Aaditi Pohankar was born to Sudhir and Shobha Pohankar. Her father was a former marathon runner, while her mother was a former national-level hockey player. Her grandmother Susheela “Tai” Pohankar was a classical vocalist of Kirana Gharana, while classical vocalist Ajay Pohankar is her uncle. Abhijit Pohankar is her cousin.
As an aspiring theatre actress, Aaditi became acquainted with Satyadev Dubey in 2010, who asked actor Makarand Deshpande to mentor her career as a performer in stage plays in Mumbai. She simultaneously tried for acting roles in films and made her film debut with a small role in the Hindi anthology film Love Sex Aur Dhokha (2010). Aaditi then worked on Rekha Saray's Marathi film, Kunasathi Kunitari (2011), alongside actors Ashok Saraf, Smita Jaykar, and Poonam Dhillon. In 2012, Aaditi appeared in a Malayalam film directed by M. S. Anil and had briefly moved to Kerala to learn the language, before the project was stalled.
Aaditi was spotted by director Nishikant Kamat when he saw Makarand's play Time Boy in Mumbai, where the actress starred as a seven-year-old boy. Kamat made Aaditi go through two days of screen tests for a role in his Marathi film Lai Bhaari (2014) and cast her opposite Riteish Deshmukh after being impressed with her temperament. Aaditi revealed that during the shoot, Kamat gave her the liberty to do what she wanted as an actress and to get into her character, she visualized herself as "an evil person".Lai Bhaari opened to positive reviews, with Aaditi's villainous character of Nandhini drawing critical acclaim. The film went on to become the most profitable Marathi film of all time upon release.
In late 2016, Aaditi Pohankar made a return to acting after a brief sabbatical by signing Tamil films. Gemini Ganeshanum Suruli Raajanum (2017) starring Atharvaa. Aaditi then signed Selvaraghavan's romantic drama film Mannavan Vanthanadi (2017), where she will feature opposite Santhanam Delayed Since 2017.
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