- Her green eyes are the trademark of the Kapoor family. She was the first woman and the fifth generation in the Kapoor's clan to have green eyes.
- Formerly engaged to Abhishek Bachchan (2002)
- Her great grandfather (Prithviraj Kapoor), her grandfather (Raj Kapoor) and his two brothers (Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor), her mother (Babita Kapoor), her father (Randhir Kapoor) and his two brothers (Rishi Kapoor and Rajeev Kapoor) have all been film stars over the last fifty years and her sister (Kareena Kapoor) have been acting in Bollywood flicks keeping it all within the family.
- Was offered Rani Mukerji's role in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998).
- Older sister of Kareena Kapoor.
- Her mother's aunt is classic actress Sadhana Shivdasani. However in 2013, Sadhana confirmed that she and Babita don't keep in touch with each other because of a family problem.
- Daughter of actor and director Randhir Kapoor and Babita Kapoor.
- Granddaughter of Raj Kapoor.
- Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 35, a son named Kiaan Raj Kapoor on March 12, 2010. Child's father is her now estranged husband, Sanjay Kapur.
- Karisma has won the National Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) as also the Filmfare and Zee award in the same category.
- Great grand-daughter of film actor Prithviraj Kapoor and great great granddaughter of Dewan Basheswarnath Kapoor. She is the 4th in line of a generation of filmstars (a world record).
- Had her own TV series on Sahara TV called "Karishma." She played three different roles.
- Grandaughter of actor Hari Shivdasani.
- Neice of Aditya Raj Kapoor and Kanchan Desai ( Shammi Kapoor's children).
- Great grand niece of actor Kamal Kapoor. Kamal was a cousin of Prithviraj.
- (June 4, 2014) Filed for divorce from her husband of 10 years Sanjay Kapur.
- Gave birth to her 1st child at age 30, a daughter named Samiera Kapur on March 9, 2005 in Bombay, India. Child's father is her now estranged husband, Sanjay Kapur.
- Starred in the shelved film Rohitasha Movies "Chura Lenge Ankhon Se Kajal" (1992) Starring Akshay Kumar, Karishma Kapoor. Music by Bappi Lahiri, Produced by Suresh Grover, Directed by Vijay Anand.
- Hindi megastar.
- Shruti Hassan has an identical voice as her.
- Did not attend her cousin, Riddhima Kapoor's wedding on Wednesday 25 January 2006. Also absent from this ceremony were her mother, Babita, and sister, Kareena. Riddhima is the daughter of her uncle Rishi Kapoor and aunt, Neetu Singh.
- Neice of actors Karan , Kunal , Sanjana Kapoor ( Shashi Kapoor's children).
- She has won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress 1996 for her role as Arthi in Raja Hindustani (1996).
- Niece of actor Jatin Sial ( Randhir ' s aunt Urmila Sial son).
- Neice of actor Jatin Sial ( Dads cousin. Urmila Sial's son).
- Grand niece of director of Vijay Kapoor and his brother actor, politician Vicky Kapoor. Their father was Trilok Kapoor. Trilok is the brother of Prithviraj Kapoor.
- Great grand niece of Trilok Kapoor. Prithviraj' s brother.
- Great grand niece of Trilok Kapoor ( Prithviraj ' s brother).
- Grandfather Raj Kapoor's maternal uncle was actor Jugal Kishore Mehra. Jugal married actress Anwari Begum and adopted her daughter actress Zarine ( Nasreen) Nasreen is the mother of actress/ singer Salma Agha. This makes Karishma Kapoor a niece of Salma Agha. Karishma is also the cousin of actress Sasha Agha. Salma's daughter.
- Was a huge fan of Johnny Zee (Taz of Stereo Nation) when he was a singer in England in the early 90's.
- Her uncle is Sanjay Kapoor the CEO of Talking Pictures Productions in Bahrain. Sanjay is the son of director Vijay Kapoor. Vijay Kapoor has another son named Ajay Kapoor. Ajay Kapoor is the Executive Director at Indra Media Pvt Ltd. Ajay is Zee Sports - Head of Programming. Ajay has also been a producer of several drama series. He has also been the Nimbus Television - Creative Director. Ajay has also been the producer of Ten Sports. Director Vijay Kapoor also has a daughter named Anuradha settled in India. Anuradha has a daughter settled in Australia.
- Starred in Kaplana Lajmi shelved film " Cheif Minister Ji" opposite Rahul Dev. This was in 2001.
- Maternal grandniece of Ravi Nath Malhotra. Ravi was the brother of Prem Nath, Rajendra Nath,Narendra Nath. Ravi was the secretary of Dime Kapadia and father of director Karan Malhotra.
- Actor Jatin Sial and actor,producer Mandhir Siyal are Karishma Kapoor's uncle's. (Prithviraj Kapoor's daughter Urmila Sial's children).
- Maternal cousin's are Laveena Mitha (married to Sajid Mitha) and Dinesh Advani (married to Sheerine Advani). They are the children of maternal aunt Meena Advani (married to Sunder Advani).
- Starred in the shelved movie Mudhal Mudhalaaga(1998) Starring Arvind Swamy,Karishma Kapoor, Directed by Azhagam Perumal.
- Starred in Shyam Benagal's shelved film " Ganga" co starring Aishwarya Rai, R.Madhavan. Music by AR Rahman. Govinda was earlier approached for Madhavan' s role. This was in 2001.
- Great grandniece of actor and R.K.studio manager Vishwa Mehra. Vishwa Mehra was first cousin's with Karishma's paternal great grandmother Ramsaran Mehra.
- Starred in the shelved movie "Pyar Ka Rutba Sabse Oocha"(1991) Starring Karishma Kapoor, Music by Nikhil Vinay, Written, Produced and Directed by Vimal Kumar.
- Starred in the shelved movie R A R Movies untitled movie in 1996. Starring Akshaye Khanna, Karishma Kapoor, Manek Bedi, Music by Rajesh Roshan,Produced by Asoo Nihalani, Raj Lalchandani,Ranjeet Herma, Directed by Sanjay Gupta.
- Her nickname "lolo" is from the Hollywood actress Gina Lollobrigida.
- Was officially Bollywood's biggest female box-office star from 1996 till 2000.
- Karisma Kapoor attached to a movie from ABCL banner titled Loveria (1996) opposite Saif Ali Khan and to be directed by Kundan Shah but the movie got shelved. Thus Hum Saath Saath Hain remains as the only movie where Karisma and Saif are cast as lover.
- Should have starred in 2 movies with Rahul Roy titled Jab Jab Dil Mile and Dil Diya Chori Chori but both movies got shelved.
- Movie Dillagi starring Urmila Matondkar, Sunny Deol and Bobby initially was titled London where Karisma Kapoor was cast as the leading lady but due to differences with Sunny Deol, Karisma left the film.
- Director Shekhar Kapur had cast Karisma Kapoor as the female lead for Barsaat opposite Bobby Deol but due to unknown reason Karisma left the film. Rajkumar Santoshi took over the director's hat and Twinkle Khanna was cast instead.
- Karisma Kapoor supposed to work with duo brother Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan in a movie called Aye Mere Dost along with Divya Bharti. A song has been recorded but nothing really happened after that. The song was later used for another Salman Khan film, Majhdhar in 1996.
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