Did you know Sunny Leone was pursuing her nursing degree? Or that she adores the street food in Delhi? These and many other little-known facts about the actor, who just turned 35, are presented to you here.

         These are 13 things you need to know about actor Sunny Leone in honour of her birthday on May 13. Sunny made her Bollywood debut in 2012 with director Pooja Bhatt's Jism 2. Sunny was born Karenjit Kaur Vohra to a Sikh family in Ontario, Canada. She took part in a reality television programme in 2012 prior to this.

                 1.In 2016, she was included in the BBC's list of the 100 Most Important Women. She was listed together with four other Indian women, one of them was an environmentalist who was 105 years old. It's your right as a woman to follow your ambitions, she had stated at the time.

                 2.She is naturally a gourmet. Steamed lime fish with thinly sliced chilies is her all-time favourite dish. She adores Delhi's street cuisine, and her favourites are gol-gappas and dahi chaat. She strays from her diet by eating parathas and chocolates.

                   3.Around the age of 13, she came to terms with the fact that she is bisexual. In her brother, Sundeep Singh, also known by the nickname Sunny, she found a confidant.

                4.She was working as an exotic dancer by the name of Sunny while also taking nursing classes. She started modelling as a result of a friend's advice, which introduced her to Penthouse magazine. She was advised to add Leone to her name by the magazine's founder.

                5.She supports animal rights and donates to organisations that fight cancer.In March 2001, she was named Penthouse Pet of the Month, and in 2003, she was named Penthouse Pet of the Year.

                 6.In 2016, she became the first famous person from India to release her own smartphone app.

                7.She has acknowledged that she is timid and introverted by nature and that it was only during the 2016 campaign for her movie Raees that she began to open up.

            8.In order to perfect her acting abilities, Sunny has hired Aamir Khan's acting coach and stated her wish to collaborate with him.

                  9.On January 20, 2009, she wed director Daniel Weber in a Sikh ceremony. She refers to him as "booballa" and "dolly," whereas he calls her “baby.”

                 10.A documentary about her was created by Toronto-based director Dilip Mehta and had its world premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. Sunny opposes the Indian publication of this documentary.                        Every day, she has to deal with online trolls, and her strategy for dealing with them is to block them.On social media, she follows every Bollywood celebrity, and she particularly likes Madhuri Dixit, Aamir Khan, Sonam Kapoor, and Ranveer Singh because she finds him to be “wild and exciting.”