Indian beauty Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and ultimately won the Miss World title in 1994. Aishwarya Rai has acted in over 40 movies in Hindi, English, Tamil and Bengali, which include few international productions.

Often cited by the media as the most beautiful woman in the world,Aishwarya Rai made her movie debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Iruvar (1997) and had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie Jeans (1998). Aishwarya Rai gained the attention of Bollywood through the film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Her performance in the film won her the Filmfare Best Actress Award. In 2002 she appeared in Bhansali's Devdas, for which she won her second Filmfare Best Actress Award.