Neetu Chandra was born in Bihar, India. Right from childhood Neetu has been an avid sportsperson. She is a black belt holder in Taekwondo. She has also represented India in two different games in Internaitonal Taekwondo Championship at Hong Kong in 1996 and in World Korfball Championship in 1995 at New delhi.
She is a national games Silver Medal winner in Taek-won-do. In 2003, she received the Best Student Award for Sports and Academics which was given to her by the Prime Minister of India himself. Before entering bollywood, she struggled for small print ad campaign in delhi. Finally, in 2005 she did her debut in Garam Masala in which she portrayed Sweety, an airhostess.After which in 2007, she did Madhur Bhandarkar’s Traffic Signal for which she spent a whole week living on the streets of Mumbai and living by a traffic light in order to enter her character. At the end her hard work paid off and even her acting was appreciated.