Shshmita Sen wad Born on 19 November 1975, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Occupation Model, Actress
Years active 1994 - present
Sushmita Sen : is an Indian actress who appears in mainly Bollywood films. A former model, Sen was crowned Miss Universe in 1994. She was the first Indian woman to win the contest.
1 Personal life
Sushmita Child hood
Sushmita Child hood
Sushmita At 3Years
Sen was born in Bengali Kayastha Hindu family. Her father, Shubeer Sen, is a former Indian Air Force Wing Commander and her mother, Subhra Sen, is a fashion artist and jewelry designer. She has a brother, Rajeev Sen. She was born in St. Theresa's hospital, Hyderabad, and grew up in New Delhi. She did her schooling at the Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute.In 2000, she adopted a daughter, named Renée. On 13 Jan, 2010 she adopted a three-month-old girl and named her Alisah.
At Miss Universe, Sushmita ranked third overall in the preliminaries, right behind preliminary winner Miss Colombia Carolina Gómez, and Miss Greece Rea Totounzi, who ranked second but won the preliminary swimsuit and evening gown competitions. Sushmita went on to place second, fifth and third in the swimsuit, interview, and evening gown semi-final competitions respectively, placing third place behind Miss Colombia and Miss Venezuela Minorka Mercado. All three women went on to be the final three contestants. In the end, the judges placed their votes on Sushmita, making her the first woman from India to become Miss Universe. She owns the rights to send delegates from India to the Miss Universe pageant from 2010 onwards through her project I Am She – Miss Universe India. Sushmita at the judging of Pantaloons Femina Miss India contest 2009.
2 Film career
Year Film Name
2011 F.A.L.T.U
2010 DULHA MIL GAYA
2010 NO PROBLEM
2009 DO KNOT DISTURB
2009 KARMA AUR HOLI
2007 RAM GOPAL VARMA KI AAG
2006 CHINGAARI
2006 ZINDAGGI ROCKS
2006 ALAG
2005 MAINE PYAAR KYUN KIYA
2005 MAIN AISA HI HOON
2005 BEWAFAA
2005 D
2005 KISNA
2004 VAASTU SHASTRA
2004 MAIN HOON NA
2003 SAMAY
2002 AANKHEN
2002 TUMKO NA BHOOL PAAYENGE
2002 FILHAAL
2001 NAYAK
2001 BAS ITNA SA KHWAB HAI
2000 CHAKRA
2000 RAMA KRISHNA
2000 FIZA
2000 AAGHAAZ
1999 HINDUSTAN KI KASAM
1999 BIWI NO.1
1999 SIRF TUM
1998 ZOR
1998 JADH
1996 DASTAK
1996 RAKSHAK
Old MERA JOOTA HAI JAPANI
Sushmita Sen - Awards:
Film fare Awards:
2000 - Film fare Award for Best Supporting Actress (Biwi No.1)
2003 - Nominated for Best Supporting Actress (Filhaal)
Star Screen Awards:
2001 - Star Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress (Biwi No.1)
Zee Cine Awards:
2000 - Win this Award for Best Supporting Actress (Biwi No.1)
2003 - Win Award for Best Supporting Actress (Filhaal)
2005 - Nominated for Best Supporting Actress (Main Hoon Na)
National honours: 2006: Rajiv Gandhi Award for her achievement in Bollywood.
National honours: 2006: Rajiv Gandhi Award for her achievement in Bollywood.
Filmography
Sushmita became an actress. Her first film, Dastak was in 1996, in which she played the victim of a stalker. She then starred in the 1997 Tamil blockbuster, Ratchagan. Two years later her appearance as Rupali in David Dhawan's movie Biwi No.1 won her the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award in 1999. Biwi No.1 was the second highest grossing movie of 1999.The same year, she was also nominated for her role in Sirf Tum in the same category, making her an obvious choice for winner. She received critical acclaim and box office success for film Aankhen.
Her biggest hit has been the 2004 movie Main Hoon Na, in which she starred as Shahrukh Khan's love interest. Later, Sushmita played a lawyer in Main Aisa Hi Hoon opposite Ajay Devgan. In 2005, she also starred in a remake of Cactus Flower, called Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya: Sen played the lead opposite Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif. Her most recent movies include Karma, Confessions and Holi 2006 opposite Naomi Campbell, Do Knot Disturb, Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag (2007) and Dulha Mil Gaya 2010 opposite Fardeen Khan.
It has been reported that Sushmita will portray the slain Pakistan Peoples Party leader Benazir Bhutto in a film co-produced by Zaid Aziz and Henna Rai of the Karachi production company Vox Vision, and Leicester-based Sum Films. Tentatively titled Benazir Bhutto: The Movie, the film will be shot in locations in Pakistan, the US, Britain and Dubai, where Bhutto spent years as a student and later as a political leader in exile. When Sushmita was asked about this big opportunity, she excitedly said, “Yes, I am keen to play the role.”
Recently she starred in Do Knot Disturb with long-time screen partner Govinda. The film failed to do well. Sushmita plays the role of a successful supermodel called Shimmer in Dulha Mil Gaya




















