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Birth Name : Aishwarya Krishnaraj Rai
Date of Birth : 1 November 1973, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Nickname : Ash, Gullu
Height : 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Place of Birth : Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Sign : Scorpio
Languages Spoken : Hindi, English, Kannada
Eyes : Grey Green
Hair : Brown
Profession : Acterss, Model


Biography

Aishwarya Rai was born in Mangalore to Krishnaraj Rai, a marine biologist, and Vrinda Rai, a writer. Her family belongs to the Bunt community of Mangalore. She has one elder brother, Aditya Rai, who is an engineer in the merchant navy and also co-produced one of Rai's movies, Dil Ka Rishta (2003).

After she was born, her parents moved to Mumbai where she attended the Arya Vidya Mandir high school in Santa Cruz. Rai then entered Jai Hind College at Churchgate for one year, and then moved to Ruparel College in Matunga to finish her "HSC" studies. She did well in school and planned to become an architect.

She can communicate in several languages, including Tulu, Hindi, English, Marathi and Tamil .While pursuing her studies in architecture, Rai began modeling on the side. In the 1994 Miss India contest, she won the second place (behind Sushmita Sen), and went on to win the Miss World title the same year, where she also won the Miss Photogenic award. She abandoned her studies after winning the pageant and spent one year reigning as Miss World in London. Rai then started working as a professional model and then moved on to her current profession as an actress.

Rai has previously dated Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Vivek Oberoi. She is now married to Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan. The wedding took place on April 20, 2007.


Filmography

Year	Title	Language	Role	Notes
1997	Iruvar	Tamil	Pushpa/Kalpana	Dubbed in Telugu as Iddaru
	Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya	Hindi	Ashi Kapoor
1998	Jeans	Tamil	Madhumitha/Vaishnavi	Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award South India's official entry to the Oscars Dubbed in Hindi and Telugu as Jeans
1999	Aa Ab Laut Chalen	Hindi	Pooja
	Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam	Hindi	Nandini	Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award
	Ravoyi Chandamama	Telugu		Special appearance (item number)
	Taal	Hindi	Mansi	Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award Dubbed in Tamil as Taalam
2000	Mela	Hindi	Champakali	Special appearance
	Kandukondain Kandukondain	Tamil	Meenakshi Bala	Dubbed in Telugu as Priyuraalu Pilichindi
	Josh	Hindi	Shirley
	Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai	Hindi	Preeti Virat	Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
	Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke	Hindi	Sahiba Grewal
	Mohabbatein	Hindi	Megha	Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
2001	Albela	Hindi	Sonia
2002	Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam	Hindi	Suman	Cameo
	Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin	Hindi	Komal Rastogi
	23rd March 1931: Shaheed	Hindi		Cameo
	Devdas	Hindi	Parvati (Paro)	Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award India's official entry to the Oscars
	Shakti: The Power	Hindi	Aishwarya Rai	Special appearance (item number)
2003	Chokher Bali	Bengali	Binodhini
	Dil Ka Rishta	Hindi	Tia Sharma
	Kuch Naa Kaho	Hindi	Namrata Shrivastav
2004	Bride & Prejudice	English	Lalita Bakshi	Dubbed in Hindi as Balle Balle! From Amritsar To L.A
	Khakee	Hindi	Mahalakshmi	First villain role
	Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na	Hindi	Diya Malhotra
	Raincoat	Hindi	Neerja	Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
2005	Shabd	Hindi	Antara Vashist
	Bunty Aur Babli	Hindi		Special appearance (item number)
2006	Mistress of Spices	English	Tilo
	Umrao Jaan	Hindi	Umrao Jaan
	Dhoom 2	Hindi	Sunehri	Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
2007	Guru	Hindi	Sujata	Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
	Provoked	English	Kiranjit Ahluwalia
	The Last Legion	English	Mira
2008	Jodhaa Akbar	Hindi	Jodhaa Bai
	Sarkar Raj	Hindi	Anita
2009	The Pink Panther Deux	English	Sophie Solandres	Releasing on February 13, 2009
2010	Robot	Tamil		Pre-production