Esha Deol, (born 2 November 1983) is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. She is the elder daughter of the famous couple of Bollywood, Dharmendra and Hema Malini. She is a Jatt.

Deol is the elder daughter of actors Dharmendra and Hema Malini. She has a younger sister named Ahana. She was a state level soccer player and was selected in the Indian national team. She is part Punjabi-Sikh and part Hindu-Tamil and speaks Tamil with her mother Hema Malini and sister Ahana Deol. She is the half-sister of actors Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol.

Besides working in movies, Esha is an accomplished Odissi and Barathanatyam dancer while being a National Level football player.

She is also famed for her physical strength and is one of the rare Bollywood heroines with a ripped, muscular body.

Esha's portrayal of a notorious and vengeful ghost in Ram Gopal Verma's Darling (2007) was praised all over and applauded with positive reviews. Taran Adarsh from indiaFM noted that, "Esha Deol is excellent in a role that’s nothing short of a challenge. It would’ve boomeranged had it been entrusted to any inferior actor, but Esha is in terrific form here. This should be the turning point in her career."

She is set to star in her mother's next directorial venture with Rekha and Abhishek Bachchan and also a film in which she is cast with her mother.

Esha's next film is called Tell Me Oh Khudda. Esha will portray the lead role in the film, and it is also said that the male lead has been found by Hema Malini. So the film has started filming already, this may be the turning point in Eshas career.

Esha has had many hits in her film career. her career kicked off with Koi Mere Dil Se Pooche in which she won three awards whci had proven her as a fantastic acctress. she then had a bunch of films which were not hits in 2003, but in 2004 her hit film which changed her from plain jane to a sex symbol. her role in the film was as a villain heroine. this role led her to be nominated for the best suppoerting acctress.