Yami was born and brought up in Chandigarh. Her father, Mukesh Gautam is the VP of PTC Network. She had aspired to join Indian Administrative Services as a young girl. At the age of 20, Yami decided to choose acting as her career. She debuted as a Television actress in Chand Ke Paar Chalo and the hit serial of Colors TV ‘Yeh Pyaar Na Hoga Kam’. She moved to films with Kanadda cinema and her debut film was ‘Ullasa Utsaha’.

She worked in regional cinema for a while before appearing in the hit Bollywood film ‘Vicky Donor’ opposite Ayushmann Khurrana. The movie was John Abraham’s first as a producer and was one of the biggest hits of the year and was immensely acclaimed critically. Yami plays the role of a Bengali girl who is in love with a Punjabi guy, who used to donate his sperm to a sperm bank and the film deals with rigid ideas surrounding the idea of sperm donation.

Films Done By Yami Gautam

2009 Ullasa Utsaha Mahalakshmi Kannada
2011 Ek Noor Rabiha Punjabi
2011 Nuvvila Archana Telugu
2012 Vicky Donor Ashima Roy Hindi
2013 Gouravam Yazhini Tamil
2013 Gouravam Yamini Telugu
2014 Total Siyapaa Asha Hindi
2014 Yuddham Madhumita Telugu
2015 Badlapur Misha Verma
2016 Sanam Re Shruti Hindi
2017 Kaabil Supriya Bhatnagar Hindi
2018 Batti Gul Meter Chalu Advocate Gulnaar Rizvi
2019 Uri: The Surgical Strike Pallavi Sharma/Jasmine Almeida
2020 Ginny Weds Sunny Film has yet to be released Ginny Releasing on Netflix

Television Done By Yami Gautam

2008-2009 Chand Ke Paar Chalo Sana NDTV Imagine
2008 Raajkumar Aaryyan Rajkumari Bhairvi NDTV Imagine
2010 CID – Episode 642 – Kabarwali Ladki Ananya Sony TV
2009-2010 Yeh Pyar Na Hoga Kam Leher Mathur Vajpayee Colors
2010 Meethi Choori No 1 Contestant Imagine TV

Awards and nominations Received By Yami Gautam

2012 5th Boroplus Gold Awards Rising Film Stars From TV Vicky Donor
2013 ETC Bollywood Business Awards Most Profitable Debut (Female) Nominated
2017 Lux Golden Rose Awards Versatile Beauty of the Year Award N/A Nominated
2020 Screen Awards Best Comedian Bala