Birth Sign - Scorpio
Birth - 01 Nov 1973, Karnataka, India
Status - Married to Abhishek Bachchan
Debut Movie - Aur Pyar Ho Gaya
Height -5'7.5
Aishwarya began her career in the film industry with a Tamil film Iruvar in 1997 which was a hit as opposed to her Hindi film Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya with Bobby Deol. She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award for her next Tamil film Jeans, which was also an entry to the Oscars. In 1999, she gained recognition in Bollywood with hits like Taal and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, in which she played opposite Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan, her role as Nandini fetching her the Filmfare Best Actress Award.
In 2000, her Tamil film Kandukondain Kandukondain, saw a good turnout. She took on the role of Shirley, Shahrukh Khan’s sister in Josh and then played his love interest in Mohabbatein which won her a nomination for the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. In Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai, she played Preeti Virat, a rape victim and was considered for the Filmfare Best Actress Award. The year 2001 was a quiet year for Ash.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas (2002), in which she played Paro with Shahrukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit, was an instant blockbuster. It also received a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival. She won the Filmfare Best Actress award. In 2003, she acted the part of Binodini in a Bengali film Choker Bali which was based on a novel by Rabindranath Tagore. The film was nominated for the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.
The year 2004 saw Ash in her first English film, Gurinder Chaddha’s Bride & Prejudice, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice. Her performance as Neerja in Rituparno Ghosh’s Raincoat was praised. This was followed by her second English film in 2005, The Mistress of Spices, with Dylan McDermott of The Practice fame. Her dance sequence Kajra Re from Bunty Aur Babli became one of the most popular tunes of the year.
She had two films out in 2006. Umrao Jaan with Abhishek Bachchan failed to do well while Dhoom 2 where she played Sunehri and shared a ‘controversial’ liplock with Hrithik Roshan was a big hit. In 2007, she played Sujata opposite Abhishek Bachchan in Guru, based on the industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani and it was successful. Provoked, which was based on a real episode of domestic violence, won critical acclaim. The other English film, The Last Legion, did not do so well.
Jodhaa Akbar, released in 2008, in which she acted the part of Jodhaa Bai with Hrithik Roshan was average. The sequel to Sarkar, Ram Gopal Varma’s Sarkar Raj, in which she plays a CEO alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek
Bachchan, is said to be one of her best performances till date.
In 2009, Rai looked her gorgeous self in The Pink Panther 2 with Steve Martin.
Ash won the coveted Miss World crown in 2004. Soon after this she pledged to donate her eyes after her death. She went on to become the brand ambassador for brands like L’Oreal, Pepsi, and Coco Cola. She struck a pose for many international magazines like TIME and was also voted one of the most attractive and influential women by several polls. She is the first Indian actor to be part of the jury at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. She has appeared in The Oprah Winfrey Show, Late Show with David Letterman, and 60 Minutes. She was also the first Indian actress to be replicated in wax at Madame Tussaud’s Museum in London.
| Year | Film Name | Cast |
| 2010 | Guzaarish | Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Rajit Kapoor, Shernaz Patel |
| 2010 | Action Replayy | Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai, Randhir Kapoor, Neha Dhupia, Kiron Kher |
| 2010 | Robot | Rajnikant, Aishwarya Rai |
| 2010 | Raavan | Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Govinda, Manisha Koirala, |
| 2008 | Sarkar Raj | Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Tanisha Mukherjee, Victor Banerjee |
| 2008 | Jodhaa Akbar | Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Sonu Sood, Punam S. Sinha, Raza Murad |
| 2007 | Provoked | Aishwarya Rai, Naveen Andrews, Robbie Coltrane, Miranda Richardson, Nandita Das |
| 2007 | Guru | Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Vidya Balan,R. Madhavan, Mallika Sherawat |
| 2006 | Dhoom 2 | Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Uday Chopra |
| 2006 | Umrao Jaan | Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Sunil Shetty, Puru Rajkumar |
| 2005 | Shabd | Sanjay Dutt, Aishwarya Rai, Zayed Khan |
| 2004 | Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... | Vivek Oberoi, Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh Bachchan, Kajal Aggarwal |
| 2004 | Raincoat | Ajay Devgan, Aishwarya Rai, Mouli Ganguly, Sameer Dharmadhikari, Annu Kapoor |
| 2004 | Bride And Prejudice | Martin Henderson, Aishwarya Rai, Namrata Shirodkar, Anupam Kher, Meghna Kothari |
| 2004 | Khakee | Abhishek Bachchan, Jaya Pradha, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan, Aishwarya Rai |
| 2003 | Dil Ka Rishta | Arjun Rampal, Aishwarya Rai, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Isha Koppikar, Paresh Rawal |
| 2003 | Kuch Naa Kaho | Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Satish Shah, Parth Dave, Himani Shivpuri |
| 2002 | Shakti | Karishma Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, Deepti Naval, Nana Patekar, Shahrukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai |
| 2002 | Devdas | Shahrukh Khan , Aishwarya Rai, Madhuri Dixit, Jackie Shroff |
| 2002 | 23rd March 1931 Shaheed | Bobby Deol, Sunny Deol, Amrita Singh, Rahul Dev, Suresh Oberoi, Aishwarya Rai |
| 2002 | Hum Kisise Kum Nahin | Sanjay Dutt, Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan, Paresh Rawal |
| 2002 | Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam | Madhuri Dixit, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Atul Agnihotri, Suman Ranganathan, Aishwarya Rai |
| 2001 | Albela | Jackie Shroff, Govinda, Aishwarya Rai, Namrata Shirodkar |
| 2001 | Raashq | Aishwarya Rai, Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla |
| 2000 | Mohabbatein | Shahrukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Preeti Jhangiani, Kim Sharma |
| 2000 | Mela | Aamir Khan, Faisal Khan, Twinkle Khanna, Ayub Khan, Aishwarya Rai |
| 2000 | Radhe Shyam Seeta Raam | Sunil Shetty, Aishwarya Rai |
| 2000 | Dhai Akshar Prem Ke | Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Amrish Puri |
| 2000 | Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai | Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, Satish Kaushik, Sonali Bendre |
| 2000 | Josh | Shahrukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Chandrachur Singh,Sharad Kapoor, Priya Gill |
| 2000 | Mulaqat | Akshay Kumar, Chandrachur Singh, Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukherjee |
| 2000 | Rama Krishna | Akshaye Khanna, Aishwarya Rai, Anil Kapoor, Alok Nath, Amrish Puri |
| 2000 | Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke | Aishwarya Rai, Sunil Shetty, Raj Zutshi, Mukesh Tiwari, Ashutosh Rana |
| 1999 | Taal | Aishwarya Rai, Anil Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, Alok Nath, Amrish Puri |
| 1999 | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam | Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan, Aishwarya Rai, Zohra Sehgal, Vikram Gokhale |
| 1999 | Aa Ab Laut Chalen | Akshaye Khanna, Aishwarya Rai, Suman Ranganathan, Rajesh Khanna, Navin Nischol |
| 1998 | Jeans (tamil/hindi) | Aishwarya Rai, Prashant |
| 1997 | Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya | Bobby Deol, Aishwarya Rai, Shammi Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Beena Banerjee |
| 1997 | Iddaru (telugu) | Aishwarya Rai, Tabbu, Gautami |
| 1997 | Iruvar (tamil) | Mohanlal, Aishwarya Rai, Prakash Raj |
| 1996 | Aanandam | Mohan Lal, Aishwarya Rai, Arvind Swamy, Manisha Koirala |
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