Indian Film History
Sushmita Sen — Actress

Sushmita Sen

Actress • Supporting Actress • Guest Appearance

Born 19 November 1975

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Age
1994
Debut
32
Films
5
Awards

Biography

After she completed her reign as the Miss Universe she started her career in Bollywood with the film Dastak and rose to stardom with the Tamil Musical Hit film Ratchagan starring opposite Nagarjuna. She later got recognition for her role in the Hindi film Sirf Tum in 1999. She became an Actress soon after she had won the Beauty title across the Universe and went on to do roles in the film Biwi No.1 for which she has won an award in the supporting role. She was also nominated for her roles in the films Sirf Tum and Fiza in which she tried to create a niche for herself in the Indian Film cinema. Sushmita Sen has acted in several other films that did commercially very well and were considered to be successful. Some of them were Aankhen in 2002, and Main Hoon Na in 2004, which was her biggest commercial success to date. Followed by Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya in 2005, She received critical acclaim for her female-oriented roles that she played in the films Filhaal in 2002, Samay in 2003, Chingaari in 2005, Zindaggi Rocks in 2006, Aag in 2007 and a few others. The film Main Hoon Na the film grossed Rs. 330,000,000 and was the second best-selling film of that year Followed by her role as a lawyer in the film Main Aisa Hi Hoon opposite Ajay Devgn in 2005 which received acclaim from her fans and audience alike. In 2010 Sushmita played the role of a successful supermodel called Shimmer in Dulha Mil Gaya. the film did moderately well at the Box office that year.

Career & Achievements

Was a supermodel and the winner of the Miss Universe title pageant in 1994. She was the first Indian to win this crown across the various countries that participated. She won the the title of Femina Miss India in 1994 followed by her pageant in Manila, Philipines where she represented India. Sushmita created a history by adopting a baby girl whom she has named Renee in 2000 and she raised her as a single woman when she was 25 years old only, which was not socially acceptable to attain the guardianship of the child. However, she won the case against the High Court on the grounds of gaining a Cause. In 2010 she adopted again a baby girl of three months old and named her Alisah. She walked the ramp for Manish Malhotra for the Empower Girl Child Show in 2012.

Awards (5)

  • Zee Cine AwardsBest Supporting ActressforFilhaal
  • IIFA AwardsBest Supporting ActressforBiwi No 1
  • Filmfare AwardsBest Supporting ActressforBiwi No 1
  • Zee Cine AwardsBest Supporting ActressforBiwi No 1
  • Star Screen AwardsBest Supporting ActressforBiwi No 1

Filmography (32)

32 films

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