Aishwarya Rai (born 1 November 1973) is an internationally renowned Indian actress. Before starting her acting career, Aishwarya Rai worked as a model, and gained fame after winning the Miss World contest in 1994
Often acclaimed as the most beautiful woman in the world,
Aishwarya Rai made her movie debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film, Iruvar (1997) opposite Mohanlal.
Aishwarya Rai had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie Jeans (1998), and came to the attention of Bollywood in the Hindi movie, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
Her performance in the film won her the Filmfare Best Actress Award, and
Aishwarya Rai successfully performed in Bhansali's next project, Devdas (2002), for which
Aishwarya Rai won her second Best Actress Award at the Filmfare. Since then,
Aishwarya Rai has acted in over forty movies in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and English, including the international productions, Bride & Prejudice (2003), Mistress of Spices (2005) and The Last Legion (2007) in English.
Aishwarya Rai (born 1 November 1973) is an internationally renowned Indian actress. Before starting her acting career, Aishwarya Rai worked as a model, and gained fame after winning the Miss World contest in 1994
Often acclaimed as the most beautiful woman in the world,Aishwarya Rai made her movie debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film, Iruvar (1997) opposite Mohanlal. Aishwarya Rai had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie Jeans (1998), and came to the attention of Bollywood in the Hindi movie, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. 
Her performance in the film won her the Filmfare Best Actress Award, and Aishwarya Rai successfully performed in Bhansali's next project, Devdas (2002), for which Aishwarya Rai won her second Best Actress Award at the Filmfare. Since then, Aishwarya Rai has acted in over forty movies in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and English, including the international productions, Bride & Prejudice (2003), Mistress of Spices (2005) and The Last Legion (2007) in English.
