Sushmita Sen

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Nom de naissance Sushmita Sen
Nationalité Inde
Naissance 19 novembre 1975 (49 ans) à Hyderabad (Inde)
Récompenses Filmfare Awards

Sushmita Sen est une actrice et mannequin indien, née le 19 novembre 1975 à Hyderabad, en Inde. Elle est également la gagnante renommée du titre de Miss Univers en 1994. Elle fut la première indienne à avoir remporté ce titre qui la fit connaître auprès du grand public. La même année, l'actrice Aishwarya Rai remporte le titre de Miss Monde 1994.

Comme beaucoup de Miss en Inde, Sushmita Sen se tourne par la suite vers le cinéma. Elle débute dans Dastak où elle joue le rôle d'une fille vulnérable enlevée par un psychopathe. Par la suite elle joue un rôle comique dans Biwi No. 1 (1999) de David Dhawan, film qui la rend célèbre et lui vaut quelques récompenses. On a aussi pu voir Sushmita Sen dans une comédie romantique intitulée Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai (2001) aux côtés d'Abhishek Bachchan, et dans Main Hoon Na (2004) avec Shah Rukh Khan qu'elle retrouve en 2010 dans Dulha Mil Gaya : Un mari presque parfait.

Aujourd'hui, grâce à de nombreux films à succès et malgré quelques échecs, Sushmita Sen est une des actrices indiennes en vue à Bollywood.

Biographie

Often known as the most stylish and glamorous lady of India, Sushmita Sen made history by adopting a baby girl named Renée in 2000. She, as a single woman of only 25 years of age, was not viewed as socially acceptable to obtain the guardianship of the baby. However, the High Court of Bombay quashed the appeal and she obtained gain of cause. On 13 Jan, 2010 she adopted a three-month-old girl and named her Alisah.

Miss Universe
In 1994, as a teenager, Sen won the title of Femina Miss India. Sen then won the 1994 Miss Universe Pageant, held in Manila, Philippines, representing India.

At Miss Universe, Sen 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. Sen went on to place second, fifth and third in the swimsuit, India to the Miss Universe pageant from 2010 onwards through her project I Am She – Miss Universe India.

Film career
1990s

After her reign as Miss Universe, Sushmita became an actress. Her first film, Dastak was in 1996, in which she played the victim of a stalker played by Sharad Kapoor. Mukul Dev starred as the lead actor. She then starred in the 1997 Tamil, action film 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. Following her famous dance item song in Fiza known as 'Mehboob Mere', she tried to make a niche for her career in the Indian film cinema.

2000s
She received critical acclaim and box office success for film Aankhen. So far, her biggest hit has been the 2004 movie Main Hoon Na, in which she starred as Shahrukh Khan's love interest. The film grossed a total of Rs 330,000,000 and was the second best selling movie of that year. 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.

2010s
Sushmita plays the role of a successful supermodel called Shimmer in Dulha Mil Gaya, the film was a major commercial failure that year.

Sushmita has signed three big projects, one of which reportedly has her portraying 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.” The second is Farah Khan's untitled venture opposite Salman Khan, with the third one being veteran actress Rekhha's biopic titled "Sitare" under the banner of Red Chillies Entertainment.