The actor planned to debut in Aashiqui (1990) but rejected it because her then-boyfriend didn't want to marry an actress.
Pooja married VJ Manish Makhija in 2003, the two decided to part ways in 2014.
Pooja revealed the reason she don't have kids is because she didn't want to live a lie with her heart not in the right place. n
Pooja was an alcoholic. In Bigg Boss OTT 2, she openly spoke about her recovery from alcoholism at 44.
She said, "I used to drink openly so when I thought of recovering, I realised that why should I recover in the closet?"