She is the only actress on Indian Television to have won five consecutive Indian Television Academy Awards.
Smriti also played the role of Sita in Zee TV's Ramayan in 2001.
Smriti joined the Bhartiya Janata Party in the year 2003. She fought from Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency in both 2004 and 2009 but lost to Kapil Sibal both the times.
Smriti was elected to Rajya Sabha from Gujarat in 2011.
Rajnath Singh, the new BJP president has promoted her as Vice President of the BJP in 2013.
Smriti married her childhood friend Zubin Irani in 2001. She bore two kids to Zubin - son Zohr and daughter Zoish. Smriti is a stepmother to Shanelle who is Zubin Irani's daughter from her previous marriage.
