Lisa Ray is a Canadian-Indian actress, model, writer, and social activist. He has worked in several Indian and international films.
Wiki/Biography
Lisa Ray was born ‘Lisa Rani Ray’ on April 4, 1972 (age 47 years; as in 2019) in Toronto, Canada. His zodiac sign is Aries.
Lisa Ray As a Child
He spent part of his time in Kolkata, during his childhood. He was educated at Etobicoke Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Canada, Richview Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Canada and Silverthorn Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Canada. She came to India as a model but returned to Canada to study journalism. Unfortunately, his mother had an accident, which made it difficult for him to continue journalism. He went on to study at the ‘Central School of Speech and Drama, London,’ the ‘London Center for Theater Studies,’ the ‘Desmond Jones School of Physical Theatre,’ and the ‘British American Drama Academy (BADA).’ He holds a postgraduate degree in acting from the Academy of Live and Recording Arts (ALRA).
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 6″
Weight (approx): 60 kg
Figure Measurements (approx): 36-27-35
Eye Color: Hazel Green
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Family, Caste & Husband
Lisa Ray’s father, LK Dutta is a Bengali and her mother, Jennifer Dutta is a Polish national.
Lisa With Her Father LK Dutta
Lisa Ray With Her Mother Jennifer Dutta
She is married to Jason Dehni, who is a Management Consultant.
Lisa Ray And Her Husband Jason Dehni
She has two daughters named Sufi and Soleil, born via surrogacy in Tbilisi, Georgia in June 2018.
Daughter Lisa Ray Sufi And Soleil
Career
She started her career as a model in the 1990s. She appeared in advertisements for Bombay Dyeing, one of India’s largest textile manufacturers. He then appeared on the cover of Glad Rags, which caused a sensation. This led to him gaining more such modeling projects.
Lisa Ray On The Cover Of Happy Rags
He hosts the TV Show “Show Biz” on Star Movies with actress/model Kelly Dorji. He later appeared in the music video of Late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s song “Aafreen Aafreen.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QRivHR0c28
He made his Bollywood debut as an actor in 2001 with the film “Kasoor.”
He then appeared in the 2002 Indo-Canadian romantic comedy film “Bollywood/Hollywood.” In 2005, he worked in “Water (2005),” which was nominated for an Oscar. The film attracted a lot of controversy regarding its content and could not be filmed in India.
Water (2005)
He has worked in Canadian films such as “All Hat (2007)” and “A Stone’s Throw (2006).” He also appeared as a guest star in the American TV series “Psych.” He hosted the Canadian reality show “Top Chef Canada” in seasons 2 and 4. He made his Tamil debut as an actor with the film “Nethaji” in 1996.
Nethaji
Lisa made her Telugu debut with the film “Takkari Donga (2002)” and Kannada debut with the film “Yuvaraja (2004).”
Controversy
- Lisa was once rumored to be in a relationship with Sanjay Dutt. He was so fed up with the rumors that he left India and fled to Canada.
- He was in the spotlight again when the movie “Dus (2005)” came out. There were rumors that she had walked out of the film because her boyfriend had beaten her black and blue. He has not made any comment on the rumours. Years later, he spoke of his experience and said that he was too young and inexperienced then to speak anything for himself. He will never tolerate physical abuse.
Award
- Voted Future Stars at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival
- Best Actress in a Canadian film for Water by the Vancouver Critics Circle
- Special Achievement Award at Miss India-Canada 2011
Lisa Ray Receives Special Achievement Award at Miss India-Canada
- Diamond Jubilee Medal in May 2013
- Anokhi Prestige Award in 2013 for Canadian Actor of the Decade for the film “Water”
- Medscape Award for India’s Most Inspirational Fighter 2015
Favorite Things
- Food: Pecan Pie, Bumbleberry Pie, Pizza, California roll, Knafeh
- Drinks: Smoothies, Juices
- Directors: Federico Fellini, Satyajit Ray
Facts
- Lisa’s estate is in Shyambazar, West Bengal.
- He was very close to his maternal grandmother and used to speak Polish with her.
- He was so good academically that he finished five years of high school in four years.
- According to a poll conducted by the Times Of India, she was named, “the ninth most beautiful woman of this millennium.”
- Divya Dutta lent her voice in the film Kasoor.
- When his mother died in 2008, he returned to Toronto.
- Lisa attended the Toronto International Film Festival to support her work in ‘Cooking with Stella (2009).’ In this incident, he revealed that he had multiple myeloma (a type of cancer).
- He then started writing a blog called “Yellow Diary” where he shared his cancer experience.
- At Christmas in 2009, Lisa received a stem cell transplant to treat her rare cancer. He announced in 2010 that he was cancer-free because of the transplant but was not completely cured of the disease because multiple myeloma was incurable.
- She has organized various campaigns to raise awareness for various social causes, especially for cancer and women’s empowerment.
- She is a health advocate and loves to do Yoga.
Lisa Ray Doing Vrikshasana
- He is a pure vegetarian and also avoids dairy products.
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Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI
