D O B January 7,1979
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Kolkata
Known For Actor
Married Yes

Biography Bipasha Basu born January is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Bollywood films and a former model She was the winner of the Ford's Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest for and is currently one of the mainstream actresses in Bollywood Basu was born in New Delhi to a Bengali Hindu family She is the second of three daughters to her parents the elder being Bidisha and the younger Vijayeta Although she was born in New Delhi her family later moved to Kolkata According to her she had initially planned to study medicine but entered modelling and acting by accident Basu studied science till the th standard at Bhavan's Gangabux Kanoria Vidyamandir and then studied commerce at The Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society College an undergraduate college affiliated with the University of Calcutta In Kolkata she did modeling and ramp shows part-time However in she met well-known model Mehr Jessia in Kolkata the latter suggested that Basu take part in the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest She eventually participated and won the contest After winning the Ford Godrej Cinthol contest Basu also was flown to New York by the Ford Company where she had a successful modelling career at the age of Basu More made her film debut in Abbas Mustan's Ajnabee with Akshay Kumar Bobby Deol and Kareena Kapoor She played a married woman who goes all out to woo her husband s married friend and eventually won the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for her performance In Basu starred in Telugu movie Takkari Donga opposite Tollywood superstar Mahesh Babu and Vikram Bhatt's thriller Raaz Raaz was a big commercial success and surfaced as the biggest hit of that year For her performance in the film she received her first Best Actress nomination at the Filmfare One review in The Tribune noted it is Bipasha Basu who steals the show with her fine performance She appeared as Sonia Khanna in the hit movie Jism alongside John braham The movie earned her a Filmfare Best Villain Award nomination Besides acting Bips as she is fondly called did the famous video Tu for Sonu Nigam's album Kismat back in her early days before she became an actress She also made a guest appearance in Jay Sean's music video Stolen In she won popular acclaim for her performance in an Item number during the song Beedi in the film Omkara The song was a national hit and Basu's picturisation was appreciated In Basu starred in Race her second collaboration with duo Abbas Mustan with whom she debuted in Bollywood Co-starring Saif Ali Khan Akshaye Khanna Anil Kapoor and Katrina Kaif the film performed well at the box office and Basu's performance was appreciated by critics Taran Adarsh of indiaFM described her performance as her best work so far She s superb She also received good reviews for her role in Bachna Ae Haseeno opposite Ranbir Kapoor She completed the year by appearing in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi in the song Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte In Bipasha was rumored to sign onto her first Hollywood venture Chaimera alongside Billy Zane In Bipasha launched her fitness video cd BB Love Yourself Basu is currently dating actor John Abraham The couple have been together since late and have been referred to as a supercouple in the Indian media She previously dated fellow Bollywood actor Dino Morea In Basu claimed to have been harassed by certain organizers of the India Day Parade in Edison New Jersey Basu was initially scheduled to lead the parade on August Basu eventually appeared on stage late according to her because of the harassment She said I wanted to attend the parade but I could not She explained that she was harassed physically and mentally in the car by two people who were taking her to the parade n and UK magazine Eastern Eye named Basu the Sexiest Woman in Asia