Sushmita Sen

Sushmita Sen
Sen in 2016
Born	(1975-11-19) 19 November 1975 (age 45)[1][2] Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (now in Telangana)[3]
Occupation	Actress model
Years active	1996–present
Title	Femina Miss India 1994 Miss Universe 1994
Partner(s)	Rohman Shawl (2018–present)[4]
Children	2
Relatives	Charu Asopa (sister-in-law)

Sushmita Sen (born 19 November 1975)^[1][2] is an Indian actress, model and the winner of the Miss Universe 1994 pageant she was previously crowned Femina Miss India 1994 at the age of 18. Sen is the first Indian to win the competition and has since primarily worked in Hindi films.^[5]

Sen won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the comedy film Biwi No.1 (1999), and was also nominated in the category for her roles in Sirf Tum (1999) and Filhaal... (2002). Her commercially successful films include Aankhen (2002), Main Hoon Na (2004), and Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? (2005).^[6]

Early life[]

Sen was born into a Bengali Baidya family in Hyderabad to Shubeer Sen, a former Indian Air Force Wing Commander, and Subhra Sen, a jewellery designer and owner of a Dubai-based store. She has two siblings, a sister named Neelam and a brother named Rajeev.^[7][8][9]

She attended Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute in New Delhi^[10] and St. Ann's High School in Secunderabad, but did not pursue any further higher education.^[11][12]

Pageantry[]

Femina Miss India[]

In 1994, as a teenager, Sen participated in the Femina Miss India contest. She won the title 'Femina Miss India Universe', earning the right to compete at the Miss Universe 1994 contest.^[13]

Miss Universe 1994[]

At the Miss Universe contest, Sen ranked third overall in the preliminaries, behind Miss Colombia Carolina Gómez and Miss Venezuela Minorka Mercado Sen went on to place second, fifth and third in the subsequent rounds and finally won the title and crown of Miss Universe 1994. She was the first Indian to win the title.^[14]

After the Times Group relinquished the rights to choose the Indian representative to Miss Universe, Sen's project, I Am She – Miss Universe India, took over. It ran for three years (from 2010 to 2012). Femina was awarded the contract back.^[15]

Miss Universe judge 2016[]

As a celebration of 65th Miss Universe, 23 years after winning the pageant, she returned to Manila, Philippines, in January 2017, as one of the judges of the Miss Universe 2016 beauty pageant.^[16] The pageant took place at the Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines on 30 January 2017. Joining her as judges were Cynthia Bailey, Mickey Boardman, Francine LaFrak, Miss Universe 2011 Leila Lopes, and Miss Universe 1993 Dayanara Torres.^[17]

Film career[]

1990s[]

Sen (second from left) with the co-stars of her movie Filhaal in 2002

After her reign as Miss Universe, Sushmita became an actress. Her first film Dastak was in 1996, in which she played the victim of a stalker, played by Sharad Kapoor. Mukul Dev starred as the lead actor. She then starred in the 1997 Tamil action film Ratchagan. Two years later her appearance as Rupali in David Dhawan's movie Biwi No.1 won her the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award in 1999. Biwi No.1 was the second highest-grossing movie of 1999.^[18] The same year, she was also nominated for her role in Sirf Tum in the same category. She appeared in a dance song in the movie Fiza, in the year 2000.

2000s[]

She received critical acclaim and box office success for the film Aankhen, starring opposite Arjun Rampal. The film co-starred Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Aditya Pancholi and Paresh Rawal. So far, her biggest hit has been the 2004 movie Main Hoon Na, in which she starred as Shahrukh Khan's love interest. The film grossed a total of Rs 330,000,000 and was the second best selling movie of that year.^[19] Later, Sushmita played a lawyer in Main Aisa Hi Hoon opposite Ajay Devgan. In 2005, she also starred in a remake of Cactus Flower, called Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?. Sen played the lead, opposite Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif. She also played the leading role in Karma Aur Holi.

2010s[]

In 2010, Sushmita played the role of a successful supermodel called Shimmer in Dulha Mil Gaya; the film was a moderate success that year.^[20] She additionally appeared in the action-comedy film No Problem the same year.^[21] In 2015, she starred in a Bengali drama film titled Nirbaak.^[22] In Sushmita's career, this was her first film in Bengali language.^[23]

Personal life[]

Sen with her daughters at Raveena Tandon's show Isi Ka Naam Zindagi

Sen adopted a baby girl, Renee, in 2000 and a second girl, Alisah, in 2010.^[3][24] Sen has Addison's disease and requires lifelong steroid drugs to manage the illness.^[25][26]She is currently dating Rohman Shawl.^[4]

Filmography[]

Awards and nominations[]

Sushmita Sen awards and nominations

Sen in a show
showAwards and nominations Award Wins Nominations
Totals[a]
Wins	16
Nominations	20
show Note ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

References[]

External links[]

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Dayanara Torres	Miss Universe 1994	Succeeded by Chelsi Smith
Preceded by Namrata Shirodkar	Femina Miss India 1994	Succeeded by Manpreet Brar