Birth name: Aishwarya Rai.
Born: November 1, 1973.
Occupation: Actress and model who won the 1994 Miss World Pageant, gained fame for her role in Taal, and became an international star for her award-winning role in Devdas. Her other films include Dhoom 2 and Guru.
Before Fame: She began her professional career as a teen model for Camlin Pencils and later won a Ford supermodel contest and appeared in Vogue.
Trivia: She won her first Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her role in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and a second for Devdas, a film that won ten Filmfare awards in 2002.
Family Life: She married fellow actor Abhishek Bachchan in 2007, and gave birth to a daughter in 2011. She named her daughter Aaradhya Bachchan in 2012.
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