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Dia Mirza was born on 9th December, 1981 to a German-Bengali couple in Hyderabad. The actress retains a Muslim name though she practices Hinduism. She became Miss Asia Pacific 2000 after being a second runner up in the Miss India competition that year.

Dia gave up her graduation in Arts as she got busy with her modeling assignments and movies. Her Bollywood entry was far from a dream one as most of her movies were disastrous at the box office. Her first film was “Deewanapan” closely followed by “Rehna hai tere dil mein” opposite Madhavan and Saif Ali Khan. Her other projects were “Tumko na bhool payenge”, “Tehzeeb”, “Pran jaye par shaan na jaye”, “Dum”, “Stop”, “Tumsa nahi dekha”, “Kyun! Ho gaya na..”, “Blackmail”, “Parineeta”, “Dus”, “Phir hera pheri”, “Lagey raho Munnabhai” and a few others. Among these movies, “Dum” is the only hit movie with her as the female lead.

Her performance as a supporting artist was well appreciated in the movies “Dus”, “Parineeta” and “Lagey raho Munnabhai”. Besides movies, she has also featured in music videos like “Kajra Mohabbat wala” with Sonu Nigam. Her upcoming releases are “Naa Naa karte” and “Familywala”. Besides these, she is on the cast of 7-8 other movies.