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Lisa Ray Profile |
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Birth Date: April 4, 1972
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Birth Place: Toronto, Canada
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Birth Name: Lisa Rani Ray
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Height: 5'4"
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Biography |
Lisa Ray (born April 4, 1972) is a Canadian Bollywood
actress and former fashion model. She grew up in Toronto, is
the daughter of a Indian father and a Polish mother.
Ray started her modelling career at age 16 and was the
"brand ambassador" for Lakme cosmetics in India. She made
numerous advertisements for various Indian companies before
becoming involved in films.
She began her acting career with the Bollywood film Kasoor
in 2001 opposite Aftab Shivdasani. Ray then went to
Tollywood in 2002 and appeared in Takkari Donga with Mahesh
Babu. She subsequently starred as the female lead of
Canadian director Deepa Mehta's romantic Indian-Canadian
romp, Bollywood/Hollywood in 2002. In 2005, she worked again
with Mehta in the latter's most recent film, Water. The film
tells the story of a widow, played by Ray, who lives in a
Varanasi ashram. Ray starred opposite John Abraham. Although
she learned her lines in Hindi for the shoot, her voice
ultimately had to be dubbed over in post-production on
account of her strong accent.
Ray has said that she desires to be a novelist with a base
in Paris. She is also hosting "Beauty Mantra" a television
show on the Indian channel Zee TV.
She recently relocated to Los Angeles to pursue acting roles
there.
In 2007, she completed filming for Kill Kill Faster Faster,
which is a contemporary film noir inspired by the critically
acclaimed novel of the same name by Joel Rose. |
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Other
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Voted Star of the Future at the 2002 Toronto Film Festival.
Is of Indian and Polish descent.
Is fluent in Hindi, although it is not her first language.
Named one of the top-10 most beautiful Indian women of the
millennium by the Daily Times of India.
Lived in London for three years while attending drama
school.
Cut off her waist length hair for her role in 'Water'. It
was done while filming a scene.
Trained for 5 months in mime in London. |
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since September 17, 2007