Aishwarya Rai Biography

Aishwarya is one of Bollywood's leading actress. This Indian beauty won her the Miss World crown in 1994. Aishwarya the former architecture major soon became one of India's most famous models and became very popular beacause of the Pepsi campaign and appearing in Vogue Magazine. Then many of the India's top Bollywood directors were soon interested in working with her.

Ash received critical acclaim for her film debut in Mani Rathnam's 'Iruvar' (1997) as well as she garnered the Best Female Debutante Award for her performance in Rahul Rawail's 'Aur Paar Ho Gaya'-1997. She was awarded Best Actress by FilmFare and Zee Cine in 2000 for her movie by Sanjay Leela Bhansali's named "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam", sooner, she also nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her special appearance "Mohabbatein" of Aditya Chopra. In 2001 Aishwarya got nominated for Satish Kaushik's "Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai"FilmFare's for the - Best Actress Award .

Aishwarya then continued to rise in 2002 working again with Sajay Leela Bhansali for her new film 'Devdas' which is one of the most ambitious and most successful film in Bollywood history which also became the first Bollywood picture to ever receive a special screening at this year's Cannes Film Festival and broke box-office records in India and the United States.

Aishwarya Rai was soon 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 many others.

First Indian actor to be a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival is no one but Aishwarya Rai. As well as she is the latest member of the elite L'Oreal Dream Team, joining beauties Catherine Deneuve & Andie MacDowell as their international ambassador. She graced the covers of India Today and the prestigious TIME Magazine. Aishwarya is also listed her on their list of the "100 Most Influential People in the World Today" by Time Magazine.

Aishwarya appeared in the first English language film for Gurinder Chadha in "Bride & Prejudice" in 2004 in the leading role. Ash is the only first Indian female who is immortalized in wax at the world famous Madame Tussaud's wax museum in London. She started with appearances on "60 Minutes", "David Letterman Show" and the most watched television program in the world the "Oprah Winfrey Show" in the year 2005.

Aishwarya will soon be seen in Mistress of Spices for director Paul Berges, Jag Mundhra's Provoked. She is coming in Sanjay Gadhvi's Dhoom 2 and legendary film producer Dino De Laurentiis's Last Legion opposite Colin Firth and Sir Ben Kingsley. In this way the Queen of Bollywood - "Aishwarya Rai" is already becoming the talk of tinseltown and is currently in negotiations on two major motion pictures.