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27 AUG 1980 NEHA DHUPIA

Neha Dhupia

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Neha Dhupia
Beauty pageant titleholder
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Dhupia at the L'Oréal Femina Women Awards 2013
Born27 August 1980 (age 36)
Kochi, Kerala, India[1]
OccupationActress, model
Years active2000–present
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Title(s)Femina Miss India Universe 2002
Major
competition(s)		Femina Miss India 2002
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2002
(Top-10 Finalist)
Neha Dhupia (born 27 August 1980) is an Indian actress and beauty queen who is predominantly known for her work in Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam language films. She was born in Kochi, Kerala in a Sikh family to an Indian Navy Commander. She made her acting debut in a stage play and later appeared in a music video for Euphoria. Dhupia then ventured into modelling.
Dhupia made her screen debut in 1994 Malyalam film Minnaram. Her hindi film debut came in 2003 with Qayamat: City Under Threat. She subsequently starred in successful films including Kyaa Kool Hai Hum (2005) andShootout at Lokhandwala (2007) and also played supporting roles in top grossing Bollywood productions Chup Chup Ke (2006) and Singh is Kinng (2008). In addition to her film career, Dhupia is a winner of the Femina Miss India title (2002).

Early life[edit]

Neha Dhupia was born in Kochi, India to a Punjabi Sikh family.[2][1] Her father, Commander Pradip Singh Dhupia, served in the Indian Navy and mother, Manpinder, (Babli Dhupia) is a homemaker. She went to Naval Public School then transferred to Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi.[3] She graduated from Jesus and Mary College in New Delhi, affiliated to the University of Delhi, with Honours in History.[4]

Career[edit]

Dhupia made her acting debut in a play in New Delhi called Graffiti. Thereafter she appeared in a music video for Indipop band Euphoria and modeled for advertisement campaigns. She then appeared in the TV serial RajdhaniIn 2002 she entered the Femina Miss India pageant finishing in first place, winning the Femina Miss India Universe title, and was subsequently sent to the Miss Universe 2002 pageant in Puerto Rico. She was placed in the top 10.
Dhupia at a press conference at the 13th IIFA Awards

Film career[edit]

Neha Dhupia made her film debut in the 2003 Bollywood film Qayamat: City Under Threat (2003), which had an average performance at the box office. She rose to fame with her role Julie and then appeared in Sheesha (2005) in a dual role of twin sisters but it did not do well at the box office. She then starred in films such as Kyaa Kool Hai Hum (2005) and Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007), which did well at the box office, and featured in a segment of the anthology film Dus Kahaniyaan (2007).
In the following years, Dhupia appeared in supporting roles in multiple critically and commercially acclaimed films including Chup Chup Ke (2006), Ek Chalis Ki Last Local (2007), Mithya (2008), Maharathi (2008), Singh Is Kinng (2008) andDasvidaniya (2008). In 2011, she played Eva Braun in the film Dear Friend Hitler about Mahatma Gandhi.
Her most recent films are Paying Guest, Action Replayy, De Dana Dan and Pappu Can't Dance Saala. She has worked on her first international project with Chris Kattan in IFC's Bollywood Hero. Neha Dhupia may work on a Julie sequel in a few years.

Personal life & off-screen work[edit]

She has run in the Mumbai Marathon to support the Concern India Foundation and helped to raise over 5 lakhs.[5] She also helped to raise money for victims of the 2011 Sikkim earthquake.[6] She performed in the GR8 Women's Award 2012.[7]
She also participated to the Hiru Golden Film Awards 2014 in Sri Lanka as a special guest along with Bollywood actors such as Sunil Shetty, Vivek Oberoi, Anil Kapoor, and actress Bipasha Basu.[8]

Filmography[edit]

YearFilmRoleLanguage
1994MinnaramManjuMalayalam
2000Nattu Odoru! Ninja DensetsuMeenaJapanese
2003Ninne IstapaddanuTelugu
Qayamat: City Under ThreatSapnaBollywood Debut
VillainTelugu, remake of Tamil's Villain.
2004JulieJulie
Rakht: What If You Can See the FutureRhea TrehanSpecial Appearance
2005SiskiyaanAyesha Sheikh
SheeshaSia/Ria MalhotraDouble role / killer
Kyaa Kool Hai HumDr. Rekha
Garam MasalaMaggi
2006Fight Club – Members OnlyKomalSpecial Appearance
Teesri Aankh: The Hidden CameraSapna
Chup Chup KeMeenakshiCredited as Bandya
UtthaanKiran Talreja
2007Delhii HeightsSuhana
Ek Chalis Ki Last LocalMadhu
Shootout at LokhandwalaRohini
Heyy BabyySpecial appearance in song
Dus Kahaniyaan
2008Rama Rama Kya Hai DramaShanti
MithyaSonam
Kabhi Pyar Na KarnaPakistani film in Urdu.
De TaaliSaraSpecial Appearance
Singh Is KinngJulie
DasvidaniyaNeha Dhanot
MaharathiMallika
2009Paying GuestsAarti Gupta
Bollywood HeroLalima LakhaniIndian-American Miniseries.
De Dana DanAnu Chopra
Raat Gayi Baat Gayi?SophiaNominated, Star Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress
2010Action ReplayyMona
Phas Gaye Re ObamaMunni (Gangster)
2011Parama Veera ChakraRazia SultanaTelugu Film
Dear Friend HitlerEva BraunAmrapali Media Vision Film
Pappu Can't Dance SaalaMahak
2012Maximumriyana
I M 24Sheela
Kismet Love Paisa DilliCameo
RushLisa Kapoor
2013RangeelaySimmyPunjabi
2014Double Di TroubleHerselfSpecial appearance in song "Lak Tunu Tunu"
2014UngliTeestha
2016Santa Banta Pvt LtdKareena Roy

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