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Salma Hayek
Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez (born September 2, 1966) is a Mexican and American actress, director, and television and film producer. Hayek has appeared in more than 30 films and performed as an actress outside of Hollywood in Mexico and Spain. Hayek's charitable work includes increasing awareness on violence against women and discrimination against immigrants.[1]
Hayek is the first Mexican national to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. She is one of the most prominent Mexican figures in Hollywood since the legendary Dolores del Rio. She is also, after Fernanda Montenegro, the second of three Latin American actresses to achieve a Best Actress Oscar nomination.
In July 2007, The Hollywood Reporter ranked Hayek fourth in their inaugural Latino Power 50, a list of the most powerful members of the Hollywood Latino community.[2] That same month, a poll found Hayek to be the "sexiest celebrity" out of a field of 3,000 celebrities (male and female); according to the poll, "65 percent of the U.S. population would use the term 'sexy' to describe her".[3] In December 2008, Entertainment Weekly ranked Hayek number 17 in their list of the "25 Smartest People in TV."
Hayek was born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico, the daughter of Diana Jiménez, an opera singer and talent scout, and Sami Hayek, an oil company executive.[5][6][7] Hayek's father is Mexican of Lebanese descent while her mother is Mexican of Spanish descent.[8] Her first given name, Salma, is Arabic for "peaceful" or "calm". Raised in a wealthy, devoutly Catholic family, she was sent to the Academy of the Sacred Heart, Grand Coteau, Louisiana, at the age of twelve.[7] While there, she was diagnosed with dyslexia.[9] She was also an accomplished gymnast aspiring to compete in the Olympics, but her father prevented her from being recruited by the Mexican national team.[10] The religious sisters running the Academy ejected Hayek, citing behavioral problems, so she returned to Mexico. She was later sent to live with her aunt in Houston, Texas, where she stayed until she was 17 years old. She attended college in Mexico City, where she studied International Relations at the Universidad Iberoamericana. To the surprise of her family, she dropped out to pursue a career as an actress.[7]
Mexico
At the age of 23, Hayek landed the title role in Teresa (1989), a successful Mexican telenovela that made her a star in Mexico. In 1994, Hayek starred in the film El Callejón de los Milagros (Miracle Alley), which has won more awards than any other movie in the history of Mexican cinema. For her performance, Hayek was nominated for an Ariel Award.[11]
Early Hollywood acting work
Bikini-clad Salma Hayek, as Santanico Pandemonium, performs an erotic dance with a snake in this promotional still for From Dusk Till Dawn.
Hayek moved to Los Angeles, California in 1991 to study acting under Stella Adler,[12] hoping for a career in Hollywood, despite limited fluency in English, attributed to her suffering from dyslexia.[13] Robert Rodriguez and his producer wife Elizabeth Avellan soon gave Hayek the break she needed, a starring role opposite Antonio Banderas in 1995's Desperado.[7] The movie caught Hollywood's attention, as moviegoers proved to be dazzled by Hayek as Rodriguez had been. Due to Hayek's loyalty to the director, she would later decline playing the role Catherine Zeta-Jones eventually took in The Mask of Zorro after Rodriguez abandoned the project. She has also appeared in the Spy Kids trilogy.
Hayek had a starring part opposite Matthew Perry in the romantic comedy Fools Rush In. She followed her success in Desperado with a brief but memorable role as a vampire queen in From Dusk Till Dawn, where she provocatively danced on a table. In 1999, she co-starred in Will Smith's big-budget Wild Wild West, and played a supporting role in Kevin Smith's Dogma.[7] In 2000, Hayek had an uncredited acting part opposite Benicio del Toro in Traffic. In 2003, she reprised her role from Desperado by appearing in Once Upon a Time in Mexico, the final film of the Mariachi Trilogy.
Around 2000, Hayek founded film production company Ventanarosa, through which she produces film and television projects. Her first feature as a producer was 1999's El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba, Mexico's official selection for submission for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars.[14]
Frida, co-produced by Hayek, was released in 2002. Starring Hayek as Frida Kahlo, and Alfred Molina as her unfaithful husband, Diego Rivera, the film was directed by Julie Taymor and featured an entourage of stars in supporting and minor roles (Valeria Golino, Ashley Judd, Edward Norton, Geoffrey Rush) and cameos (Antonio Banderas). She earned a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for her performance.[7] This made Hayek, along with Katy Jurado and Adriana Barraza, one of only three Mexican actresses to have been nominated for an Academy Award. The film earned two Oscars.
"In the Time of the Butterflies," is a 2001 feature film based on the Julia Álvarez book of the same name, covering the lives of the Mirabal sisters.
In the movie, Salma Hayek plays one of the sisters, Minerva, and Edward James Olmos plays the Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo whom the sisters opposed. Marc Anthony plays a brief role as Minerva's first love, and as the motivation for her later revolutionary activities.
In 2003, Hayek produced and directed the The Maldonado Miracle, a Showtime movie which won her a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Children/Youth/Family Special.[15] In December 2005, she directed a music video for Prince, titled "Te Amo Corazon" ("I love you, sweetheart") that featured her good friend Mia Maestro.[16]
Hayek is an executive producer of Ugly Betty, a television series airing around the world since September 2006. Hayek adapted the series for American television with Ben Silverman, who acquired the rights and scripts from the Colombian telenovela Yo Soy Betty La Fea in 2001. Originally intended as a half hour sitcom for NBC in 2004, the project would later be picked up by ABC for the 2006–2007 season with Silvio Horta also producing. Hayek guest-starred on Ugly Betty as Sofia Reyes, a magazine editor. She also had a cameo playing an actress in the telenovela within the show. The show quickly became a ratings hit and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Comedy Series in 2007. Hayek's performance as Sofia resulted in a nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards.[17]
In April 2007, Hayek finalized negotiations with MGM to become the CEO of her own Latin themed film production company, Ventanazul.[18] The following month she signed a two year deal with ABC to develop projects for the network through her production company, Ventanarosa.[19]
Hayek is developing and producing La Banda, a Spanish-language romantic comedy set in Mexico, written by Issa Lopez.
Singing credits
Hayek featured on an SUV in Amsterdam
Hayek has been credited as a song performer in three movies. The first was Desperado for the song Quedate Aquí. In Frida she performed with band Los Vega the Mexican folk song La Bruja. She also recorded Siente mi amor, which played during the end credits of Once Upon a Time in Mexico. She also contributed to Happiness is a Warm Gun in "Across the Universe" as the singing nurses.
Promotional work
Hayek has been a spokesperson for Avon cosmetics since February 2004.[20] She formerly acted as spokesperson for Revlon in 1998. In 2001, she modeled for Chopard[21] and was featured in 2006 Campari adverts as photographed by Mario Testino.[22] On April 3, she helped introduce La Doña, a watch by Cartier inspired by fellow Mexican actress María Félix.[23]
Hayek was also featured in a series of Spanish language commercials for Lincoln cars. Consequently, sales of the Lincoln Navigator among Hispanics increased by twelve percentage points.[24]
In art
In spring 2006, The Blue Star Contemporary Art Center in San Antonio, Texas displayed 16 portrait paintings by muralist George Yepes and filmmaker Rodriguez of Hayek as Aztec goddess Itzapapalotl.[25]
Personal life
Hayek is a naturalized U.S. citizen.[26] She dated actor Edward Norton between 1999 and 2003, and then Josh Lucas in 2003. She has friends in Los Angeles and Mexico and is best friends with Spanish actress Penélope Cruz. The two co-starred in the 2006 film Bandidas. Hayek studied at Ramtha's School of Enlightenment.[27] Her brother, Sami Hayek,[28] is a designer with his own line of products at Target[29] and clients that include Louis Vuitton, Brad Pitt, and the Mexican Government.[30]
Hayek often uses method acting to play characters. While she was cast as Frida Kahlo, Hayek had to smoke for the role using real cigarettes. As a result in her own admission she became a smoker and is currently trying to kick the habit.
On March 9, 2007, Hayek confirmed she was expecting her first child with PPR CEO François-Henri Pinault. On September 21, 2007, she gave birth to daughter Valentina Paloma Pinault at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. On July 18, 2008, Hayek and Pinault announced the end of their engagement.[31] They later reconciled and were married on Valentine's Day, 2009 in Paris.[32].
Advocacy
On July 19, 2005, Hayek testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary supporting reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act.[33] In February 2006, she donated $25,000 to a Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, shelter for battered women and another $50,000 to Monterrey based anti-domestic violence groups.[34]
Since the birth of her daughter, Hayek has worked to help mothers in developing nations worldwide, teaming up with Pampers and UNICEF to help stop the spread of life-threatening maternal and neonatal tetanus. She is a global spokesperson for the Pampers/UNICEF partnership 1 Pack = 1 Vaccine to help raise awareness of the program.[35]
Hayek also advocates breastfeeding, because of its benefits, including building stronger infant immune systems. During a UNICEF fact-finding trip to Sierra Leone, she breastfed a hungry week-old baby whose mother could not produce milk. [36]
Honors
Recipient of Glamour magazine Woman of the Year Award in October 2001.[37]
Recipient of Producers Guild of America Celebration of Diversity Award in 2003.[38]
Recipient of Harvard Foundation Artist of the Year Award in February 2006.[39]
Recipient of Time Magazine 25 Most Influential Hispanics in 2005.[40]
[edit] Filmography
Film
Year
Title
Role
Other credits and/or notes
1993
Mi Vida Loca
Gata
1994
El Callejón de los Milagros (Miracle Alley)
Alma
Spanish-language
1995
Desperado
Carolina
Fair Game
Rita
1996
From Dusk Till Dawn
Santanico Pandemonium
Follow Me Home
Betty
Fled
Cora
1997
Fools Rush In
Isabel Fuentes
Breaking Up
Monica
Direct-to-video release.
Sistole Diastole
Carmelita
1998
54
Anita
The Velocity of Gary
Mary Carmen
Producer; direct-to-video release.
The Faculty
Nurse Harper
1999
Dogma
Serendipity
El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba (No One Writes to the Colonel)
Julia
Producer; Spanish-language.
Wild Wild West
Rita Escobar
2000
Timecode
Rose
La Gran Vida (Living it Up)
Lola
Spanish-language
Chain Of Fools
Sgt. Meredith Kolko
Direct-to-video release.
Traffic
Rosario
uncredited
2001
Hotel
Charlee Boux
2002
Frida
Frida Kahlo
Producer; Academy Award nomination.
2003
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Cesca Giggles
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Carolina
V-Day: Until the Violence Stops
herself
2004
After the Sunset
Lola Cirillo
2005
Sian Ka'an
Maria (voice)
2006
Ask the Dust
Camilla Lopez
Best Nude Movie Scene of the Year[41]
Bandidas
Sara Sandoval
2007
Lonely Hearts
Martha Beck
Across the Universe
Bang Bang Shoot Shoot Nurses
2008
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Foxy (voice)
2009
Cirque du Freak
Madame Truska
post-production
Television
Year
Title
Role
Other credits and/or notes
1988
Un Nuevo Amanecer
Spanish-language telenovela
1989
Teresa
Teresa
Spanish-language telenovela
1993
The Sinbad Show
recurring character
1994
Roadracers
Donna
feature
El Vuelo del Águila
Juana Cata
Spanish-language telenovela
1997
The Hunchback
Esmeralda
feature
1999
Action
Herself
guest star
2001
In the Time of the Butterflies
Minerva Mirabal
Producer; feature
2003
The Maldonado Miracle
not applicable
Feature; producer, director. Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Children/Youth/Family Special.
Saturday Night Live
Guest Host
March 15
2006
Ugly Betty
Sofia Reyes
Producer and guest star
2009
30 Rock
Elisa
guest star[42]
Event appearances
Was a member of the 2005 Cannes Film Festival jury.[43]
Co-hosted the annual Nobel Peace Prize concert with Julianne Moore in Oslo, Norway on December 11, 2005.[44]
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Carol Vorderman
Carol Jean Vorderman MBE (born 24 December 1960) is an English businesswoman and television presenter, best known for co-hosting the popular Channel 4 game show Countdown from its first show on 2 November 1982 until 12 December 2008.
Early life
Vorderman was born in Bedford to a Dutch father and Welsh mother. Her parents broke up three weeks after her birth, and her mother took the family back to her home town of Prestatyn, North Wales, where Vorderman and siblings grew up in a lone parent household.[1] [2] Their mother remarried in 1970 to an Italian national.[3] Vorderman attended the Roman Catholic comprehensive Blessed Edward Jones High School in Rhyl.
She did not trace the Dutch side of her family until 2007, as part of the BBC genealogical programme Who Do You Think You Are?. It was only at this point that she discovered that her father had been an active member of the Dutch resistance during the Nazi occupation. He died whilst the programme was being filmed.[4] Her great-grandfather Adolphe Vorderman played a key role in the discovery of vitamins.
In 1978, she was accepted by Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge where she studied Engineering.
Vorderman initially found employment as a graduate management trainee in Leeds, and in her spare time was briefly a backing singer in the Leeds-based pop group Dawn Chorus and the Blue Tits, fronted by radio DJ Liz Kershaw during the early 1980s. They recorded songs such as a version of The Undertones' hit Teenage Kicks.
Countdown
Vorderman's mother noticed a newspaper advertisement asking for a woman with good mathematical skills to appear as co-host on a quiz show for the fledgling fourth terrestrial channel and submitted an application on behalf of her daughter.[5] Thus, at the age of 21, Vorderman made her name on Countdown with Richard Whiteley from the show's inception in 1982 until Whiteley's death in June 2005. Initially Vorderman's only contribution to the show was the numbers game and she formed part of a five person presentation team. However, over the coming years the team was pared down and Vorderman's contribution increased. In latter years she was a joint main presenter, co-host and face of the show.
In October 2005, Desmond Lynam replaced Whiteley and co-hosted with Vorderman. In January 2007 Des O'Connor replaced Lynam and Vorderman continued to co-host the show. Vorderman was a new type of game show hostess, revealing her intellectual ability by carrying out fast and accurate arithmetical calculations as part of the game. Her lasting success on the show led to her becoming one of the highest-paid women in Britain, earning £1 million per year, from all sources.[6]
On 25 July 2008, after 26 unbroken years with the show it was announced Vorderman was stepping down from Countdown.[7] She later said she had resigned after failing to agree terms with Channel 4 for a new contract, and it was reported that she had been asked to take a cut of some 90 per cent of her previous salary, estimated as £900,000.[8] She had considered leaving the show when the original show's host Richard Whiteley died in 2005, but remained on the show when Lynam took over, and until 2008 when his eventual replacement O'Connor announced he was also to step down as the show's host. [9] Vorderman later said that she had "put on a stone from the stress of being "sacked" from Countdown".[8] Vorderman and O'Connor both left the show in December 2008. The producers auditioned young and currently unknown mathematicians to replace Vorderman and several well known celebrity presenters to replace O'Connor, and on 21 November 2008 it was announced that these would be 22 year old Oxford graduate Rachel Riley and Sky Sports presenter Jeff Stelling.[10]
Vorderman recorded her last Countdown show on 13 November 2008 for broadcast on 12 December. Both of her children were in the audience together with many of the previous guests from Dictionary Corner. After the prize giving at the end of that show, Des O'Connor was presented with a bouquet of flowers by the show's lexicographer Susie Dent and she received one from Gyles Brandreth. She was too moved to complete her farewells. A special show, One Last Consonant, please Carol, hosted by Giles Brandreth and featuring Vorderman's highs and lows during 26 years of the show, was also filmed and transmitted just before her final Countdown appearance. [11]
Other TV appearances
Between 1987 and 1989 she co-hosted the BBC TV series Take Nobody's Word For It with Professor Ian Fells, and was chosen to compère the world chess championship match between Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short in 1993. Vorderman has worked as a researcher and producer on many shows, specialising in science and educational programmes, and went on to present several other television programmes including the BBC's Tomorrow's World, but was dropped after she starred in a commercial for Ariel washing powder. BBC management claimed it was a conflict of interest and dismissed her from the show. Carol refused to submit to their demand citing numerous other BBC 'stars' who were allowed to advertise products at that time, including Gary Rhodes the BBC chef advertising Tate and Lyle sugar. Weeks later, the ratings had dropped dramatically and the BBC asked her to return to anchor the programme but she refused.
In 1999, having been offered a lucrative contract, Vorderman moved to ITV, going on to compère numerous television programmes including: The Pride of Britain Awards since year 2000, Stars and their Lives, What Will They Think of Next, Tested to Destruction, How 2 on CITV and the popular Better Homes, which began in 1999 and spawned a spin-off Better Gardens.
Vorderman was a newspaper reviewer on the last episode of Breakfast with Frost. In 2004 Vorderman appeared on the second series of Strictly Come Dancing and was voted off the show on the second show of the series. In 2005, Vorderman beat off the other celebrities in ITV's Gameshow Marathon, winning the series. Vorderman appeared as a guest on Have I Got News For You on 14 May 2004 and hosted the show on 26 May 2006. She presented the Channel 4 entertainment show The Friday Night Project on 11 August 2006.
Between 2005 and 2006 she presented Sky One's quiz show Carol Vorderman's Big Brain Game over two series that have since been repeated twice on the channel during 2007.[12]
Journalism
Vorderman has had newspaper columns in The Daily Telegraph, and in the Daily Mirror on Internet topics. She has written books on Detox diets. Her No 1 Bestseller was Detox For Life, produced in collaboration with Ko Chohan and Anita Bean and published by Virgin Books, which sold over a million copies. She is also a sudoku addict since April 2005 when she wrestled a book of the puzzles from her 12-year-old daughter Katie during a holiday in the Caribbean. Vorderman has written numerous books of sudoku puzzles with help on how to tackle them. She has sold millions of sudoku books worldwide, with almost one million being sold in less than a year in the UK alone.
A large number of school textbooks have been published under her name, chiefly by Dorling Kindersley in series such as English Made Easy, Maths Made Easy, Science Made Easy and How to Pass National Curriculum Maths.
After leaving "Countdown" she will continue contributing to her column in the British magazine "Reveal".
Endorsement controversy
Vorderman has maintained a long-standing endorsement of the debt consolidation company First Plus. In 2006, the charity Credit Action tried to highlight the potential dangers of debt consolidation, calling on Vorderman to stop giving First Plus credibility. Her agent responded that Vorderman had no intention of curtailing the contract for a service which was perfectly legal, offered by an excellent company.[7] When quizzed by The Telegraph in November 2008 Vorderman herself responded crisply with:
"The secured loans market was criticised and it was pertinent to pick me out, because I was a face. I advertised FirstPlus for 10 years. We had something like £1.5billion out on loan and until a matter of months ago there were no repossessions. When that programme was made, [there were] no repossessions. Did they say that? Funnily enough, no." [13]
Commercial ventures
Vorderman also expanded her business ventures launching a number of sudoku products. In March 2007 she launched a brain training game called Carol Vorderman's Mind Aerobics together with BSkyB. Also in 2007, she released a video game for PlayStation 2 in the United States entitled Carol Vorderman's Sudoku.
In the autumn of 2008, soon after she completed her final regular Countdown show, Vorderman announced her latest commercial venture, her own property development and sales company specialising in overseas holiday and retirement homes in the Caribbean, the Bahamas and Spain. Called Carol Vorderman's Overseas Homes Ltd she sees the company as an extension of her own experiences in buying and selling properties over recent years and is aiming at a target market of "families aged 35 plus". [14]
Vorderman was first married in 1985[15] at age 24 to Chris Mather, a Royal Navy officer and former rugby league international player, but the marriage only lasted twelve months. Vorderman's second marriage was to management consultant Patrick King in 1990 at age 29.[16] Vorderman had two children, Katie and Cameron, with King but they separated in 2000.
After meeting at a Christmas party in 1999, Vorderman and Daily Mail columnist and PR consultant Des Kelly lived together in London from 2001, also using their other house in Glandore, West Cork, Ireland. After five years together, Vorderman and Kelly separated in December 2006, publicly announcing the amicable split in January 2007,[17] but are now back together in Bristol according to reports.[18][19]
Vorderman was honoured as a Member of the Order of the British Empire in June 2000 for "services to broadcasting" in the Birthday Honours List. Vorderman is an honorary Fellow of Bangor University in North Wales.
Vorderman is the patron of the Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA) (her older brother, Anton, was born with a cleft lip and palate). In 2005 she was the winner of Ant and Dec’s Gameshow Marathon. As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations ITV ran a series of the nation’s favourite game shows featuring celebrities competing to become Gameshow Marathon winner and raise money for the charity of their choice. As series winner Carol won £60,000 for CLAPA.
Carol appeared in a short film promoting 'Run for the future' which promotes Prostate Cancer awareness and a charity run held every year on the Bristol Downs to raise funds for the BUI prostate appeal.
Videos and published writings
How Mathematics Works, 1996
Carol Vorderman's Guide to the Internet (written with Rob Young), 1998
Carol Vorderman's Guide to Maths
Carol Vorderman's Pop Music Times Tables, 1991
Carol Vorderman's Detox Diet
Carol Vorderman's How To Do Sudoku, 2005
Carol Vorderman's Massive Book Of Sudoku, 2005
Eat Yourself Clever, 2008
Preceded byNone
Co-Host of Countdown1982-2008
Succeeded byRachel Riley
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^ Daily Mail interview
^ GRO Register of Marriages: SEP 1970 8a 1666 ST ASAPH - Armido G. Rizzi = Edwina J. Vorderman
^ BBC TV: Who Do You Think You Are? - broadcast 27 Sep 2007
^ Scotland on Sunday - Opinion - Success by numbers
^ Richest women in showbiz Daily Mail - 5 March 2004
^ a b Zoe Williams (30 July 2008). "Your number is up, Carol". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/30/channel4. Retrieved on 2008-07-30.
^ a b Carol Vorderman: 'I put on a STONE from the stress of being sacked from Countdown' by Liz Thomas in the Daily Mail, 23 September 2008
^ BBC Entertainment Carol Vorderman quits Countdown 25 July 2008
^ Oxford graduate, 22, replaces Carol Vorderman as new look Countdown team is unveiled
^ Filming final Countdown
^ [1] Sky One Game show
^ Vorderman's response re Firstplus controversy
^ Properties Company
^ GRO Register of Marriages: DEC 1985 5 613 LEEDS - Christopher Mather = Carol J Voderman [sic.]
^ GRO Register of Marriages: MAY 1990 20 1160 RINGWOOD and FORDINGBRIDGE - Patrick J. King = Carol J Vorderman
^ BBC NEWS Entertainment Vorderman splits from her partner
^ Showbiz - News - Carol Vorderman reunites with ex - Digital Spy
^ Moving on - Carol Vorderman - Times Online
External links
Carol Vorderman at the Internet Movie Database
Persondata
NAME
Vorderman, Carol
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Mather, Carol Jean, King,
SHORT DESCRIPTION
English TV presenter
DATE OF BIRTH
1960-12-24
PLACE OF BIRTH
Bedford, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
Frieda Pinto
Freida Devvy Pinto (born October 18, 1984) is an Indian actress and professional model, best known for her performance as Latika in her debut film Slumdog Millionaire, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2009. Pinto won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and was additionally nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
Freida Pinto was born in Mumbai.
Pinto met Rohan Antao while attending St Xavier's College in Mumbai. The two began dating and got engaged in 2008, but Pinto called off the engagement in January 2009.[1][2]Before starring in Slumdog Millionaire, Freida anchored the international travel show, Full Circle on Zee International Asia Pacific in English between 2006-07. Pinto was also featured in several television and print advertisements for products such as Wrigley's Chewing Gum, Škoda, Hutch, Airtel, and DeBeers. Pinto modeled for two years and appeared in runway shows and magazine covers.[3] She learned acting from The Barry John's Acting Studio in Andheri and was trained by her mentor Barry John.[4][5] After six months of auditions, she received a call to audition for Slumdog Millionaire. Pinto auditioned for Danny Boyle and was short-listed and finally selected to star in Slumdog Millionaire.[6]
Pinto made her film debut in 2008. Slumdog Millionaire tells the story of a young man from the slums of Mumbai who appears on a game show and exceeds people's expectations, arousing the suspicions of the game show host and of law enforcement officials. In the movie, Pinto played the role of Latika, the girl with whom Jamal (Dev Patel) is in love. At the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, the movie won the Cadillac People's Choice Award.[7] At the 2009 Golden Globe Awards, the movie won four awards. Pinto herself was nominated for "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" at the 2009 BAFTA Awards,[8] and won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture alongside ten other cast members from Slumdog Millionaire.[9]
Pinto has been cast in Woody Allen's next film set in London. Other cast members include Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, and Naomi Watts. Shooting for the film starts in July 2009.[10][11]
Year
Film
Role
Language
Notes
2008
Slumdog Millionaire
Latika
English and Hindi
Slumdog Crorepati in HindiNaanum Kodieswaran in Tamil
^ Neha Sharma (2009-02-18). "Here’s proof, Freida". Hindustan Times. http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=5a177c95-5b89-44fb-8dc5-47b04821ff1a. Retrieved on 2009-02-28.
^ "Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto 'dumped her secret husband after becoming a star'". DailyMail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1148603/Slumdog-Millionaire-star-Freida-Pinto-dumped-secret-husband-star.html.
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^ a b "Film Nominations in 2009". BAFTA. http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/film-nominations-in-2009,657,BA.html. Retrieved on 2009-02-01.
^ a b "Slumdog Millionaire bags 2 more US film awards". CNN IBN. 2009-01-26. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/slumdog-millionaire-bags-2-more-us-film-awards/83700-8.html. Retrieved on 2009-02-01.
^ "Slumdog's Pinto lands role in Woody Allen film". Channel News Asia. 2008-2-23. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/411111/1/.html. Retrieved on 2008-2-23.
^ Michael Speier, Tatiana Siegel (2009-02-23). "Watts, Pinto join Woody Allen film". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118000471.html?categoryid=13&cs=1. Retrieved on 2009-02-28.
^ "Cadillac, Slumdog & Bees are Triple Threats Black Reel Awards". Daily Express. 2008-12-15. http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/75882/Cadillac,-Slumdog-&-Bees-are-triple-threats-at-Black-Reel-Awards/. Retrieved on 2008-02-23.
Official Website
Freida Pinto at the Internet Movie Database
Danny Boyle, Dev Patel and Freida Pinto Interview with Pyro Radio about Slumdog Millionairre
Freida Pinto at Complex Magazine
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freida_Pinto"
Aishwarya Rai
Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan (Birthname: Aishwarya Rai, Tulu: ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯಾ ರೈ) born 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.
Rai, who made her movie debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Iruvar (1997), had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie Jeans (1998), which earned her a Filmfare Best Actress Award South. 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 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.
Rai was born in Mangalore to Krishnaraj Rai and Vrinda Rai. Her family belongs to the Bunt community of Mangalore. She has one elder brother, Aditya Rai and he works in Navy and also co-produced one of Rai's movies, Dil Ka Rishta (2003). At an early age her parents moved to Mumbai where she attended the Arya Vidya Mandir high school in Santa Cruz. Rai then entered Jai Hind College at Churchgate for one year, and then moved to Ruparel College in Matunga to finish her "HSC" studies. She did well in school and planned to become an architect and went on pursuing studies in architecture. She can communicate in several languages, including her mother tongue Tulu,[2] as well as Hindi, English, Marathi and Tamil.[3] She started studying architecture.
While pursuing her studies in architecture, Rai began modeling on the side. In the 1994 Miss India contest, she won the second place behind Sushmita Sen, and was crowned Miss India World. She went on to win the Miss World title the same year, where she also won the Miss Photogenic award. She abandoned her studies after winning the pageant and spent one year reigning as Miss World in London. Rai then started working as a professional model and then moved on to her current profession as an actress.
Rai made her acting debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film, Iruvar (1997) with Mohanlal,[4] and was introduced to Bollywood in the film, Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya opposite Bobby Deol, which also released that year; the film did not do well at the box office.[5] However, her third project, S. Shankar's Tamil film, Jeans (1998) was a critical and commercial success, earning her the Filmfare Best Actress Award South. The film, which portrayed Rai in a dual role, took Rai two years to complete.
In 1999 Rai starred in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. The film won critical acclaim and was her first Bollywood box office sucess. She won her first Filmfare Best Actress Award for the film. In the same year she appeared in Subhash Ghai's Taal , the film was a big success among the international audience, especially in the United States, where it became the first Indian film to reach the top 20 on Variety's box office list.[6] the film gave her another nomination for Best Actress at the Filmfare; her performances in both the films earned her critical acclaim.[7] In 2000, she played a supporting role in the hit films Mohabbatein and Josh. Later that year, she starred in the Tamil film Kandukondain Kandukondain, which won her positive reviews. In 2002, Rai appeared alongside Shahrukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit in Sanjay Leela Bansali's lavishly produced Devdas. The film attracted Bollywood fans all over the world, receiving a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival.[8] It was during this time that she garnered the attention of the West as an Indian actress and went on to appear in the Hollywood projects. Devdas went on to become the highest grossing film of the year both in India[9] and overseas,[10] earning the actress her second Filmfare Best Actress Award.
In 2003, she acted in the critically acclaimed and commercial successful Bengali film, Chokher Bali, an adaptation of one of Rabindranath Tagore's novels by the same name.[11] However, all of her projects after (Chokher Bali except Khakee (2004), which was a moderate success failed at the box office,this included her domestic projects like Shabd, Kuch Naa Kaho, Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na and Raincoat as well as her international projects like Bride and Prejudice and Mistress of Spices.
Rai has been a regular at the Cannes Film Festival since 2002, and was a member of the Jury at Cannes in the year 2003. In The same month, her first foreign film, Bride and Prejudice released. The film was an Indian version of Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice. Her next overseas venture was The Mistress of Spices which did not perform well at the box office. After a number of consecutive disappointments at the box office, she then appeared at the closing ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, as part of a performance showcasing Indian art, on behalf of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, to be held in New Delhi. In between her overseas acting stints, she appeared in the Indian film Bunty Aur Babli in a hugely popular[citation needed] seven minute dance sequence for the song "Kajra Re".
In the year 2006, she had two releases: Umrao Jaan and Dhoom 2. While the former did poorly in India, her role in the latter, which was a sequel to the 2004 hit movie Dhoom brought her great attention. The film went on to become the biggest hit of the year and the highest grosser(unadjusted for inflation) till Om Shanti Om came out in 2007.[12] Though the film also sparked a controversy for a scene containing a kiss between her and Hrithik Roshan.[13] For her performance, she received nominations for Best Actress at a number of award ceremonies, including Filmfare. 2007 saw the release of Mani Ratnam's Guru which premiered in Toronto. The film, based on the life of Indian businessman Dhirubhai Ambani, was critically acclaimed and did well at the box office.[14] Provoked, based on the book Circle of Light where she portrays a real life character, was released on 6 April 2007 in India and the UK. The biographical movie portrays the life of Kiranjit Ahluwalia who faced severe domestic violence. At the end of April 2007, her first American film, The Last Legion released in Russia and the Netherlands and later opened in North American theaters in August 2007 disappointingly.[15] In 2008, she starred alongside Hrithik Roshan in Ashutosh Gowariker's historical drama Jodhaa Akbar playing the role of Jodha Bai, the wife of the Mughal emperor Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar, played by Roshan; and also co-starred with husband Abhishek Bachchan and her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan in Sarkar Raj, playing the CEO of a major power company proposing to establish a new power plant in rural Maharashtra.
Rai returned to the Tamil film industry and is working with Rajinikanth for the movie Endhiran, directed by S. Shankar, in an interview to the news channel Aaj Tak she confirmed a fee of Rs 6 crores for the film, making her the highest paid actress in India.[16] She is also slated to co-star with Vikram in Mani Ratnam's next film, Ashokavanam which is also to be simultaneously made in Hindi, titled Raavan, with Abhishek Bachchan in the lead.[17] She has recently signed on to appear in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's next film opposite Hrithik Roshan,[18] Vipul Shah's next film opposite Akshay Kumar, Abhinay Deo's next film produced by Farhan Akhtar and Vishal Bharadwaj's next directorial venture.[19]
In 2009 Rai was awarded a Padma Shri for her contributions to Indian cinema.[20] In the same year she refused to accept the second-highest Order Of France, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres as her father was suffering from serious illness, and she wanted her whole family to attend the award function.[21] She is only the fourth Indian actor after Amitabh Bachchan, Nandita Das and Shahrukh Khan to be chosen for an Order Of France .[22]
In 2003 she became the first Indian actress to be a jury member at the Cannes Film Festival.[23]
In 2004 she travelled all the way to Siachen Glacier, which at a height of 13000 ft is the highest battlefield in the world, to boost the morale of the jawans for a special New Year episode on the NDTV show, Jai Jawan.[24]
In 2005 she became a brand ambassador for Pulse Polio, a campaign established by the Government of India in 1994 to eradicate Polio in India.[25]
In 2008 she along with her family laid the foundation of a special school for underprivilged girls in the Daulatpur village in Uttar Pradesh.The school will be made by her family and is going to be named after her.[26]
In Summer 2008, Rai joined her husband and father-in-law along with Preity Zinta, Shilpa Shetty, Ritesh Deshmukh and Madhuri Dixit on the Unforgettable World Tour. The first leg of the tour covered the USA, Canada, London, and Trinidad. The second leg of the tour will most likely happen by the end of this year 2008. Amitabh's company AB Corp Ltd. along with Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd are behind the concert.[27]
Aishwarya has previously dated Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Vivek Oberoi. She is now married to Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan who is three years her junior. After much speculation concerning their relationship, her engagement to Abhishek Bachchan was announced on January 14, 2007. The announcement was later confirmed by Amitabh Bachchan.[28] Rai married Bachchan on April 20, 2007 according to traditional Hindu rites of the South Indian Bunt community, to which she belongs. Token North Indian and Bengali ceremonies were also performed. The wedding took place in a private ceremony at the Bachchan residence Prateeksha in Juhu, Mumbai. Though the wedding was a private affair intended for the Bachchan and Rai family and friends, the involvement of the media turned it into it a national extravaganza.
Rai has been the most popular face of Indian cinema globally. In 2004 she was chosen by Time magazine as one of the World's "100 Most Influential People",[29] and appeared on the cover of Time magazine, Asia Edition in 2003.[30] She was the subject of a 60 Minutes profile on 2 January 2005, which said that "at least according to thousands of Web sites, Internet polls and even Julia Roberts", she was "The World's Most Beautiful Woman".[31] In October 2004 a wax figure of Rai was put on display in London's Madame Tussaud's wax museum.[32] She was the 6th Indian and the second Bollywood personality after her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan to get this honour.
In 2005 she became a global brand ambassador of L'Oreal alongside Andie Macdowell, Eva Longoria and Penelope Cruz. The same year, a special Tulip in Netherland was named "Aishwarya Rai" after her.[33] Rai became the first Indian to appear on such shows as Late Show with David Letterman, and was the first Bollywood personality to appear on Oprah's "Women Across the Globe" segment. In 2005, Harpers and Queen's list of 10 Most beautiful women in the world ranked her at the 9th spot.[34]
Year
Title
Language
Role
Notes
1997
Iruvar
Tamil
Pushpa/Kalpana
First Dual Role
Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya
Hindi
Ashi Kapoor
1998
Jeans
Tamil
Madhumitha/Vaishnavi
Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award SouthIndia's official entry to the Oscars
1999
Aa Ab Laut Chalen
Hindi
Pooja
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Hindi
Nandini
Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award
Raavoyi Chandamama
Telugu
Cameo appearance, Dubbed into Hindi as Sanam Tere Hain Hum (2000)
Taal
Hindi
Mansi
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
2000
Mela
Hindi
Champakali
Cameo appearance
Kandukondain Kandukondain
Tamil
Meenakshi Bala
Josh
Hindi
Shirley
Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai
Hindi
Preeti Virat
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke
Hindi
Sahiba Grewal
Mohabbatein
Hindi
Megha
Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
2001
Albela
Hindi
Sonia
2002
Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam
Hindi
Suman
Cameo appearance
Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin
Hindi
Komal Rastogi
23rd March 1931: Shaheed
Hindi
Cameo appearance
Devdas
Hindi
Parvati (Paro)
Winner, Filmfare Best Actress AwardIndia's official entry to the Oscars
Shakti: The Power
Hindi
Aishwarya Rai
Cameo appearance
2003
Chokher Bali
Bengali
Binodhini
Dil Ka Rishta
Hindi
Tia Sharma
Kuch Naa Kaho
Hindi
Namrata Shrivastav
2004
Bride & Prejudice
English
Lalita Bakshi
Khakee
Hindi
Mahalakshmi
Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na
Hindi
Diya Malhotra
Raincoat
Hindi
Neerja
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
2005
Shabd
Hindi
Antara Vashist
Bunty Aur Babli
Hindi
Special appearance in the song Kajra Re
Mistress of Spices
English
Tilo
2006
Umrao Jaan
Hindi
Umrao Jaan
Dhoom 2
Hindi
Sunehri
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
2007
Guru
Hindi
Sujata
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
Provoked
English/Hindi
Kiranjit Ahluwalia
The Last Legion
English
Mira
2008
Jodhaa Akbar
Hindi
Jodhabai
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
Sarkar Raj
Hindi
Anita
2009
The Pink Panther 2
English
Sonia Solandres
Raavan
Hindi
Filming
Ashokavanam
Tamil
Filming
2010
Endhiran
Tamil
Sharmilli
Filming
Guzarish
Hindi
Announced
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Awards
Filmfare Award
Preceded byKajolfor Minsaara Kanavu
Best Actress (Tamil)for Jeans1999
Succeeded byRamya Krishnanfor Padayappa
Preceded byKajolfor Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Best Actressfor Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam2000
Succeeded byKarisma Kapoorfor Fiza
Preceded byKajolfor Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Best Actressfor Devdas2003
Succeeded byPreity Zintafor Kal Ho Naa Ho
[hide]
v • d • e Big Four pageants (1994)
Miss UniverseSushmita Sen
Miss WorldAishwarya Rai
Miss Earthnone
Miss InternationalChristina Lekka
[show]
v • d • e Filmfare Best Actress Award
1954-1960
Meena Kumari (1954) · Meena Kumari (1955) · Kamini Kaushal (1956) · Nutan (1957) · Nargis (1958) · Vyjayanthimala (1959) · Nutan (1960)
1961-1980
Bina Rai (1961) · Vyjayanthimala (1962) · Meena Kumari (1963) · Nutan (1964) · Vyjayanthimala (1965) · Meena Kumari (1966) · Waheeda Rehman (1967) · Nutan (1968) · Waheeda Rehman (1969) Sharmila Tagore (1970) · Mumtaz (1971) · Asha Parekh (1972) · Hema Malini (1973) · Dimple Kapadia & Jaya Bachchan (1974) · Jaya Bachchan (1975) · Lakshmi (1976) · Raakhee Gulzar (1977) · Shabana Azmi (1978) · Nutan (1979) · Jaya Bachchan (1980)
1981-2000
Rekha (1981) · Smita Patil (1982) · Padmini Kolhapure (1983) · Shabana Azmi (1984) · Shabana Azmi (1985) · Dimple Kapadia (1986) · no award (1987) · no award (1988) · Rekha (1989) Sridevi (1990) · Madhuri Dixit (1991) · Sridevi (1992) · Madhuri Dixit (1993) · Juhi Chawla (1994) · Madhuri Dixit (1995) · Kajol (1996) · Karisma Kapoor (1997) · Madhuri Dixit (1998) · Kajol (1999) · Aishwarya Rai (2000)
2001-present
Karisma Kapoor (2001) · Kajol (2002) · Aishwarya Rai (2003) · Preity Zinta (2004) · Rani Mukerji (2005) · Rani Mukerji (2006) · Kajol (2007) · Kareena Kapoor (2008) · Priyanka Chopra (2009)
Persondata
NAME
Rai, Aishwarya
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION
Indian actress
DATE OF BIRTH
1 November 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH
Mangalore, Karnataka, India
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aishwarya_Rai"
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Salma Hayek
Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez (born September 2, 1966) is a Mexican and American actress, director, and television and film producer. Hayek has appeared in more than 30 films and performed as an actress outside of Hollywood in Mexico and Spain. Hayek's charitable work includes increasing awareness on violence against women and discrimination against immigrants.[1]
Hayek is the first Mexican national to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. She is one of the most prominent Mexican figures in Hollywood since the legendary Dolores del Rio. She is also, after Fernanda Montenegro, the second of three Latin American actresses to achieve a Best Actress Oscar nomination.
In July 2007, The Hollywood Reporter ranked Hayek fourth in their inaugural Latino Power 50, a list of the most powerful members of the Hollywood Latino community.[2] That same month, a poll found Hayek to be the "sexiest celebrity" out of a field of 3,000 celebrities (male and female); according to the poll, "65 percent of the U.S. population would use the term 'sexy' to describe her".[3] In December 2008, Entertainment Weekly ranked Hayek number 17 in their list of the "25 Smartest People in TV."
Hayek was born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico, the daughter of Diana Jiménez, an opera singer and talent scout, and Sami Hayek, an oil company executive.[5][6][7] Hayek's father is Mexican of Lebanese descent while her mother is Mexican of Spanish descent.[8] Her first given name, Salma, is Arabic for "peaceful" or "calm". Raised in a wealthy, devoutly Catholic family, she was sent to the Academy of the Sacred Heart, Grand Coteau, Louisiana, at the age of twelve.[7] While there, she was diagnosed with dyslexia.[9] She was also an accomplished gymnast aspiring to compete in the Olympics, but her father prevented her from being recruited by the Mexican national team.[10] The religious sisters running the Academy ejected Hayek, citing behavioral problems, so she returned to Mexico. She was later sent to live with her aunt in Houston, Texas, where she stayed until she was 17 years old. She attended college in Mexico City, where she studied International Relations at the Universidad Iberoamericana. To the surprise of her family, she dropped out to pursue a career as an actress.[7]
Mexico
At the age of 23, Hayek landed the title role in Teresa (1989), a successful Mexican telenovela that made her a star in Mexico. In 1994, Hayek starred in the film El Callejón de los Milagros (Miracle Alley), which has won more awards than any other movie in the history of Mexican cinema. For her performance, Hayek was nominated for an Ariel Award.[11]
Early Hollywood acting work
Bikini-clad Salma Hayek, as Santanico Pandemonium, performs an erotic dance with a snake in this promotional still for From Dusk Till Dawn.
Hayek moved to Los Angeles, California in 1991 to study acting under Stella Adler,[12] hoping for a career in Hollywood, despite limited fluency in English, attributed to her suffering from dyslexia.[13] Robert Rodriguez and his producer wife Elizabeth Avellan soon gave Hayek the break she needed, a starring role opposite Antonio Banderas in 1995's Desperado.[7] The movie caught Hollywood's attention, as moviegoers proved to be dazzled by Hayek as Rodriguez had been. Due to Hayek's loyalty to the director, she would later decline playing the role Catherine Zeta-Jones eventually took in The Mask of Zorro after Rodriguez abandoned the project. She has also appeared in the Spy Kids trilogy.
Hayek had a starring part opposite Matthew Perry in the romantic comedy Fools Rush In. She followed her success in Desperado with a brief but memorable role as a vampire queen in From Dusk Till Dawn, where she provocatively danced on a table. In 1999, she co-starred in Will Smith's big-budget Wild Wild West, and played a supporting role in Kevin Smith's Dogma.[7] In 2000, Hayek had an uncredited acting part opposite Benicio del Toro in Traffic. In 2003, she reprised her role from Desperado by appearing in Once Upon a Time in Mexico, the final film of the Mariachi Trilogy.
Around 2000, Hayek founded film production company Ventanarosa, through which she produces film and television projects. Her first feature as a producer was 1999's El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba, Mexico's official selection for submission for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars.[14]
Frida, co-produced by Hayek, was released in 2002. Starring Hayek as Frida Kahlo, and Alfred Molina as her unfaithful husband, Diego Rivera, the film was directed by Julie Taymor and featured an entourage of stars in supporting and minor roles (Valeria Golino, Ashley Judd, Edward Norton, Geoffrey Rush) and cameos (Antonio Banderas). She earned a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for her performance.[7] This made Hayek, along with Katy Jurado and Adriana Barraza, one of only three Mexican actresses to have been nominated for an Academy Award. The film earned two Oscars.
"In the Time of the Butterflies," is a 2001 feature film based on the Julia Álvarez book of the same name, covering the lives of the Mirabal sisters.
In the movie, Salma Hayek plays one of the sisters, Minerva, and Edward James Olmos plays the Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo whom the sisters opposed. Marc Anthony plays a brief role as Minerva's first love, and as the motivation for her later revolutionary activities.
In 2003, Hayek produced and directed the The Maldonado Miracle, a Showtime movie which won her a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Children/Youth/Family Special.[15] In December 2005, she directed a music video for Prince, titled "Te Amo Corazon" ("I love you, sweetheart") that featured her good friend Mia Maestro.[16]
Hayek is an executive producer of Ugly Betty, a television series airing around the world since September 2006. Hayek adapted the series for American television with Ben Silverman, who acquired the rights and scripts from the Colombian telenovela Yo Soy Betty La Fea in 2001. Originally intended as a half hour sitcom for NBC in 2004, the project would later be picked up by ABC for the 2006–2007 season with Silvio Horta also producing. Hayek guest-starred on Ugly Betty as Sofia Reyes, a magazine editor. She also had a cameo playing an actress in the telenovela within the show. The show quickly became a ratings hit and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Comedy Series in 2007. Hayek's performance as Sofia resulted in a nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards.[17]
In April 2007, Hayek finalized negotiations with MGM to become the CEO of her own Latin themed film production company, Ventanazul.[18] The following month she signed a two year deal with ABC to develop projects for the network through her production company, Ventanarosa.[19]
Hayek is developing and producing La Banda, a Spanish-language romantic comedy set in Mexico, written by Issa Lopez.
Singing credits
Hayek featured on an SUV in Amsterdam
Hayek has been credited as a song performer in three movies. The first was Desperado for the song Quedate Aquí. In Frida she performed with band Los Vega the Mexican folk song La Bruja. She also recorded Siente mi amor, which played during the end credits of Once Upon a Time in Mexico. She also contributed to Happiness is a Warm Gun in "Across the Universe" as the singing nurses.
Promotional work
Hayek has been a spokesperson for Avon cosmetics since February 2004.[20] She formerly acted as spokesperson for Revlon in 1998. In 2001, she modeled for Chopard[21] and was featured in 2006 Campari adverts as photographed by Mario Testino.[22] On April 3, she helped introduce La Doña, a watch by Cartier inspired by fellow Mexican actress María Félix.[23]
Hayek was also featured in a series of Spanish language commercials for Lincoln cars. Consequently, sales of the Lincoln Navigator among Hispanics increased by twelve percentage points.[24]
In art
In spring 2006, The Blue Star Contemporary Art Center in San Antonio, Texas displayed 16 portrait paintings by muralist George Yepes and filmmaker Rodriguez of Hayek as Aztec goddess Itzapapalotl.[25]
Personal life
Hayek is a naturalized U.S. citizen.[26] She dated actor Edward Norton between 1999 and 2003, and then Josh Lucas in 2003. She has friends in Los Angeles and Mexico and is best friends with Spanish actress Penélope Cruz. The two co-starred in the 2006 film Bandidas. Hayek studied at Ramtha's School of Enlightenment.[27] Her brother, Sami Hayek,[28] is a designer with his own line of products at Target[29] and clients that include Louis Vuitton, Brad Pitt, and the Mexican Government.[30]
Hayek often uses method acting to play characters. While she was cast as Frida Kahlo, Hayek had to smoke for the role using real cigarettes. As a result in her own admission she became a smoker and is currently trying to kick the habit.
On March 9, 2007, Hayek confirmed she was expecting her first child with PPR CEO François-Henri Pinault. On September 21, 2007, she gave birth to daughter Valentina Paloma Pinault at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. On July 18, 2008, Hayek and Pinault announced the end of their engagement.[31] They later reconciled and were married on Valentine's Day, 2009 in Paris.[32].
Advocacy
On July 19, 2005, Hayek testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary supporting reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act.[33] In February 2006, she donated $25,000 to a Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, shelter for battered women and another $50,000 to Monterrey based anti-domestic violence groups.[34]
Since the birth of her daughter, Hayek has worked to help mothers in developing nations worldwide, teaming up with Pampers and UNICEF to help stop the spread of life-threatening maternal and neonatal tetanus. She is a global spokesperson for the Pampers/UNICEF partnership 1 Pack = 1 Vaccine to help raise awareness of the program.[35]
Hayek also advocates breastfeeding, because of its benefits, including building stronger infant immune systems. During a UNICEF fact-finding trip to Sierra Leone, she breastfed a hungry week-old baby whose mother could not produce milk. [36]
Honors
Recipient of Glamour magazine Woman of the Year Award in October 2001.[37]
Recipient of Producers Guild of America Celebration of Diversity Award in 2003.[38]
Recipient of Harvard Foundation Artist of the Year Award in February 2006.[39]
Recipient of Time Magazine 25 Most Influential Hispanics in 2005.[40]
[edit] Filmography
Film
Year
Title
Role
Other credits and/or notes
1993
Mi Vida Loca
Gata
1994
El Callejón de los Milagros (Miracle Alley)
Alma
Spanish-language
1995
Desperado
Carolina
Fair Game
Rita
1996
From Dusk Till Dawn
Santanico Pandemonium
Follow Me Home
Betty
Fled
Cora
1997
Fools Rush In
Isabel Fuentes
Breaking Up
Monica
Direct-to-video release.
Sistole Diastole
Carmelita
1998
54
Anita
The Velocity of Gary
Mary Carmen
Producer; direct-to-video release.
The Faculty
Nurse Harper
1999
Dogma
Serendipity
El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba (No One Writes to the Colonel)
Julia
Producer; Spanish-language.
Wild Wild West
Rita Escobar
2000
Timecode
Rose
La Gran Vida (Living it Up)
Lola
Spanish-language
Chain Of Fools
Sgt. Meredith Kolko
Direct-to-video release.
Traffic
Rosario
uncredited
2001
Hotel
Charlee Boux
2002
Frida
Frida Kahlo
Producer; Academy Award nomination.
2003
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Cesca Giggles
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Carolina
V-Day: Until the Violence Stops
herself
2004
After the Sunset
Lola Cirillo
2005
Sian Ka'an
Maria (voice)
2006
Ask the Dust
Camilla Lopez
Best Nude Movie Scene of the Year[41]
Bandidas
Sara Sandoval
2007
Lonely Hearts
Martha Beck
Across the Universe
Bang Bang Shoot Shoot Nurses
2008
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Foxy (voice)
2009
Cirque du Freak
Madame Truska
post-production
Television
Year
Title
Role
Other credits and/or notes
1988
Un Nuevo Amanecer
Spanish-language telenovela
1989
Teresa
Teresa
Spanish-language telenovela
1993
The Sinbad Show
recurring character
1994
Roadracers
Donna
feature
El Vuelo del Águila
Juana Cata
Spanish-language telenovela
1997
The Hunchback
Esmeralda
feature
1999
Action
Herself
guest star
2001
In the Time of the Butterflies
Minerva Mirabal
Producer; feature
2003
The Maldonado Miracle
not applicable
Feature; producer, director. Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Children/Youth/Family Special.
Saturday Night Live
Guest Host
March 15
2006
Ugly Betty
Sofia Reyes
Producer and guest star
2009
30 Rock
Elisa
guest star[42]
Event appearances
Was a member of the 2005 Cannes Film Festival jury.[43]
Co-hosted the annual Nobel Peace Prize concert with Julianne Moore in Oslo, Norway on December 11, 2005.[44]
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Carol Vorderman
Carol Jean Vorderman MBE (born 24 December 1960) is an English businesswoman and television presenter, best known for co-hosting the popular Channel 4 game show Countdown from its first show on 2 November 1982 until 12 December 2008.
Early life
Vorderman was born in Bedford to a Dutch father and Welsh mother. Her parents broke up three weeks after her birth, and her mother took the family back to her home town of Prestatyn, North Wales, where Vorderman and siblings grew up in a lone parent household.[1] [2] Their mother remarried in 1970 to an Italian national.[3] Vorderman attended the Roman Catholic comprehensive Blessed Edward Jones High School in Rhyl.
She did not trace the Dutch side of her family until 2007, as part of the BBC genealogical programme Who Do You Think You Are?. It was only at this point that she discovered that her father had been an active member of the Dutch resistance during the Nazi occupation. He died whilst the programme was being filmed.[4] Her great-grandfather Adolphe Vorderman played a key role in the discovery of vitamins.
In 1978, she was accepted by Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge where she studied Engineering.
Vorderman initially found employment as a graduate management trainee in Leeds, and in her spare time was briefly a backing singer in the Leeds-based pop group Dawn Chorus and the Blue Tits, fronted by radio DJ Liz Kershaw during the early 1980s. They recorded songs such as a version of The Undertones' hit Teenage Kicks.
Countdown
Vorderman's mother noticed a newspaper advertisement asking for a woman with good mathematical skills to appear as co-host on a quiz show for the fledgling fourth terrestrial channel and submitted an application on behalf of her daughter.[5] Thus, at the age of 21, Vorderman made her name on Countdown with Richard Whiteley from the show's inception in 1982 until Whiteley's death in June 2005. Initially Vorderman's only contribution to the show was the numbers game and she formed part of a five person presentation team. However, over the coming years the team was pared down and Vorderman's contribution increased. In latter years she was a joint main presenter, co-host and face of the show.
In October 2005, Desmond Lynam replaced Whiteley and co-hosted with Vorderman. In January 2007 Des O'Connor replaced Lynam and Vorderman continued to co-host the show. Vorderman was a new type of game show hostess, revealing her intellectual ability by carrying out fast and accurate arithmetical calculations as part of the game. Her lasting success on the show led to her becoming one of the highest-paid women in Britain, earning £1 million per year, from all sources.[6]
On 25 July 2008, after 26 unbroken years with the show it was announced Vorderman was stepping down from Countdown.[7] She later said she had resigned after failing to agree terms with Channel 4 for a new contract, and it was reported that she had been asked to take a cut of some 90 per cent of her previous salary, estimated as £900,000.[8] She had considered leaving the show when the original show's host Richard Whiteley died in 2005, but remained on the show when Lynam took over, and until 2008 when his eventual replacement O'Connor announced he was also to step down as the show's host. [9] Vorderman later said that she had "put on a stone from the stress of being "sacked" from Countdown".[8] Vorderman and O'Connor both left the show in December 2008. The producers auditioned young and currently unknown mathematicians to replace Vorderman and several well known celebrity presenters to replace O'Connor, and on 21 November 2008 it was announced that these would be 22 year old Oxford graduate Rachel Riley and Sky Sports presenter Jeff Stelling.[10]
Vorderman recorded her last Countdown show on 13 November 2008 for broadcast on 12 December. Both of her children were in the audience together with many of the previous guests from Dictionary Corner. After the prize giving at the end of that show, Des O'Connor was presented with a bouquet of flowers by the show's lexicographer Susie Dent and she received one from Gyles Brandreth. She was too moved to complete her farewells. A special show, One Last Consonant, please Carol, hosted by Giles Brandreth and featuring Vorderman's highs and lows during 26 years of the show, was also filmed and transmitted just before her final Countdown appearance. [11]
Other TV appearances
Between 1987 and 1989 she co-hosted the BBC TV series Take Nobody's Word For It with Professor Ian Fells, and was chosen to compère the world chess championship match between Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short in 1993. Vorderman has worked as a researcher and producer on many shows, specialising in science and educational programmes, and went on to present several other television programmes including the BBC's Tomorrow's World, but was dropped after she starred in a commercial for Ariel washing powder. BBC management claimed it was a conflict of interest and dismissed her from the show. Carol refused to submit to their demand citing numerous other BBC 'stars' who were allowed to advertise products at that time, including Gary Rhodes the BBC chef advertising Tate and Lyle sugar. Weeks later, the ratings had dropped dramatically and the BBC asked her to return to anchor the programme but she refused.
In 1999, having been offered a lucrative contract, Vorderman moved to ITV, going on to compère numerous television programmes including: The Pride of Britain Awards since year 2000, Stars and their Lives, What Will They Think of Next, Tested to Destruction, How 2 on CITV and the popular Better Homes, which began in 1999 and spawned a spin-off Better Gardens.
Vorderman was a newspaper reviewer on the last episode of Breakfast with Frost. In 2004 Vorderman appeared on the second series of Strictly Come Dancing and was voted off the show on the second show of the series. In 2005, Vorderman beat off the other celebrities in ITV's Gameshow Marathon, winning the series. Vorderman appeared as a guest on Have I Got News For You on 14 May 2004 and hosted the show on 26 May 2006. She presented the Channel 4 entertainment show The Friday Night Project on 11 August 2006.
Between 2005 and 2006 she presented Sky One's quiz show Carol Vorderman's Big Brain Game over two series that have since been repeated twice on the channel during 2007.[12]
Journalism
Vorderman has had newspaper columns in The Daily Telegraph, and in the Daily Mirror on Internet topics. She has written books on Detox diets. Her No 1 Bestseller was Detox For Life, produced in collaboration with Ko Chohan and Anita Bean and published by Virgin Books, which sold over a million copies. She is also a sudoku addict since April 2005 when she wrestled a book of the puzzles from her 12-year-old daughter Katie during a holiday in the Caribbean. Vorderman has written numerous books of sudoku puzzles with help on how to tackle them. She has sold millions of sudoku books worldwide, with almost one million being sold in less than a year in the UK alone.
A large number of school textbooks have been published under her name, chiefly by Dorling Kindersley in series such as English Made Easy, Maths Made Easy, Science Made Easy and How to Pass National Curriculum Maths.
After leaving "Countdown" she will continue contributing to her column in the British magazine "Reveal".
Endorsement controversy
Vorderman has maintained a long-standing endorsement of the debt consolidation company First Plus. In 2006, the charity Credit Action tried to highlight the potential dangers of debt consolidation, calling on Vorderman to stop giving First Plus credibility. Her agent responded that Vorderman had no intention of curtailing the contract for a service which was perfectly legal, offered by an excellent company.[7] When quizzed by The Telegraph in November 2008 Vorderman herself responded crisply with:
"The secured loans market was criticised and it was pertinent to pick me out, because I was a face. I advertised FirstPlus for 10 years. We had something like £1.5billion out on loan and until a matter of months ago there were no repossessions. When that programme was made, [there were] no repossessions. Did they say that? Funnily enough, no." [13]
Commercial ventures
Vorderman also expanded her business ventures launching a number of sudoku products. In March 2007 she launched a brain training game called Carol Vorderman's Mind Aerobics together with BSkyB. Also in 2007, she released a video game for PlayStation 2 in the United States entitled Carol Vorderman's Sudoku.
In the autumn of 2008, soon after she completed her final regular Countdown show, Vorderman announced her latest commercial venture, her own property development and sales company specialising in overseas holiday and retirement homes in the Caribbean, the Bahamas and Spain. Called Carol Vorderman's Overseas Homes Ltd she sees the company as an extension of her own experiences in buying and selling properties over recent years and is aiming at a target market of "families aged 35 plus". [14]
Vorderman was first married in 1985[15] at age 24 to Chris Mather, a Royal Navy officer and former rugby league international player, but the marriage only lasted twelve months. Vorderman's second marriage was to management consultant Patrick King in 1990 at age 29.[16] Vorderman had two children, Katie and Cameron, with King but they separated in 2000.
After meeting at a Christmas party in 1999, Vorderman and Daily Mail columnist and PR consultant Des Kelly lived together in London from 2001, also using their other house in Glandore, West Cork, Ireland. After five years together, Vorderman and Kelly separated in December 2006, publicly announcing the amicable split in January 2007,[17] but are now back together in Bristol according to reports.[18][19]
Vorderman was honoured as a Member of the Order of the British Empire in June 2000 for "services to broadcasting" in the Birthday Honours List. Vorderman is an honorary Fellow of Bangor University in North Wales.
Vorderman is the patron of the Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA) (her older brother, Anton, was born with a cleft lip and palate). In 2005 she was the winner of Ant and Dec’s Gameshow Marathon. As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations ITV ran a series of the nation’s favourite game shows featuring celebrities competing to become Gameshow Marathon winner and raise money for the charity of their choice. As series winner Carol won £60,000 for CLAPA.
Carol appeared in a short film promoting 'Run for the future' which promotes Prostate Cancer awareness and a charity run held every year on the Bristol Downs to raise funds for the BUI prostate appeal.
Videos and published writings
How Mathematics Works, 1996
Carol Vorderman's Guide to the Internet (written with Rob Young), 1998
Carol Vorderman's Guide to Maths
Carol Vorderman's Pop Music Times Tables, 1991
Carol Vorderman's Detox Diet
Carol Vorderman's How To Do Sudoku, 2005
Carol Vorderman's Massive Book Of Sudoku, 2005
Eat Yourself Clever, 2008
Preceded byNone
Co-Host of Countdown1982-2008
Succeeded byRachel Riley
References
^ BBC TV
^ Daily Mail interview
^ GRO Register of Marriages: SEP 1970 8a 1666 ST ASAPH - Armido G. Rizzi = Edwina J. Vorderman
^ BBC TV: Who Do You Think You Are? - broadcast 27 Sep 2007
^ Scotland on Sunday - Opinion - Success by numbers
^ Richest women in showbiz Daily Mail - 5 March 2004
^ a b Zoe Williams (30 July 2008). "Your number is up, Carol". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/30/channel4. Retrieved on 2008-07-30.
^ a b Carol Vorderman: 'I put on a STONE from the stress of being sacked from Countdown' by Liz Thomas in the Daily Mail, 23 September 2008
^ BBC Entertainment Carol Vorderman quits Countdown 25 July 2008
^ Oxford graduate, 22, replaces Carol Vorderman as new look Countdown team is unveiled
^ Filming final Countdown
^ [1] Sky One Game show
^ Vorderman's response re Firstplus controversy
^ Properties Company
^ GRO Register of Marriages: DEC 1985 5 613 LEEDS - Christopher Mather = Carol J Voderman [sic.]
^ GRO Register of Marriages: MAY 1990 20 1160 RINGWOOD and FORDINGBRIDGE - Patrick J. King = Carol J Vorderman
^ BBC NEWS Entertainment Vorderman splits from her partner
^ Showbiz - News - Carol Vorderman reunites with ex - Digital Spy
^ Moving on - Carol Vorderman - Times Online
External links
Carol Vorderman at the Internet Movie Database
Persondata
NAME
Vorderman, Carol
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Mather, Carol Jean, King,
SHORT DESCRIPTION
English TV presenter
DATE OF BIRTH
1960-12-24
PLACE OF BIRTH
Bedford, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
Frieda Pinto
Freida Devvy Pinto (born October 18, 1984) is an Indian actress and professional model, best known for her performance as Latika in her debut film Slumdog Millionaire, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2009. Pinto won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and was additionally nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
Freida Pinto was born in Mumbai.
Pinto met Rohan Antao while attending St Xavier's College in Mumbai. The two began dating and got engaged in 2008, but Pinto called off the engagement in January 2009.[1][2]Before starring in Slumdog Millionaire, Freida anchored the international travel show, Full Circle on Zee International Asia Pacific in English between 2006-07. Pinto was also featured in several television and print advertisements for products such as Wrigley's Chewing Gum, Škoda, Hutch, Airtel, and DeBeers. Pinto modeled for two years and appeared in runway shows and magazine covers.[3] She learned acting from The Barry John's Acting Studio in Andheri and was trained by her mentor Barry John.[4][5] After six months of auditions, she received a call to audition for Slumdog Millionaire. Pinto auditioned for Danny Boyle and was short-listed and finally selected to star in Slumdog Millionaire.[6]
Pinto made her film debut in 2008. Slumdog Millionaire tells the story of a young man from the slums of Mumbai who appears on a game show and exceeds people's expectations, arousing the suspicions of the game show host and of law enforcement officials. In the movie, Pinto played the role of Latika, the girl with whom Jamal (Dev Patel) is in love. At the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, the movie won the Cadillac People's Choice Award.[7] At the 2009 Golden Globe Awards, the movie won four awards. Pinto herself was nominated for "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" at the 2009 BAFTA Awards,[8] and won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture alongside ten other cast members from Slumdog Millionaire.[9]
Pinto has been cast in Woody Allen's next film set in London. Other cast members include Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, and Naomi Watts. Shooting for the film starts in July 2009.[10][11]
Year
Film
Role
Language
Notes
2008
Slumdog Millionaire
Latika
English and Hindi
Slumdog Crorepati in HindiNaanum Kodieswaran in Tamil
^ Neha Sharma (2009-02-18). "Here’s proof, Freida". Hindustan Times. http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=5a177c95-5b89-44fb-8dc5-47b04821ff1a. Retrieved on 2009-02-28.
^ "Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto 'dumped her secret husband after becoming a star'". DailyMail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1148603/Slumdog-Millionaire-star-Freida-Pinto-dumped-secret-husband-star.html.
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^ Liam Lacey (2008-09-13). "Slumdog Millionaire wins as audience favourite". The Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080913.wtiff0913/BNStory/tiff2008/home?cid=al_gam_mostemail. Retrieved on 2009-01-19.
^ a b "Film Nominations in 2009". BAFTA. http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/film-nominations-in-2009,657,BA.html. Retrieved on 2009-02-01.
^ a b "Slumdog Millionaire bags 2 more US film awards". CNN IBN. 2009-01-26. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/slumdog-millionaire-bags-2-more-us-film-awards/83700-8.html. Retrieved on 2009-02-01.
^ "Slumdog's Pinto lands role in Woody Allen film". Channel News Asia. 2008-2-23. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/411111/1/.html. Retrieved on 2008-2-23.
^ Michael Speier, Tatiana Siegel (2009-02-23). "Watts, Pinto join Woody Allen film". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118000471.html?categoryid=13&cs=1. Retrieved on 2009-02-28.
^ "Cadillac, Slumdog & Bees are Triple Threats Black Reel Awards". Daily Express. 2008-12-15. http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/75882/Cadillac,-Slumdog-&-Bees-are-triple-threats-at-Black-Reel-Awards/. Retrieved on 2008-02-23.
Official Website
Freida Pinto at the Internet Movie Database
Danny Boyle, Dev Patel and Freida Pinto Interview with Pyro Radio about Slumdog Millionairre
Freida Pinto at Complex Magazine
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freida_Pinto"
Aishwarya Rai
Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan (Birthname: Aishwarya Rai, Tulu: ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯಾ ರೈ) born 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.
Rai, who made her movie debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Iruvar (1997), had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie Jeans (1998), which earned her a Filmfare Best Actress Award South. 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 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.
Rai was born in Mangalore to Krishnaraj Rai and Vrinda Rai. Her family belongs to the Bunt community of Mangalore. She has one elder brother, Aditya Rai and he works in Navy and also co-produced one of Rai's movies, Dil Ka Rishta (2003). At an early age her parents moved to Mumbai where she attended the Arya Vidya Mandir high school in Santa Cruz. Rai then entered Jai Hind College at Churchgate for one year, and then moved to Ruparel College in Matunga to finish her "HSC" studies. She did well in school and planned to become an architect and went on pursuing studies in architecture. She can communicate in several languages, including her mother tongue Tulu,[2] as well as Hindi, English, Marathi and Tamil.[3] She started studying architecture.
While pursuing her studies in architecture, Rai began modeling on the side. In the 1994 Miss India contest, she won the second place behind Sushmita Sen, and was crowned Miss India World. She went on to win the Miss World title the same year, where she also won the Miss Photogenic award. She abandoned her studies after winning the pageant and spent one year reigning as Miss World in London. Rai then started working as a professional model and then moved on to her current profession as an actress.
Rai made her acting debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film, Iruvar (1997) with Mohanlal,[4] and was introduced to Bollywood in the film, Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya opposite Bobby Deol, which also released that year; the film did not do well at the box office.[5] However, her third project, S. Shankar's Tamil film, Jeans (1998) was a critical and commercial success, earning her the Filmfare Best Actress Award South. The film, which portrayed Rai in a dual role, took Rai two years to complete.
In 1999 Rai starred in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. The film won critical acclaim and was her first Bollywood box office sucess. She won her first Filmfare Best Actress Award for the film. In the same year she appeared in Subhash Ghai's Taal , the film was a big success among the international audience, especially in the United States, where it became the first Indian film to reach the top 20 on Variety's box office list.[6] the film gave her another nomination for Best Actress at the Filmfare; her performances in both the films earned her critical acclaim.[7] In 2000, she played a supporting role in the hit films Mohabbatein and Josh. Later that year, she starred in the Tamil film Kandukondain Kandukondain, which won her positive reviews. In 2002, Rai appeared alongside Shahrukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit in Sanjay Leela Bansali's lavishly produced Devdas. The film attracted Bollywood fans all over the world, receiving a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival.[8] It was during this time that she garnered the attention of the West as an Indian actress and went on to appear in the Hollywood projects. Devdas went on to become the highest grossing film of the year both in India[9] and overseas,[10] earning the actress her second Filmfare Best Actress Award.
In 2003, she acted in the critically acclaimed and commercial successful Bengali film, Chokher Bali, an adaptation of one of Rabindranath Tagore's novels by the same name.[11] However, all of her projects after (Chokher Bali except Khakee (2004), which was a moderate success failed at the box office,this included her domestic projects like Shabd, Kuch Naa Kaho, Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na and Raincoat as well as her international projects like Bride and Prejudice and Mistress of Spices.
Rai has been a regular at the Cannes Film Festival since 2002, and was a member of the Jury at Cannes in the year 2003. In The same month, her first foreign film, Bride and Prejudice released. The film was an Indian version of Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice. Her next overseas venture was The Mistress of Spices which did not perform well at the box office. After a number of consecutive disappointments at the box office, she then appeared at the closing ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, as part of a performance showcasing Indian art, on behalf of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, to be held in New Delhi. In between her overseas acting stints, she appeared in the Indian film Bunty Aur Babli in a hugely popular[citation needed] seven minute dance sequence for the song "Kajra Re".
In the year 2006, she had two releases: Umrao Jaan and Dhoom 2. While the former did poorly in India, her role in the latter, which was a sequel to the 2004 hit movie Dhoom brought her great attention. The film went on to become the biggest hit of the year and the highest grosser(unadjusted for inflation) till Om Shanti Om came out in 2007.[12] Though the film also sparked a controversy for a scene containing a kiss between her and Hrithik Roshan.[13] For her performance, she received nominations for Best Actress at a number of award ceremonies, including Filmfare. 2007 saw the release of Mani Ratnam's Guru which premiered in Toronto. The film, based on the life of Indian businessman Dhirubhai Ambani, was critically acclaimed and did well at the box office.[14] Provoked, based on the book Circle of Light where she portrays a real life character, was released on 6 April 2007 in India and the UK. The biographical movie portrays the life of Kiranjit Ahluwalia who faced severe domestic violence. At the end of April 2007, her first American film, The Last Legion released in Russia and the Netherlands and later opened in North American theaters in August 2007 disappointingly.[15] In 2008, she starred alongside Hrithik Roshan in Ashutosh Gowariker's historical drama Jodhaa Akbar playing the role of Jodha Bai, the wife of the Mughal emperor Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar, played by Roshan; and also co-starred with husband Abhishek Bachchan and her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan in Sarkar Raj, playing the CEO of a major power company proposing to establish a new power plant in rural Maharashtra.
Rai returned to the Tamil film industry and is working with Rajinikanth for the movie Endhiran, directed by S. Shankar, in an interview to the news channel Aaj Tak she confirmed a fee of Rs 6 crores for the film, making her the highest paid actress in India.[16] She is also slated to co-star with Vikram in Mani Ratnam's next film, Ashokavanam which is also to be simultaneously made in Hindi, titled Raavan, with Abhishek Bachchan in the lead.[17] She has recently signed on to appear in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's next film opposite Hrithik Roshan,[18] Vipul Shah's next film opposite Akshay Kumar, Abhinay Deo's next film produced by Farhan Akhtar and Vishal Bharadwaj's next directorial venture.[19]
In 2009 Rai was awarded a Padma Shri for her contributions to Indian cinema.[20] In the same year she refused to accept the second-highest Order Of France, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres as her father was suffering from serious illness, and she wanted her whole family to attend the award function.[21] She is only the fourth Indian actor after Amitabh Bachchan, Nandita Das and Shahrukh Khan to be chosen for an Order Of France .[22]
In 2003 she became the first Indian actress to be a jury member at the Cannes Film Festival.[23]
In 2004 she travelled all the way to Siachen Glacier, which at a height of 13000 ft is the highest battlefield in the world, to boost the morale of the jawans for a special New Year episode on the NDTV show, Jai Jawan.[24]
In 2005 she became a brand ambassador for Pulse Polio, a campaign established by the Government of India in 1994 to eradicate Polio in India.[25]
In 2008 she along with her family laid the foundation of a special school for underprivilged girls in the Daulatpur village in Uttar Pradesh.The school will be made by her family and is going to be named after her.[26]
In Summer 2008, Rai joined her husband and father-in-law along with Preity Zinta, Shilpa Shetty, Ritesh Deshmukh and Madhuri Dixit on the Unforgettable World Tour. The first leg of the tour covered the USA, Canada, London, and Trinidad. The second leg of the tour will most likely happen by the end of this year 2008. Amitabh's company AB Corp Ltd. along with Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd are behind the concert.[27]
Aishwarya has previously dated Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Vivek Oberoi. She is now married to Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan who is three years her junior. After much speculation concerning their relationship, her engagement to Abhishek Bachchan was announced on January 14, 2007. The announcement was later confirmed by Amitabh Bachchan.[28] Rai married Bachchan on April 20, 2007 according to traditional Hindu rites of the South Indian Bunt community, to which she belongs. Token North Indian and Bengali ceremonies were also performed. The wedding took place in a private ceremony at the Bachchan residence Prateeksha in Juhu, Mumbai. Though the wedding was a private affair intended for the Bachchan and Rai family and friends, the involvement of the media turned it into it a national extravaganza.
Rai has been the most popular face of Indian cinema globally. In 2004 she was chosen by Time magazine as one of the World's "100 Most Influential People",[29] and appeared on the cover of Time magazine, Asia Edition in 2003.[30] She was the subject of a 60 Minutes profile on 2 January 2005, which said that "at least according to thousands of Web sites, Internet polls and even Julia Roberts", she was "The World's Most Beautiful Woman".[31] In October 2004 a wax figure of Rai was put on display in London's Madame Tussaud's wax museum.[32] She was the 6th Indian and the second Bollywood personality after her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan to get this honour.
In 2005 she became a global brand ambassador of L'Oreal alongside Andie Macdowell, Eva Longoria and Penelope Cruz. The same year, a special Tulip in Netherland was named "Aishwarya Rai" after her.[33] Rai became the first Indian to appear on such shows as Late Show with David Letterman, and was the first Bollywood personality to appear on Oprah's "Women Across the Globe" segment. In 2005, Harpers and Queen's list of 10 Most beautiful women in the world ranked her at the 9th spot.[34]
Year
Title
Language
Role
Notes
1997
Iruvar
Tamil
Pushpa/Kalpana
First Dual Role
Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya
Hindi
Ashi Kapoor
1998
Jeans
Tamil
Madhumitha/Vaishnavi
Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award SouthIndia's official entry to the Oscars
1999
Aa Ab Laut Chalen
Hindi
Pooja
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Hindi
Nandini
Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award
Raavoyi Chandamama
Telugu
Cameo appearance, Dubbed into Hindi as Sanam Tere Hain Hum (2000)
Taal
Hindi
Mansi
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
2000
Mela
Hindi
Champakali
Cameo appearance
Kandukondain Kandukondain
Tamil
Meenakshi Bala
Josh
Hindi
Shirley
Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai
Hindi
Preeti Virat
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke
Hindi
Sahiba Grewal
Mohabbatein
Hindi
Megha
Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
2001
Albela
Hindi
Sonia
2002
Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam
Hindi
Suman
Cameo appearance
Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin
Hindi
Komal Rastogi
23rd March 1931: Shaheed
Hindi
Cameo appearance
Devdas
Hindi
Parvati (Paro)
Winner, Filmfare Best Actress AwardIndia's official entry to the Oscars
Shakti: The Power
Hindi
Aishwarya Rai
Cameo appearance
2003
Chokher Bali
Bengali
Binodhini
Dil Ka Rishta
Hindi
Tia Sharma
Kuch Naa Kaho
Hindi
Namrata Shrivastav
2004
Bride & Prejudice
English
Lalita Bakshi
Khakee
Hindi
Mahalakshmi
Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na
Hindi
Diya Malhotra
Raincoat
Hindi
Neerja
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
2005
Shabd
Hindi
Antara Vashist
Bunty Aur Babli
Hindi
Special appearance in the song Kajra Re
Mistress of Spices
English
Tilo
2006
Umrao Jaan
Hindi
Umrao Jaan
Dhoom 2
Hindi
Sunehri
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
2007
Guru
Hindi
Sujata
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
Provoked
English/Hindi
Kiranjit Ahluwalia
The Last Legion
English
Mira
2008
Jodhaa Akbar
Hindi
Jodhabai
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
Sarkar Raj
Hindi
Anita
2009
The Pink Panther 2
English
Sonia Solandres
Raavan
Hindi
Filming
Ashokavanam
Tamil
Filming
2010
Endhiran
Tamil
Sharmilli
Filming
Guzarish
Hindi
Announced
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Awards
Filmfare Award
Preceded byKajolfor Minsaara Kanavu
Best Actress (Tamil)for Jeans1999
Succeeded byRamya Krishnanfor Padayappa
Preceded byKajolfor Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Best Actressfor Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam2000
Succeeded byKarisma Kapoorfor Fiza
Preceded byKajolfor Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Best Actressfor Devdas2003
Succeeded byPreity Zintafor Kal Ho Naa Ho
[hide]
v • d • e Big Four pageants (1994)
Miss UniverseSushmita Sen
Miss WorldAishwarya Rai
Miss Earthnone
Miss InternationalChristina Lekka
[show]
v • d • e Filmfare Best Actress Award
1954-1960
Meena Kumari (1954) · Meena Kumari (1955) · Kamini Kaushal (1956) · Nutan (1957) · Nargis (1958) · Vyjayanthimala (1959) · Nutan (1960)
1961-1980
Bina Rai (1961) · Vyjayanthimala (1962) · Meena Kumari (1963) · Nutan (1964) · Vyjayanthimala (1965) · Meena Kumari (1966) · Waheeda Rehman (1967) · Nutan (1968) · Waheeda Rehman (1969) Sharmila Tagore (1970) · Mumtaz (1971) · Asha Parekh (1972) · Hema Malini (1973) · Dimple Kapadia & Jaya Bachchan (1974) · Jaya Bachchan (1975) · Lakshmi (1976) · Raakhee Gulzar (1977) · Shabana Azmi (1978) · Nutan (1979) · Jaya Bachchan (1980)
1981-2000
Rekha (1981) · Smita Patil (1982) · Padmini Kolhapure (1983) · Shabana Azmi (1984) · Shabana Azmi (1985) · Dimple Kapadia (1986) · no award (1987) · no award (1988) · Rekha (1989) Sridevi (1990) · Madhuri Dixit (1991) · Sridevi (1992) · Madhuri Dixit (1993) · Juhi Chawla (1994) · Madhuri Dixit (1995) · Kajol (1996) · Karisma Kapoor (1997) · Madhuri Dixit (1998) · Kajol (1999) · Aishwarya Rai (2000)
2001-present
Karisma Kapoor (2001) · Kajol (2002) · Aishwarya Rai (2003) · Preity Zinta (2004) · Rani Mukerji (2005) · Rani Mukerji (2006) · Kajol (2007) · Kareena Kapoor (2008) · Priyanka Chopra (2009)
Persondata
NAME
Rai, Aishwarya
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION
Indian actress
DATE OF BIRTH
1 November 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH
Mangalore, Karnataka, India
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aishwarya_Rai"
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