Sushmita Sen

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Sushmita Sen (Hindi, सुश्मिता सेन, Urdu: سُشمِتا سین, Suśmitā Sen), born November 19, 1975 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India) is a well-known Bollywood actress and was India's first Miss Universe in 1994.

Personal life

Sushmita's father Shubeer Sen is a former Indian Air Force officer; her mother Subhra Sen worked as a fashion artist and jewellery designer. She has one brother, Rajeev Sen, and a sister, Neelam Sen.

Sushmita's mother tongue is Bengali. She was born in Andra Pradesh, but grew up in Delhi. She attended school at Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute and Air Force Silver in Delhi, and later, schools in Nagpur and Jorhat. In Delhi, she studied English and planned a career in journalism.

In 2001, she adopted a daughter, Renee.

Career

In 1994 at the age of eighteen, Sushmita won the title of Miss India (beating out Aishwarya Rai). Later that year, she became the first Indian Miss Universe in the Miss Universe Pageant held in the Philippines. She then started working as an actress.

Her first movie, Dastak in 1996, where she played the victim of a stalker, didn't do well at the cinema, but her appearance as Rupali in David Dhawan's movie Biwi No. 1 won her the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award in 1999. So far, her biggest hit has been the 2004 movie Main Hoon Na, in which she starred as Shah Rukh Khan's love interest. Later on, she played a lawyer in Main Aisa Hi Hoon opposite Ajay Devgan. Her most recent movies include Chingari (2005) as a prostitute, Gulel (2006) and Karma, Confessions and Holi (2006) opposite Drena DeNiro and Naomi Campbell.

Awards & Nominations

2000: Best Supporting Actress win for Biwi No.1 (1999)

2000: Best Supporting Actress win for Biwi No.1 (1999)

2003: Best Supporting Actress nomination for Filhaal (2002)

2000: Best Supporting Actress win for Biwi No.1 (1999)

2003: Best Supporting Actress nomination for Filhaal (2002)

2004: Best Actress nomination for [[Samay: When Time Strikes]] (2003)

2000: Popular Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role win for Biwi No.1 (1999)

2003: Popular Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role win for Filhaal (2002)

2005: Popular Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role nomination for Main Hoon Na (2004)

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
2006	Zindaggi Rocks	Kriya	announced
2006	Karma, Confessions and Holi	Meera	filming
2006	Gulel		announced
2005	Chingari	Basanti/Title
2005	Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?	Naina
2005	Main Aisa Hi Hoon	Neeti Khanna
2005	Bewafaa	Aarti
2005	Kisna	Naima Begum	Special Appearance (song)
2005	It Was Raining That Night
2004	Vaastu Shastra	Jhilmil Rao
2004	Main Hoon Na	Chandni
2004	Paisa Vasool	Baby
2003	[[Samay: When Time Strikes]]	ACP Malvika Chauhan
2003	Pran Jaaye Par Shaan Na Jaaye	Herself	Special Appearance
2003	Leela	Gauri
2002	Aankhen	Neha Srivastav
2002	Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge	Mehak
2002	Filhaal...	Sia Sheth	Nomination, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
2001	Kyo...Kii Mein Jhuth Nahin Bolta	Sonam
2001	[[Nayak: The Real Hero]]		Special Appearance (song)
2001	Mudhalvan		Special Appearance (song)
2001	Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai	Lara Oberoi
2000	Aaghaaz''	Sudha
2000	Fiza		Guest Appearance (song)
1999	Sirf Tum	Neha
1999	Hindustan Ki Kasam	Priya
1999	Biwi No.1	Rupali	Winner, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
1997	Zor	Aarti
1997	Ratchagan	Soniya
1996	Dastak	Sushmita Sen

Trivia

Is 5'10. She is one of the tallest actresses in Bollywood

See also

• List of Indian movie actresses
• Filmfare's List of Top Ten Actresses

External links

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