Born and brought up in the US she moved to Kolkata and currently resides in Mumbai. "My uncle was married to Kajol's aunt. My mother is American, " she says.
Ankeeta had auditioned for some films and is in touch with Mohnish Behl. She is presently doing a Bengali film with Prosenjit. She considers Preity Zinta to be her idol and her folks are not averse to her joining B-Town.
"But they don't want me to do item numbers, " she says.