Aishwarya Rai also known by her married name Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, is an
Indian actress, model and the winner of the Miss World pageant of 1994. She was born in 1st
November 1973.
She has established herself as
one of the most popular and high-profile celebrities in India.
Rai has received several awards, including two Filmfare Awards from ten nominations, and she was
awarded the Padma Shri by the Government
of India in 2009.
She is often cited as the "most
beautiful woman in the world”.
She was crowned Miss
World 1994, after which she began receiving offers to act in film.
She made her acting debut with
the 1997 Tamil film Iruvar and had her first Hindi film
release in Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya that
same year.
Her first commercial success
was the Tamil romantic drama Jeans (1998), following which she
achieved wider success and two Best
Actress awards at Filmfare for her performances in Hum
Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)
and Devdas (2002).
Rai's greatest commercial
successes have been the adventure film Dhoom 2 (2006), the historical romance Jodhaa Akbar (2008), and the science fiction
film Enthiran (2010).
She also received praise for
portraying a nurse in the drama Guzaarish (2010).
Rai took a sabbatical from film
acting in 2010, and made her comeback with the thriller Jazbaa (2015).
Rai
married actor Abhishek
Bachchan in 2007
with whom she has a daughter.
She is a Goodwill
Ambassador for the Joint
United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS).
In 2003, she was the first
Indian actress to be a jury member at the Cannes Film Festival.
Body Statistics
Measurements: 34-26-34
Body Weight: 138 lbs (58 kg)
Height: 5′ 7″ (170 cm)
Bra Size: 32B
Natural Eye Color: Grey-Green
Natural Hair Color: Dark Brown