Birth name: Lara Dutta Birthdate: April 16, 1978 (1978-04-16) (age 29) Birth location: Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Eye color: Brown Hair color: Brown Title(s): Femina Miss India 2000,
Miss Universe 2000
Biography
Early life
Dutta was born on April 16, 1978, in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh to father Wing Commander L.K. Dutta (retired) and mother Jennifer Dutta. Her family also includes her 2 older sisters, one of whom serves in the Indian Air Force. Famed composer and DJ Nitin Sawhney is their cousin.[1] The Dutta family moved to Bangalore in 1981 where she completed high school from Frank Anthony Public School. Lara graduated in economics with a minor in communications from Bombay University. She was crowned Miss Universe in 2000 which led to her appointment as a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador in 2001.[2
Modeling career
Dutta won the annual Gladsrags modelling competition in her native India, thus winning the right to be the first Indian representative at the 1997 Miss Intercontinental pageant, in which she took first place. Later, she was crowned Femina Miss India Universe and Miss Universe in 2000.
At Miss Universe 2000 in Cyprus, Dutta was the clear favourite ahead of fierce competition from Venezuela, Spain, USA and Canada. Her finalist interview score, in the last year that such marks were televised, was the highest individual score in any category in the history of the Miss Universe contest, as her perfect interview saw a majority of the judges giving her the maximum 9.99 mark. After her final question, in which Dutta delivered a passionate defense of the Miss Universe contest (and other beauty pageants), she became the second Indian Miss Universe.
Acting career
She made her film debut in 2003 with the film Andaaz which was a box office success and won her a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award. She then appeared in a number of films, some of which failed at the box office and some of which were mildly successful. Her box office "hits" include Masti (2004), Kaal (2005),No Entry (2005) and Dosti: Friends Forever (2005).
Filmography
Year Film
2003 Andaaz
2003 Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost
2004 Khakee
2004 Masti
2004 Bardaasht
2004 Arasatchi (Tamil)
2004 Aan: Men at Work
2005 Insan
2005 Elaan
2005 Jurm
2005 No Entry
2005 Kaal Ishika
2005 Ek Ajnabee
2005 Dosti: Friends Forever
2005 Zinda
2006 Fanaa
2006 Alag
2006 Bhagam Bhag
2007 Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
2007 Partner Filming
2007 London Dreams
2007 Hey Baby
Birth name: Lara Dutta