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Aishwarya Rai ( 1973 ; '''Ash''' to fans and media) is a Bollywood and Hollywood actress, currently the highest-paid actress in India, as well as a Supermodel and Miss World of 1994. EARLY LIFE Rai was born in , Hindi , Kannada , Tamil and Urdu . Her brother Aditya Rai is a film producer. Rai began modeling on the side while studying Architecture . In the 1994 Miss India contest, Rai placed second behind Sushmita Sen , and eventually went on to win the Miss World title that same year and the Miss Photogenic award then later, the All-Time Most Beautiful Miss World Perfect 10 honor. After the one year reign as Miss World in London, she then worked as a professional model, in advertising and Indian fashion magazines. This was the beginning to her supermodel status in India. BOLLYWOOD BREAKTHROUGH The first film she acted in was a Tamil movie '' Iruvar '' in ( 1997 ), directed by Mani Ratnam . Rai's earliest films made money, but Rai herself did not impress critics -- they commented that her performances were stilted, as if she were still modeling. Her breakthrough performance came in 1999 with Sanjay Leela Bhansali 's film '' Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam ''. Later successes include '' Taal '' and '' Devdas ''. Rai has also acted in other Tamil films such as '' Jeans '' and '' Kandukondain Kandukondain '', and in the Bengali film '' Chokher Bali ''. INTERNATIONAL STARDOM ''.]] '' Devdas '', in which Aishwarya joined Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit , was a huge hit, lavishly produced as it was. The film attracted overseas attention as well, receiving a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival from where she was discovered at the international arena. In 2003 , Rai was a member of the jury at Cannes. In 2004 , she was chosen by '' TIME Magazine 's'' Asian Edition as one of Asia's "100 Most Influential People." Rai was the subject of a '' 60 Minutes '' profile on January 2 , 2005 - "The Most Beautiful face in the Bollywood." A month later she appeared on the '' Late Show With David Letterman '', and on April 25 , 2005, she was featured on '' Oprah's '' "Women Across the Globe" segment. A wax figure of Rai is on display in London 's Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum . Although frequently the subject of gossip column speculation about an imminent Hollywood career, it was only in 2004 that Rai finally acted in a foreign film. By an Indian director Gurinder Chadha hired her to play the heroine in '' Bride And Prejudice '', a Hollywood-funded but Bollywood-ized version of Jane Austen 's classic novel, '' Pride And Prejudice ''. The movie failed to break even at the US box office but more than made back its cost in the rest of the world. Her new movie '' Mistress Of Spices '', written by Gurinder Chadha and her husband Paul Mayeda Berges from the novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and directed by Berges, was released in April 2006 to a generally poor critical and commercial reception. {Link without Title} Rai appeared at the Closing Ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne , as part of a performance showcasing Indian culture, on behalf of the 2010 Commonwealth Games , to be held in New Delhi . PERSONAL LIFE Earlier in her career, Aishwarya had a turbulent relationship with Bollywood star Salman Khan . Since breaking up with Salman, she has been romantically linked with Vivek Oberoi and Abhishek Bachchan , although in April 2006, she and Bachchan broke up. AWARDS Aishwarya Rai has won two Filmfare Awards to date:
She has been nominated four times in the Best Actress category and once in the Best Supporting Actress category at the Filmfare Awards . She has also won three IIFA Awards , three Z-Gold Awards, four Star Screen Awards , an EU's Global Diversity Award, three Zee Cine Awards and a Rajiv Gandhi Award. FILMOGRAPHY Most of Aishwarya's films are in Hindi , except where noted below.
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