Lisa Ray is a Canadian-Indian actress, model, author and social activist. He has worked in many Indian and international films.
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Lisa Ray was born as ‘Lisa Rani Ray’ on 4 April 1972 (age 47 years; as in 2019) in Toronto, Canada. His zodiac sign is Aries.
Lisa Ray in childhood
During his childhood he spent some of his time in Kolkata. He did his schooling from Etobicoke Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Canada, Richview Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Canada and Silverthorne Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Canada. She came to India as a model but returned to Canada to study journalism. Unfortunately, his mother met with an accident, which made it difficult for him to pursue journalism. She went on to study at the ‘Central School of Speech and Drama, London,’ ‘London Center for Theater Studies,’ ‘Desmond Jones School of Physical Theatre,’ and the ‘British American Drama Academy (BADA).’ He received a master’s degree in acting from the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA).
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 6″
Weight (Approx): 60 kg
Picture Measurements (Approx): 36-27-35
Eye colour: Hazel green
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Family, Caste and Husband
Lisa Ray’s father LK Dutta is Bengali and her mother Jennifer Dutta is Polish.
Lisa with her father LK Dutta
Lisa Ray with her mother Jennifer Dutta
She is married to Jason Dehaney, a management consultant.
Lisa Ray and her husband Jason Deheny
They have two daughters named Sufi and Soleil, born via surrogacy in June 2018 in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Lisa Ray’s daughters Sufi and Soleil
livelihood
She started her career as a model in the 1990s. She appeared in an advertisement for Bombay Dyeing, one of India’s largest textile producers. After this she appeared on the cover of Glad Rags, which caused a sensation. Due to this, he got more such modeling projects.
Lisa Ray on the cover of Glad Rags
She hosted the TV show “Show Biz” on Star Movies with actor/model Kelly Dorjee. She then appeared in the music video of late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s song “Afreen Afreen”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QRivHR0c28
He debuted in Bollywood as an actor in 2001 with the film “Kasoor”.
She then appeared in the 2002 romantic comedy Indo-Canadian film “Bollywood/Hollywood”. In 2005, he starred in “Water (2005)”, which was nominated for an Oscar. This film remained in a lot of controversies regarding its content and it could not even be shot in India.
Water (2005)
He has appeared in Canadian films such as “All Hat (2007)” and “A Stone’s Throw (2006)”. She has also appeared as a guest actor in an American TV series “Psych”. He hosted the Canadian reality show “Top Chef Canada” in seasons 2 and 4. She debuted in Tamil as an actress in 1996 with the film “Netaji”.
Netaji
Lisa made her Telugu debut with the film “Takkari Donga (2002)” and her Kannada debut with the film “Yuvaraj (2004)”.
controversies
- There was once a rumor of Lisa being in a relationship with Sanjay Dutt. She was so fed up with this rumor that she left India and fled to Canada.
- She came into limelight again when the film “Dus (2005)” came out. It was rumored that she had walked out of the film because her boyfriend had beaten her badly. He did not comment on the rumours. Years later, she talked about her experience and said that at the time she was young and inexperienced to speak for herself. She will never tolerate physical abuse.
award
- Selected as Star of the Future 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 2015 for India’s Most Inspirational Fighter
Favourite Things
- Food: Pecan Pie, Bumbleberry Pie, Pizza, California Roll, Nafeh
- Beverages: Smoothies, Juices
- Directors: Federico Fellini, Satyajit Ray
fact
- Lisa’s ancestral home is in Shyambazar, West Bengal.
- She was very close to her grandmother and used to talk politely with her.
- She was so good in studies that she completed five years of high school in four years.
- According to a survey conducted by The Times of India, she was named the “ninth most beautiful woman of the millennium”.
- Divya Dutta had dubbed her voice in the film Kasoor.
- When her mother died in 2008, she returned to Toronto.
- Lisa attended the Toronto International Film Festival to support her work in ‘Cooking with Stella (2009)’. In the same event, he told that he is suffering from multiple myeloma (a type of cancer).
- She then began writing a blog called “Yellow Diaries” where she shared her cancer experiences.
- At Christmas 2009, Lisa received a stem cell transplant to treat her rare cancer. She announced in 2010 that she was cancer free due to the transplant but was not completely cured of the disease because multiple myeloma was incurable.
- She has run various campaigns to raise awareness for various social causes, mainly cancer and women empowerment.
- She is a wellness advocate and loves doing yoga.
Lisa Ray doing Vrikshasana
- She is a pure vegetarian and also avoids dairy products.
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