- Niece of Shabana Azmi. Tabu's mom Rizwana (Rezvanah Naaz) is Shabana Azmi's sister. Tabu mom acted in the movie Diljalaa as Jackie Shroff's mother.
- Younger sister of 80s actress 'Farha'.
- Father Jamal Hashmi was a actor. He was a actor from Pakistan who later migrated to India and did the film Garam Hawa and Ek Nazar with Amitabh Bachchan.
- The Government of India bestowed upon her it's fourth highest civilian honour, Padma Shri, in 2011.
- Won the National Film Award for Best Actress consecutively for her performances in ASTITVA(2000) and CHANDNI BAR(2001).
- Record holder for most wins in the Filmfare Best Actress(Critics) category with 4 and most Filmfare nominations for Best Actress without winning the trophy with 6.
- Starred in the shelved film "Savitri"(2003) Starring Tabu, Rahul Dev, Vijay Raaz,Directed by Pattabhi Rama Reddy.
- Indian model.
- Daughter of Jamal Hashmi and Rizwana.
- Cousin to Bollywood actor Kamran Rizvi. When Kamran was very young, his father divorced his mother and married Tabu's maternal aunt.
- Cinematographer Ishan Arya is her mom's brother. He is married to Subha Arya.
- Cinematogtapher Sameer Arya is her cousin.
- Signed Shekhar Kapur's Champion opposite Sunny Deol and Naam O Nishan opposite Sanjay Dutt in 1986/87. She was 16 years old. Champion was later shelved and Tabu was dropped from Naam O Nishaan.
- Starred in the shelved movie "Aas"(2004) Starring Tabu, Inder Kocchar,Produced and Directed by Prabhakar Shukla.
- Starred in the shelved movie UTV's "Bombay High"(Hello Zindagi) (2008) Starring Tabu, R. Madhavan, Soniya Mehra,Music by Sandeep Chowta, Produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Directed Nupur Asthana.
- Has 2 step sisters. From her fathers second marriage.
- Her father owned a coffee shop in Hyderabad called "Jannat" in the 1980's.
- Father Jamal Hashmi remarried a lady named Hasina Hashmi. They had two daughters . Haya Hashmi born in 1985 and Sana Hashmi born in 1986. Hasina's brothers were managers at Jamal Hashmi's coffee shop.
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