Alaya F, born Aalia Furniturewala on 28 November 1997, to actress Pooja Bedi and businessman Farhan Ebrahim Furniturewala. She is the granddaughter of actor Kabir Bedi and classical dancer Protima Bedi. Her acting training includes a graduate course from the New York Film Academy and acting workshops by Ritesh Kant and Abhishekk Pandey. She made her acting debut in 2020 with the comedy film
Jawaani Jaaneman, for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She has since starred in the thriller Freddy (2022) and the biopic
Srikanth (2024).