirudh Limaye, but the marriage ended in divorce. She then married Ontario based Chartered Accountant Anil Charnalia. On 23 October 1999, her husband Anil Charnalia died during an airplane flight from a massive Heart Attack.