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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1972-04-04 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Lisa Ray

Biography:

Lisa Rani Ray is a Canadian actress, model, television host, philanthropist and social activist. In 2005 she appeared in the Canadian film Water, which premièred at the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2008 she starred alongside Sheetal Sheth in the romance films I Can't Think Straight and The World Unseen.

Ray made her Indian cinematic debut in 1994 with the Tamil film Nethaji, alongside Sarath Kumar, in which she appeared in a brief role. In 2001 she appeared in the Bollywood film Kasoor alongside Aftab Shivdasani. In 2002 she acted in the Telugu film Takkari Donga, alongside Mahesh Babu. On 16 November 2010, TLC India announced that it would film a new 5-part series, Oh My Gold, with Ray. It premiered in 2011. The series Oh My Gold was set against the cultural-yet-contemporary backdrop of India. Uncovering the beauty of various cities, Ray played both a host and a travel guide. In 2016, Ray appeared in Ram Gopal Varma's biographical Veerappan.

Known For

Acting

2021

99 Songs as Sheela

2019

Four More Shots Please! as Samara Kapoor

2017

Dobaara: See Your Evil as Liza Merchant

2016

Veerappan as Priya (Spy)

2011

Patch Town as Bethany Franks
Top Chef Canada as Self - Host
Endgame as Rosemary Venturi

2010

Trader Games as Sarah
Cooking With Stella as Maya Chopra
Let the Game Begin as Eva Stout

2009

Defendor as Dominique Ball

2008

2007

All Hat as Etta Parr
Blood Ties as Elena

2006

2005

Water as Kalyani

2004

2002

Bollywood/Hollywood as Sue (Sunita) Singh
Takkari Donga as Bhuvana

2001

Kasoor as Simran Bhargav

1996

Nethaji as Priya

1994

Hanste Khelte as Girl in song

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