Nick Name: Dee
Date of Birth (Birthday): 9 December, 1981
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
Height: 5′ 6
Weight: 52 Kg
Hair Color: Black
Birth Place: India
Marital Status: Single
Languages: Hindi, English, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
Contact Address: 402, Flamingo Apts., Veronica Rd., Bandra (W), Mumbai 400 050
Date of Birth (Birthday): 9 December, 1981
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
Height: 5′ 6
Weight: 52 Kg
Hair Color: Black
Birth Place: India
Marital Status: Single
Languages: Hindi, English, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
Contact Address: 402, Flamingo Apts., Veronica Rd., Bandra (W), Mumbai 400 050
Dia Mirza nicknamed Dee and more popularly known as Dia Mirza, (born on December 9, 1981. She was a second runner up at Femina Miss India, 2000 and was subsequently sent to Miss Asia Pacific, 2000, where she won. She completed the hat-trick of India winning international pageants in the year 2000 when she won the Miss Asia Pacific title on 3 December 2000 in Manila, Philippines, also making her the first Indian contestant to win this title in 29 years. The actress along with her boyfriend Sahil Sangha and good friend Zayed Khan has started her own production house, Born Free Entertainment, and is making the first film "Love, Breakups and Zindagi" under the banner.
Dia Mirza was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Her father, Frank Handrich, was a German graphic and industrial fair designer, architect, artist and interior designer from Munich and her mother, Deepa is a Bengali Indian who is an interior designer, landscaper and currently does social work as a volunteer to help alcoholics and addicts. They separated when she was six years old. Her father died when she was nine and her mother remarried Ahmed Mirza, who died in 2004. She adopted her stepfather's surname Mirza and has recently adopted the last name of her birth-father and became Dia Mirza Handrich. Though she has been brought up in a Muslim household, she does not consider herself a Muslim; she is a Hindu and believes in Ganesha.
When living in Khairatabad, Hyderabad district, she attended Vidyaranya High School for Boys And Girls, a school based on the teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti, and later Nasr School, in Khairtabad. She attended Stanley Junior College and completed her graduation in Bachelors of Arts from Andhra Pradesh Open University, Hyderabad.
Mirza started working at the age of 16 years while continuing her college education. She worked as a marketing executive in a multi-media firm called Dr. Neeraj’s Multi media studio. She simultaneously modeled for the print and television advertisement campaigns of various brands such as Walls, Lipton, Emami etc. Mirza 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 is proficient in Telugu, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, and English.
Mirza made her cinematic debut with Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein opposite R. Madhavan. Though, the film was not a box office success, but she received a nomination for 'Best Female Debut' at the Zee Cine Awards.
In 2005, Mirza appeared in Parineeta, a Vidhu Vinod Chopra production. She also starred in the music video, Kajara Mohabbat Wala alongside Sonu Nigam from his album Kajara Nite. The album contained multiple remixes, but was mainly advertised with the title song, sung by Sonu Nigam and Alisha Chinai.
She also appeared in the films Dus and Fight Club. She was the only female actor among the six key characters in the film, Acid Factory in which she played a femme fatale who is also a gangster.
Filmography
Year | Film | Role |
2001 | Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein | Reena Malhotra |
Deewaanapan | Kiran Choudhary | |
2002 | Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge | Muskaan |
2003 | Tehzeeb | Nazneen Jamal |
Pran Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye | Saundarya | |
Dum | Kaveri | |
2004 | Stop! | Shama |
Tumsa Nahin Dekha | Jia Khan | |
Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na | Preeti | |
2005 | Naam Gum Jaayega | Natasha/Gitanjali |
My Brother… Nikhil | ||
Blackmail | Mrs. Rathod | |
Parineeta | ||
Dus | Anu Dheer | |
Koi Mera Dil Mein Hain | Simran | |
2006 | Fight Club - Members Only | Anu Chopra |
Phir Hera Pheri | ||
Alag | Purva Rana | |
Lage Raho Munna Bhai | Simran | |
Prateeksha | Reena Brown | |
2007 | Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. | Shilpa |
Shootout at Lokhandwala | Mita Matu | |
Cash | Aditi | |
Heyy Babyy | Herself | |
Om Shanti Om | Herself | |
Dus Kahaniyaan | Sia | |
2008 | Krazzy 4 | Shikha |
Kaho Naa Yaar Hai | Herself | |
2009 | Kissan | Priya |
Jai Veeru | Anna | |
Acid Factory | Max | |
Fruit and Nut | Monica Gokhale | |
Kurbaan | Rihana (WIACB reporter) | |
Luck By Chance | Herself | |
2010 | Hum Tum Aur Ghost | Gehna |
Shoebite | ||
2011 | Johnny Mastana | |
Alibaug |
