Lisa Ray (birth name Lisa Rani Ray) was born on April 4, 1972 in Toronto, Canada. She is a Canadian actress and former fashion model.
Biography and Career :
After she graduated from high-school she decided that she wants to be a famous journalist but in the end she renounced after she became a model for a fashion Canadian magazine and appeared on the cover at the age of sixteen.
As a model she made a lot of commercials for many Indian companies and from 2001 she decided to start an acting career. Her debut was with a role in the Bollywood film "Kasoor", opposite Aftab Shivdasani.
After a year she obtained another role in "Takkari Donga" with Mahesh Babu and soon after this she returned in Toronto filming for "Bollywood/Hollywood". The movie was a huge success in North Am
erica and in India and Lisa earned a "Star of the Future" award at Toronto Film Festival.
She also likes to write and she hopes she will become a novelist. Now she writes articles for Cosmopolitan Magazine and The Indian Express.
Trivia :
- Height: 163cm
- Her trademark is her cat eyes.
- She has Indian and Polish descents.
- She is fluent in Hindi.
- She trained for 5 months in mime in London.
Quotes :
- "The story of my so-called affair with Sanjay Dutt came as a shock to me. I couldn't handle it, so I ran away to Canada."
- "I believe in destiny."
- "When ever I'm stressed I love getting away and going home to Toronto."
- "I have no home. I'm kind of placed in London, but Paris is where my boyfriend is. My parents are in Toronto and I work in New York and India a lot. That makes me a bit of a chameleon, and frankly, I like that."
- "I do feel that I'm equally at ease in Paris as I am in a village in India as I am in a café in Montreal or on Queen Street in Toronto. I like that. It work for my acting process as well."
Filmography :
- "The Summit" (2008) (mini) TV mini-series
- Toronto Stories (2008)
- I Can't Think Straight (2007)
- Kill Kill Faster Faster (2008)
- The World Unseen (2007)
- All Hat (2007)
- "Blood Ties" (1 episode, 2007)
- Let the Game Begin (2007)
- A Stone's Throw (2006)
- Quarter Life Crisis (2006)
- Seeking Fear (2005)
- Water (2005)
- "The Standard" (2005) TV series
- Ball & Chain (2004)
- Bollywood/Hollywood (2002)
- Takkari Donga (2002)
- Kasoor (2001) Image Source : apunkachoice.com
Lisa Ray (birth name Lisa Rani Ray) was born on April 4, 1972 in Toronto, Canada. She is a Canadian actress and former fashion model.