LISA RAY BIOGRAPHY

Lisa Ray is a model turned actress of Canadian origin who has appeared in a few Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. Lisa Ray was born on 4th April, 1972 to an Indian father and a Polish mother in Toronto, Canada. She was raised in the suburb of Etobicoke, Toronto and attended Etobicoke Collegiate Institute, Richview Collegiate Institute and Silverthorn Collegiate Institute. Lisa Ray lives with her longtime partner Paolo Zambaldi, an Italian fashion photographer.Lisa Ray was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare cancer of plsma cells that produce anti bodies. However after undergoing a stem cell treatment, she announced that she was cancer free in April 2010. Lisa Ray will feature in UniGlobe Entertainment's ‘1 a Minute’, a cancer docu-drama made by Namrata Singh Gujral. The short film will also star other celebrities who are proud survivors of cancer including Olivia Newton-John, Namrata Singh Gujral, Diahann Carroll, Melissa Etheridge, Mumtaz , Jaclyn Smith ,William Baldwin, Daniel Baldwin Priya Dutt, Barbara Mori, Deepak Chopra and Morgan Brittany.Lisa Ray aspired to pursue a journalism degree but due to her busy schedule in the fashion world, she had to give up her dream of becoming a journalist. Lisa Ray first appeared in a Bombay Dyeing advert donning a black swimsuit alongside Karan Kapoor. She was approached by the magazine Gladrags and she landed on their cover page clad in a Baywatch style red swimsuit. Lisa caught the attention of fashion fraternity and became the cover girl of several magazines. She became the only model to be named in the list of Top Ten most Beautiful Indian Woman of the Millennium by the daily Times of India. Soon Lisa became the host of her own show-business program and the brand ambassador of many brands including the cosmetic giant Lakme. Lisa also appeared in Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s popular music video ‘Afreen’ in the year 1996.

Deepa Mehta again collaborated with Lisa Ray in the Oscar nominated 2005 film ‘Water’. Also starring Seema Biswas, John Abraham, Sarala Kariyawasam, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Waheeda Rehman, Raghuvir Yadav and Vinay Pathak, ‘Water ’ was premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, 2005.

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