Aishwarya Rai

AISHWARYA RAI is one of Bollywood's pre-eminent leading ladies. This Indian darling burst upon the world stage when her striking beauty, poise and commanding intelligence won her the Miss World crown in 1994.

Date of birth : 1 November 1973

She born into a traditional south Indian family. Birth place : Mangalore, Karnataka, India

Her Nickname is Ash

Eye Color : Blue green

Education :
Arya Vidar Mandir in Santa Cruz, Bombay, India
DG Ruparel College, Matunga, Bombay, India
Raheja College Architecture in Bandra, Bombay, India

Family :
Father : Krishnaraj Rai, ex-merchant navy officer
Mother : Vrinda Rai, writer
Brother : Aditya Rai, merchant navy officer

Aishwarya has moved up from modelling to acting now, and is doing several hindi movies after doing a few south indian ones.Her first film is Mani Rathnam's 'Iruvar' reliese in1997 and her first hindi film was Rahul Rawail's '…Aur Paar Ho Gaya' reliesed in 1997. In this hindi film she got The Best Female Debutante Award. In 2000 she was awarded Best Actress by FilmFare and Zee Cine for her work in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam". She also nominated for the best supporting actress for her special appearance in Aditya Chopra's Mohabbatein.

In 2001 Ash was nominated for FilmFare's Best Actress Award for Satish Kaushik's "Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai". In 2002 working again with Sajay Leela Bhansali in 'Devdas'. 'Devdas' is the most ambitious and most successful film in Bollywood history.

Ash became the first Indian actor to be a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival. Ash is also the latest member of the elite L'Oreal Dream Team, joining beauties Catherine Deneuve & Andie MacDowell as their international ambassador.

Time Magazine has also listed her on their list of the “100 Most Influential People in the World Today”. She was also listed on Rolling Stone Magazine's annual "Hot List", Hello Magazine’s Most Attractive Women in the World”, Stuff Magazine, FHM magazine, V-Life from Variety Magazine, GQ Magazine, New York Times Magazine, Harper’s & Queen and countless others.

Suffered an accident on the set of KHAKEE (2003) when a car driven by a stuntman got out of control, hit her, took her down a crevice and slammed her into a cactus plant. She broke a bone in one foot and suffered severe cuts. She was rushed to a hospital.

2004 saw Aishwarya take on the leading role in her first English language film for Gurinder Chadha in “Bride & Prejudice”. She also became the first Indian female to be immortalized in wax at the world famous Madame Tussaud’s wax museum in London.