diya mirza profile

Dia Mirzaदिया मिर्ज़ा
Dia Mirza with Aishwarya Rai
Born
Dia Mirza HandrichDecember 9, 1981 (1981-12-09) (age 27)Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh , India
Other name(s)
Diya MirzaDiyaDee
Occupation
Actress,Model
Years active
2001-present
Spouse(s)
None
Official website
Dia Mirza (hindi: दिया मिर्ज़ा)[1] or Diya Mirza Handrich,[2] nicknamed Dee, (born December 9, 1981) is a former Indian model and actress who appears in Bollywood films. She was Miss Asia Pacific for the year 2000 and was also second runner up in the Femina Miss India 2000 beauty pageant.
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Personal life and education
She was born in Hyderabad, India. Her father, Frank Handrich, was a German interior designer from Munich and her mother is Deepa, a Bengali Indian.[3] They separated when she was six years old. Her father died when she was nine and her mother remarried Ahmed Mirza[4] who died in 2004.[5] She retained a Muslim surname (Mirza) from her stepfather, though she herself is a Hindu .[6] Later she adopted the last name of her birth-father and became Dia Mirza Handrich.
She stated that she suffered from "low self-esteem" as a child.[7] When living in Khairatabad, Hyderabad, she attended Vidyaranya High School For Boys And Girls, a school based on the teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti, and later Nasr School, in Kushnuma.[8]
Currently, she lives in Bandra, Mumbi. To brush up on acting before Shootout Lokhandwala she took a one week course of Film at New York University[9]
Mirza was previously dating Endorsement Manager Bunty Sachdev (also known as Amit Sajdeh), after that she was linked with Actor Kunal Kapoor and then with Director Apoorva Lakhia, which also broke up two years back.

Career
Dia wanted to complete her graduation in Arts by correspondence, but decided to postpone it as it was becoming difficult to juggle between the Miss Asia Pacific Competition, modeling assignments, traveling and training. She was assisted by Sabira Merchant on diction and etiquette; diet with Anjali Mukherjee; gymnasium and physical fitness with Talwalkars; clothes from Ritu Kumar and Hemant Trivedi; skin care with Dr. Jamuna Pai; and make-up and hair-care from Bharat and Doris Godambe.[10] She likes babies and chocolates, her favorite dish include Italian Pasta. She is proficient in Urdu, Bengali, Hindi, English.[11] She currently resides on Veronica Road, Bandra (West), Mumbai.[12] Her shoe size is 7, she has light brown eyes, brown hair, stands 5 ft 6 intall,[11]
film career
She made her cinematic debut with Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein opposite R. Madhavan.[13] The film was not a box office success. A series of unsuccessful films followed, among them Tumsa Nahin Dekha and Deewaanapan.
In 2005, Mirza appeared in Parineeta, a Vidhu Vinod Chopra production. She also played in the music video Kajara Mohabbat Wala alongside Sonu Nigam from the album Kajara Nite. The album contained multiple remixes, but was mainly advertised with the title song, sang by Sonu Nigam and Alisha Chinai.[14]
She has also appeared in Dus and in Fight Club. She will appear later this year in Familywala and Naa Naa Karte.Early in her career she was tagged as a look-alike of Aishwaraya Rai.

Controversies
Mirza's car was seized in 2006 for alleged evasion of custom duties.[15] In that same year, she and fellow-actor Aamir Khan publicly expressed support for the Narmada Bachao Andolan, a group protesting the building of a dam. This aroused the ire of political activists from the Bharatiya Janata Party, who led a protest march against the actress:[16]

Filmography
Year
Film
Role
Notes
2001
Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein
Reena Malhotri
2001
Deewaanapan
Kiran Choudhary
2002
Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge
Muskaan
2003
Tehzeeb
Nazneen Jamal
2003
Pran Jaaye Par Shaan Na Jaaye
Saundarya
2003
Dum
Kaveri
2004
Stop!
Shama
2004
Tumsa Nahin Dekha
Jia Khan
2004
Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na
Preeti
Special Appearance
2005
Naam Gum Jaayega
Natasha/Gitanjali
2005
Blackmail
Anjali Mohan
2005
Parineeta
Gayatri Tantiya
2005
Dus
Anu Dheer
2005
Koi Mera Dil Mein Hain
Simran
2006
Fight Club - Members Only
Anu Chopra
2006
Phir Hera Pheri
Item number (song)
2006
Alag
Purva Rana
2006
Lage Raho Munna Bhai
Simran
2006
Prateeksha
Reena Brown
TV release
2007
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.
Shilpa
2007
Shootout at Lokhandwala
Mita Matu
2007
Cash
Aditi
2007
Heyy Babyy
Special Appearance in a song
2007
Om Shanti Om
Special appearance
2007
Dus Kahaniyaan
Sia
2008
Krazzy 4
Shikha
2008
Kabhi Bhi Kahin Bhi
Filming
2008
Alibaug
Announced[17]
2008
Naa Naa Karte
Announced[18]
2008
Familywala
(Earlier name 'Dil Sachcha Aur Chehra Jhootha') No release date as of yet
2008
Bidhaatar Lekha
Ria
Announced
2008
Kayanaat
Announced[19]
2008
Bits & Pieces
Announced[20]
2008
Aankh Micholi
Announced[21]
2008
Fruit and nuts
Announced
2008
Kaho Naa Yaar Hai
Herself
A reality based game show TV, Appeared with her best friends Rhea and Sameer along with Sajid Khan and his friends as competitors on 1 March, 2008 aired on Star Plus
2009
Jai Veeru
released
2010
Shoebite (2010 film)