Aayat Shaikh was born on January 24, 1998, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, and she holds Indian nationality. Coming from a North Indian cultural background shaped by Mumbai’s mixed urban environment, she primarily speaks Hindi and English, and her work across Indian events also reflects comfort with widely used professional languages in the industry. She has been based in Mumbai for her career and continues to remain active in India’s media and events circuit while balancing creative pursuits in fashion, music, and performance. Public information about her parents, siblings, schooling, and college is limited, and she has generally kept those early-life details away from the spotlight while focusing her public profile on professional milestones and work updates. She is active on Instagram as @itz_aayat, where she has over 480K+ followers, and she is managed by Social Fuel Media for projects and partnerships.
Aayat Shaikh’s career gained momentum in 2017 through work as a television anchor, after which she became widely associated with live hosting and public events, including Bollywood events, live music shows, and cricket-related programming, with reports describing her as having hosted more than 150 events and interviewed entertainment personalities. Her transition into on-camera acting began in 2018 with the music video Kamli, released by Pocket Films, which helped introduce her to a larger audience and expanded her work beyond anchoring. She continued building recognition through music videos such as Main Thoda Tum Zara, which is available through Zee Music’s official release, and she has also been credited on IMDb for appearances connected to titles such as Main Thoda Tum Zara, Tere Sang, and Target, reflecting her expanding on-screen portfolio in music and film-linked credits. She has been repeatedly associated in media coverage with a Punjabi film debut titled Target in a lead role, and she has also been linked with additional screen work through entertainment reporting as her acting profile developed alongside modeling and brand-facing assignments.
In her personal life, Aayat Shaikh presents herself publicly as someone driven by art and performance, with interests that commonly include cricket, live events, fashion, and music, which align closely with her day-to-day creative identity. Her social presence centers on lifestyle and work-facing updates such as shoots, appearances, and collaborations rather than detailed disclosures about private relationships. She has not publicly confirmed relationship details in a consistent, verifiable way, and she generally keeps her personal circle and family life off-camera while maintaining a professional, partnership-ready profile through her management and direct outreach channels.