Yuki Ellias, 39
Theatre artiste

From a late child who hadn't started speaking until the age of three to a "bad RJ" who lost her job when the radio station she worked for switched from English to Hindi programming, Yuki Ellias doesn't hesitate to count her failings. What she humbly glides over, though, are her achievements, which in the eyes of her contemporaries and senior artistes have played a significant role in bringing Mumbai's theatre scene to vibrancy.