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Lisa Ray

movie Actress, Model cake 4 April 1972 (Tuesday)
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Height

in centimeters- 168 cm in meters- 1.68 m in Feet Inches- 5' 6"

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Age

52

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Nation

Canadian

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Basic Information

Date of Birth: 4 April 1972 (Tuesday)
Zodiac Sign: Aries
Nationality: Canadian
Hometown: Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Family & Relationships

Marital Status: Married
Children: Daughters- 2 (twin daughters born in 2018 via surrogacy) Sons- None

Education

Schools: Etobicoke Collegiate Institute, Islington, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Richview Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Silverthorn Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Colleges: Central School of Speech and Drama, London London Centre for Theatre Studies, London Desmond Jones school of Physical Theatre, London Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA), London
Education: Post Graduate degree in Acting from the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) in 2004

Lifestyle

Religion: Christianity

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Some Lesser Known Facts About Lisa Ray

  • Does Lisa Ray smoke?: Not Known
  • Does Lisa Ray drink alcohol?: Not Known
  • She was born to a Polish mother and Hindu Bengali father in Toronto, Canada.
  • She was very close to her maternal grandmother and used to speak Polish with her.
  • She was very friendly with her father and used to watch movies of Satyajit Ray and Federico Fellini.
  • She also spent some of her childhood time in Calcutta (now Kolkata).
  • She was excellent in her studies and completed 5 years of high school in 4 years.
  • She first came to public attention in the 1990s when she appeared in the Bombay Dyeing advertisement opposite Karan Kapoor.
  • She planned to attend a university in Canada to study journalism. However, her plan was derailed after her mother was injured in a car accident.
  • She became a sensation after appearing on the cover of Gladrags magazine wearing a red Baywatch-style swimsuit. 
  • She was ranked 9th most beautiful woman of the millennium in a poll by Times of India.
  • In the mid-1990s, she became famous worldwide after appearing in a music video of the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s Aafreen Aafreen.

  • She made her Bollywood debut in 2001 with Kasoor after turning down a number of roles.
  • Divya Dutta dubbed her voice in Kasoor.
  • In 2005, she appeared in the Oscar-nominated film Water by Deepa Mehta. 
  • She returned to Toronto in 2008 upon her mother’s death.
  • She also appeared in a few uninhibited sex scenes.
  • In 2009, she revealed that she has Multiple Myeloma at the Toronto International Film Festival. 
  • She also started a blog- The Yellow Diaries, to share her cancer experience.
  • She underwent a stem cell transplant on Christmas 2009 and in April 2009, she announced that she was cancer-free due to the transplant. However, she is not completely cured of the disease as Multiple Myeloma is an incurable disease.
  • She is considered an inspiration to the cancer patients.
  • She is pure vegetarian and even avoids dairy products.

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