Born in Jaipur but brought up in Bombay, Kirti Kulhari started her career with the Yatri Theatre Group. She also appeared in a number of TV commercials and was the face of many brands like Lotus Mutual Funds, TravelGuru, Videocon air-conditioners and Parachute coconut oil. She also starred in some music videos like Gippy Grewal's Desi Rockstar 2 and Abhijit Sawant's Junoon. Kulhari first appeared on the big screen in Aatish Kapadia's Khichdi in 2010 as Parminder. She was recognized for her performance as Tanya Sharma in Benoy Nambiar's Shaitaan (2011). In the next couple of years, she featured in Shekhar Ghosh's Sooper Se Ooper (2013) and Girish Malik's Jal (2014). She was applauded for her pivotal performance in Anirudhha Roy Chowdhury's Pink (2016) starring Amitabh Bachchan and in Madhur Bhandarkar's Indu Sarkar (2017). She is currently working on Navneet Behal's upcoming project San '75.