| 1. Zoya Akhtar's smoking habit is not known. |
| 2. She does drink alcohol. |
| 3. At 13, her father divorced her mother to marry Shabana Azmi. |
| 4. She was raised in an agnostic environment without religious beliefs. |
| 5. Zoya is the great-granddaughter of Urdu poet Muztar Khairabadi and granddaughter of Jan Nisar Akhtar. |
| 6. Her great-great-grandfather, Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi, edited Mirza Ghalib's diwan at his request and played a significant role in the Indian Freedom Revolution of 1857 in Khairabad. |
| 7. Zoya began her career as a co-director for the music video 'Price of Bullets' for the rock band Pentagram. |
| 8. She has worked as a casting director for films like 'Dil Chahta Hai' and 'Split Wide Open', and as an assistant director for her brother Farhan Akhtar’s movies 'Lakshya' and 'Dil Chahta Hai'. |
| 9. Zoya served as an executive producer for 'Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.', a film by her long-time partner Reema Kagti and produced by Excel Entertainment. |
| 10. In 2011, she directed the successful and critically acclaimed film 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara'. |
| 11. Zoya Akhtar loves dogs and owns a pet named Zen. |
| 12. Zoya made news in October 2021 for commenting 'just married' on an Instagram post by a friend of her rumored husband Sharic Sequeira. |
| 13. Gully Boy (2019) was India's official entry to the Oscars and premiered at Berlinale and Festival de Cannes. |
| 14. She co-wrote the screenplay for Talaash (2012) with Reema Kagti. |
| 15. She directed the segment Sheila Ki Jawani in Bombay Talkies (2013). |
