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Aishwarya Rai: Biography

Aishwarya Rai

Birth Place: Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 11/01/1973, Scorpio
Profession: Actor; model

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Aishwarya Rai Fast Facts:

Started modeling when she was in the ninth grade.
At 17, she entered and won the Ford Supermodel Contest; she was featured on the cover of Vogue magazine soon after.
Was named runner up at the Miss Femina World contest in 1994; won the Miss World pageant that same year in South Africa.
In 1998, she won India's Screen Best Female Debut award for her role in Iruvar (1997), despite having little acting experience.
Sat on the jury at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, the first Indian actress to do so.
Starred in her first English-language film, Bride & Prejudice, an adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, in 2004.
Put off accepting the Officer Dan Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres, the second highest civilian award in France, until her ill father was able to attend the ceremony.
The Netherlands honored her by naming a special variety of the tulip after her.
Is the first Indian woman to have a wax statue at Madame Tussaud's museum in London.

Aishwarya Rai Relationships:
Krishnaraj Rai - Father
Vrinda Rai - Mother
Aditya Rai - Brother
Abhishek Bachchan - Husband
Salman Khan - Ex-significant Other
Vivek Oberoi - Ex-significant Other
Aaradhya Bachchan - Daughter
College:
Attended Jai Hind College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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andie macdowell, kerry washington, aishwarya rai Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com

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