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Indian Actresses Hollywood Biography
Indian Beauties in Hollywood..
by minidodo created 17 Apr 2011 | last updated - 1 month ago
.. and other western cinema.
Indian (or part Indian) heritage/descent actresses who have worked in Hollywood/Internationally, excluding any pure Bollywood actresses like Katrina Kaif.
This list was originally intended to be a casting indicator for roles requiring South Asian ethnicity. A few Bollywood actresses (eg: Mallika Sherawat) are added as an exception only if they are available for Hollywood/World projects (with some track record).
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1.Nazneen Contractor
Actress, Seance: The Summoning
Born in Mumbai, India and raised and educated in Nigeria and London, Nazneen Contractor immigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada with her family by the age of ten. She spent her early youth excelling in her academics and training as a classical ballerina. After almost ten years of dance training, she discovered her true love was performing and turned her energies towards acting...
2.Hannah Simone
Actress, Pilot
Hannah Simone stars on FOX's hit series, "New Girl", opposite Zooey Deschanel. Simone hosted HGTV Canada's popular design show "Space for Living" before moving onto Canada's largest music channel, MuchMusic. After MuchMusic, Simone moved to Los Angeles where she hosted two seasons of "WCG: Ultimate Gamer" for the SyFy channel...
“ My father is Indian, my mother is half German-Italian and half Greek-Cypriot ”
3.Rhona Mitra
Actress, Shooter
Mitra was born in Paddington, London, England, the daughter of Antony, who is a cosmetic surgeon, and Nora Mitra. She has an older and a younger brother. Her father is of Bengali Indian and English descent, and her mother is Irish. In 1984, when Mitra was eight, her parents divorced, and she was sent to boarding school...
4.Sheetal Sheth
Actress, I Can't Think Straight
Sheetal, who was raised in a small New Jersey city, burst onto the scene with raves in her debut film role, playing the gutsy lead in ABCD - a risky and memorable role as a promiscuous young girl struggling with the ties of family and tradition. She discovered her passion for acting in high school and subsequently enrolled in the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University...
5.Lisa Ray
Actress, Defendor
Lisa Ray was finishing high school in Canada with aspirations of majoring in Journalism at University when a celebrated fashion magazine approached her to model for them, and she ended up on the cover. This catapulted her into a state of instant celebrity. Her high-profile career got her noticed by Indian filmmakers...
6.Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Actress, Bride & Prejudice
Aishwarya Rai (Ash) 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. This former architecture major soon became one of India's most famous models, landing a prestigious Pepsi campaign and appearing in Vogue Magazine...
“ Well, not really a hollywood actress, but known well enough here so... ”
7.Laila Rouass
Actress, Conan the Barbarian
Laila Rouass was born in London to Moroccan/Indian parents. Laila studied in Britain but decided to drop her studies and travel in India for a few months. A few months turned into six years. Whilst living in Bombay, she worked for MTV, BBC, and TNT. Her step into movies came when she was spotted by Italian director Aditya Bhattacharya and whisked off to Messina to shoot Senso unico.
8.Noureen DeWulf
Actress, Ocean's Thirteen
Actress Noureen DeWulf was born in New York and raised in Georgia. Her parents are from Pune, India. She was educated at Boston University's School of the Arts. One of DeWulf's first roles was in the Oscar winning short West Bank Story. Acting success continued with roles in TV hits such as CSI: NY...
9.Freida Pinto
Actress, Slumdog Millionaire
Freida Pinto traversed the modeling circuit in Mumbai [represented by Elite Model Management India] for two years before gaining her big break when director Danny Boyle picked her out in the audition process to play the female lead, Latika, for his project Slumdog Millionaire. In a promo interview, Boyle likened spotting her to his discovery of Kelly Macdonald for Trainspotting...
10.Norah Jones
Self, Ted
She was born Geetali Norah Jones Shankar to legendary Indian musician, Ravi Shankar, and Sue Jones in New York City. Fittingly, her birth name, Geetali, carries the meaning of "song" or "melodious", and was bestowed on her by her father. No one could have possibly imagined how fully she would embody that name...
11.Persis Khambatta
Actress, Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Persis Khambatta was born on October 2, 1948 in Bombay, India. At age 17, as Femina Miss India, she entered Miss Universe 1965, dressed in off-the-rack clothes she bought at the last minute. Khambatta became a model for companies such as Revlon. Her biggest acting break was getting the role of Lieutenant Ilia...
12.Sarita Choudhury
Actress, Lady in the Water
After her debut film Mississippi Masala became an art house hit, Sarita Choudhury was determined not to "go Hollywood," focusing her acting energies on independent film instead. Raised in Jamaica, Mexico, and Italy, the half-Indian, half-English Choudhury studied economics at Queens University in Ontario before switching to acting...
13.Fagun Thakrar
Actress, Brick Lane
Early in her career Fagun Thakrar beat thousands of Britain's hopefuls in the BBC's nationwide search 'Bolly Idol' for new acting talent. She was brought up outside of London and as a straight 'A' student' studied several particularly challenging fields simultaneously. At the age of 16, the British television network ITV did a segment on Fagun and she was chosen for the feature film 'Brick Lane'...
14.Pratima Anaé
Actress, Outsourced
Actress, Host, Model and Beauty Queen, Pratima Anae grew up in a small Amish town in the heart of the Midwest. In this unlikely setting, her parents, Indian immigrants, began their families' quest for the American dream. Pratima, the middle of three children, rose above convention and expectation when she was crowned Miss Indiana USA...
15.Aruna Shields
Actress, Prince
Critically acclaimed British actor Aruna Shields achieved an academic scholarship to boarding school. Later gained distinction from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and a writing degree from Central St Martins. Secured the gritty lead role in epic adventure,Ao, le dernier Néandertal Budget $20 million...
16.Tehmina Sunny
Actress, Children of Men
Born in London, her passion for the arts was developed at an early age. She received a scholarship for playing the violin, Viola and piano. With no previous training she was a finalist for the BBCs cross-country search for acting talent, a nationwide competition battling against tens of thousands. From that point she appeared in numerous school productions exploring her newfound talent...
Indian Actresses Hollywood Biography
Indian Beauties in Hollywood..
by minidodo created 17 Apr 2011 | last updated - 1 month ago
.. and other western cinema.
Indian (or part Indian) heritage/descent actresses who have worked in Hollywood/Internationally, excluding any pure Bollywood actresses like Katrina Kaif.
This list was originally intended to be a casting indicator for roles requiring South Asian ethnicity. A few Bollywood actresses (eg: Mallika Sherawat) are added as an exception only if they are available for Hollywood/World projects (with some track record).
Showing all 78 People Sort by:
View:
Log in to copy items to your own lists.
1.Nazneen Contractor
Actress, Seance: The Summoning
Born in Mumbai, India and raised and educated in Nigeria and London, Nazneen Contractor immigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada with her family by the age of ten. She spent her early youth excelling in her academics and training as a classical ballerina. After almost ten years of dance training, she discovered her true love was performing and turned her energies towards acting...
2.Hannah Simone
Actress, Pilot
Hannah Simone stars on FOX's hit series, "New Girl", opposite Zooey Deschanel. Simone hosted HGTV Canada's popular design show "Space for Living" before moving onto Canada's largest music channel, MuchMusic. After MuchMusic, Simone moved to Los Angeles where she hosted two seasons of "WCG: Ultimate Gamer" for the SyFy channel...
“ My father is Indian, my mother is half German-Italian and half Greek-Cypriot ”
3.Rhona Mitra
Actress, Shooter
Mitra was born in Paddington, London, England, the daughter of Antony, who is a cosmetic surgeon, and Nora Mitra. She has an older and a younger brother. Her father is of Bengali Indian and English descent, and her mother is Irish. In 1984, when Mitra was eight, her parents divorced, and she was sent to boarding school...
4.Sheetal Sheth
Actress, I Can't Think Straight
Sheetal, who was raised in a small New Jersey city, burst onto the scene with raves in her debut film role, playing the gutsy lead in ABCD - a risky and memorable role as a promiscuous young girl struggling with the ties of family and tradition. She discovered her passion for acting in high school and subsequently enrolled in the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University...
5.Lisa Ray
Actress, Defendor
Lisa Ray was finishing high school in Canada with aspirations of majoring in Journalism at University when a celebrated fashion magazine approached her to model for them, and she ended up on the cover. This catapulted her into a state of instant celebrity. Her high-profile career got her noticed by Indian filmmakers...
6.Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Actress, Bride & Prejudice
Aishwarya Rai (Ash) 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. This former architecture major soon became one of India's most famous models, landing a prestigious Pepsi campaign and appearing in Vogue Magazine...
“ Well, not really a hollywood actress, but known well enough here so... ”
7.Laila Rouass
Actress, Conan the Barbarian
Laila Rouass was born in London to Moroccan/Indian parents. Laila studied in Britain but decided to drop her studies and travel in India for a few months. A few months turned into six years. Whilst living in Bombay, she worked for MTV, BBC, and TNT. Her step into movies came when she was spotted by Italian director Aditya Bhattacharya and whisked off to Messina to shoot Senso unico.
8.Noureen DeWulf
Actress, Ocean's Thirteen
Actress Noureen DeWulf was born in New York and raised in Georgia. Her parents are from Pune, India. She was educated at Boston University's School of the Arts. One of DeWulf's first roles was in the Oscar winning short West Bank Story. Acting success continued with roles in TV hits such as CSI: NY...
9.Freida Pinto
Actress, Slumdog Millionaire
Freida Pinto traversed the modeling circuit in Mumbai [represented by Elite Model Management India] for two years before gaining her big break when director Danny Boyle picked her out in the audition process to play the female lead, Latika, for his project Slumdog Millionaire. In a promo interview, Boyle likened spotting her to his discovery of Kelly Macdonald for Trainspotting...
10.Norah Jones
Self, Ted
She was born Geetali Norah Jones Shankar to legendary Indian musician, Ravi Shankar, and Sue Jones in New York City. Fittingly, her birth name, Geetali, carries the meaning of "song" or "melodious", and was bestowed on her by her father. No one could have possibly imagined how fully she would embody that name...
11.Persis Khambatta
Actress, Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Persis Khambatta was born on October 2, 1948 in Bombay, India. At age 17, as Femina Miss India, she entered Miss Universe 1965, dressed in off-the-rack clothes she bought at the last minute. Khambatta became a model for companies such as Revlon. Her biggest acting break was getting the role of Lieutenant Ilia...
12.Sarita Choudhury
Actress, Lady in the Water
After her debut film Mississippi Masala became an art house hit, Sarita Choudhury was determined not to "go Hollywood," focusing her acting energies on independent film instead. Raised in Jamaica, Mexico, and Italy, the half-Indian, half-English Choudhury studied economics at Queens University in Ontario before switching to acting...
13.Fagun Thakrar
Actress, Brick Lane
Early in her career Fagun Thakrar beat thousands of Britain's hopefuls in the BBC's nationwide search 'Bolly Idol' for new acting talent. She was brought up outside of London and as a straight 'A' student' studied several particularly challenging fields simultaneously. At the age of 16, the British television network ITV did a segment on Fagun and she was chosen for the feature film 'Brick Lane'...
14.Pratima Anaé
Actress, Outsourced
Actress, Host, Model and Beauty Queen, Pratima Anae grew up in a small Amish town in the heart of the Midwest. In this unlikely setting, her parents, Indian immigrants, began their families' quest for the American dream. Pratima, the middle of three children, rose above convention and expectation when she was crowned Miss Indiana USA...
15.Aruna Shields
Actress, Prince
Critically acclaimed British actor Aruna Shields achieved an academic scholarship to boarding school. Later gained distinction from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and a writing degree from Central St Martins. Secured the gritty lead role in epic adventure,Ao, le dernier Néandertal Budget $20 million...
16.Tehmina Sunny
Actress, Children of Men
Born in London, her passion for the arts was developed at an early age. She received a scholarship for playing the violin, Viola and piano. With no previous training she was a finalist for the BBCs cross-country search for acting talent, a nationwide competition battling against tens of thousands. From that point she appeared in numerous school productions exploring her newfound talent...
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Day 43: Nazneen Contractor
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