Short answer: No documented public statements, donations, event appearances, or other engagement regarding Israel, one way or the other. Anushka Sharma, the Indian actress and producer married to cricketer Virat Kohli, has not signed any Israel boycott and has no known Jewish-identity connection. As of August 2026, she remains alive and publicly active.
What Anushka Sharma has actually said and done
May 2024: During the "All Eyes on Rafah" social-media wave that followed an Israeli strike on a displaced-persons camp near Rafah, a wide swath of Bollywood posted the viral graphic, including Alia Bhatt, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Rashmika Mandanna, Sonakshi Sinha and Samantha Ruth Prabhu. Anushka Sharma was not among them. The Indian celebrity widely covered for posting, and then deleting, that graphic was Ritika Sajdeh, wife of cricketer Rohit Sharma, a different person entirely who is frequently confused with Anushka Sharma because of the shared surname and shared cricket-world circles. Coverage of that mix-up ran in India.com and The Quint.
May 1, 2026: Anushka Sharma turned 38, confirming she remains alive and active, per Bollywood Hungama's ongoing coverage. No Israel-related remarks accompanied any of the birthday coverage.
May 31, 2026: Anushka Sharma attended the IPL 2026 final in Ahmedabad to support her husband Virat Kohli's team, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, which won the title that night. As Bollywood Hungama reported, the appearance was purely a cricket and fashion story; no Israel-related content was part of the coverage.
Why her name comes up in Israel searches at all
Anushka Sharma is a major figure in Indian film and production, and she is publicly engaged on causes like gender equality and animal rights. But nothing in the record ties her to Israel or the Israel-Palestine conflict in any direction. The confusion largely traces back to the 2024 "All Eyes on Rafah" moment, when the celebrity who did post and then delete the viral graphic, Ritika Sajdeh, shares a surname and a cricket-world orbit with Anushka Sharma, leading many searchers to conflate the two. No source reviewed for this article connects Anushka Sharma herself to an Israel visit, a statement, a donation, a boycott, or any Jewish-identity connection.
The bottom line
There is no public record of Anushka Sharma supporting or opposing Israel. She has made no statements, taken no actions, and has no documented Israel-related engagement of any kind. If that changes, this page will be updated.
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Last updated August 2026. We update these profiles as the record changes.
