Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan born November 1 1973 is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Hindi and Tamil cinema After winning the Miss World 1994 pageant she made her acting debut in the political drama Iruvar 1997 and entered Hindi cinema that same year with Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya Her subsequent releases included Jeans 1998 and Aa Ab Laut Chalen 1999 For her performance in the musical Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam 1999 Rai won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress She followed this with Taal 1999 Kandukondain Kandukondain 2000 and Mohabbatein 2000 She earned a second Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the period drama Devdas 2002 Her releases during this decade included the Bengali feature Chokher Bali 2003 Raincoat 2004 Dhoom 2 2006 Guru 2007 Jodhaa Akbar 2008 Enthiran 2010 and Guzaarish 2010 She also appeared in Englishlanguage productions including Bride Prejudice 2004 and The Pink Panther 2 2009 Following a hiatus Rai returned to cinema with Jazbaa 2015 the biographical drama Sarbjit 2016 and Ae Dil Hai Mushkil 2016 She later starred in the historical drama Ponniyin Selvan I 2022 and its sequel Ponniyin Selvan II 2023