1. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan[ (born Aishwarya Rai, and
sometimes known simply as Aish, Tulu: 1 November 1973) is an Indian
actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she
worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title
in 1994. Often cited by media as the most beautiful woman in the world,
[2][3][4] Rai made her movie debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Iruvar
(1997) and had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie Jeans
(1998). She came to the attention of Bollywood in the movie Hum Dil De
Chuke Sanam (1999), directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Her
performance in the film won her the Filmfare Best Actress Award. In
2002 she appeared in Bhansali's next project, Devdas (2002), for which
she won her second Best Actress Award at the Filmfare. After a low
phase in her career during 2003-2005, she appeared in the blockbuster
Dhoom 2 (2006), which turned out to be her biggest Bollywood
commercial success. She later appeared in films like Guru (2007) and
Jodhaa Akbar (2008), which were commercially successful and got her
critical acclaim. Rai has thus established herself as one of the leading
contemporary actresses in the Indian film industry. During her career,
Rai has acted in over forty movies in Hindi, English, Tamil and Bengali
including the international productions Bride & Prejudice (2003),
Mistress of Spices (2005), The Last Legion (2007) and The Pink Panther
2 (2009) in English.

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