Sushmita Sen

Sushmita Sen (born 19 November, 1975) is an Indian actress who appears in mainly Bollywood films. A former model, Sen was crowned Miss Universe in 1994. She created history by being the first Indian woman to win the contest.
She started her career with Dastak, a movie rumored to have been made on her life. However, she attained commercial and critical recognition for her roles in Sirf Tum (1999) and the comedy Biwi No.1 (1999). The latter earned her the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.
She has acted in commercially successful films such as Aankhen (2002), Main Hoon Na (2004) - her biggest commercial success so far and Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? (2005). She received high critical acclaim for her female-oriented roles in films such as Filhaal... (2002), Samay: When Time Strikes (2003), Chingaari (2005) and Zindaggi Rocks (2006).
In 2010, she ventured into partnership with Tantra Entertainment Private limited becoming the President of the 'I Am She' Miss Universe Contest and the sole representative of the Miss Universe pageant in India.

Awards

Filmfare Awards

2000: Best Supporting Actress for Biwi No.1 (1999)

IIFA Awards

2000 IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award for Biwi No.1

span class="mw-headline" id="Star_Screen_Awards">Star Screen Awards

2001 Best Supporting Actress for Biwi No.1

Zee Cine Awards

2000: Best Supporting Actress for Biwi No.1 (1999)
2003: Best Supporting Actress for Filhaal... (2002)

National honours

2006: Rajiv Gandhi Award for her achievement in bollywood.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1996	Dastak	Sushmita Sen
1997	Zor	Aarti
1997	Ratchagan	Soniya	Tamil film
1999	Sirf Tum	Neha	Nominated—Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
1999	Hindustan Ki Kasam	Priya
1999	Biwi No.1	Rupali	Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
1999	Mudhalvan		Special appearance (song) Tamil film
2000	Aaghaaz	Sudha
2000	Fiza		Special appearance (song)
2001	Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta	Sonam
2001	Nayak: The Real Hero		Special appearance (song)
2001	Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai	Lara Oberoi
2002	Aankhen	Neha Srivastav
2002	Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge	Mehak
2002	Filhaal...	Sia Sheth	Nominated—Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
2003	Samay: When Time Strikes	ACP Malvika Chauhan
2003	Pran Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye	Herself	Special appearance
2004	Vaastu Shastra	Jhilmil Rao
2004	Main Hoon Na	Miss Chandni
2004	Paisa Vasool	Baby
2005	Chingaari	Basanti
2005	Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?	Naina
2005	Main Aisa Hi Hoon	Neeti Khanna
2005	Bewafaa	Aarti
2005	Kisna: The Warrior Poet	Naima Begum	Special appearance (song)
2005	It Was Raining That Night	Ayesha Sahani	Bengali / English language film
2006	Zindaggi Rocks	Kriya
2006	Alag		Special appearance (song)
2007	Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag	Durga
2009	Karma Aur Holi	Meera
2009	Do Knot Disturb	Kiran
2010	Dulha Mil Gaya	Shimmer
2010	No Problem	Kajal