Bipasha Basu
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Bipasha Basu (born 7 January 1979) is an Indian actress and former fashion model who has worked primarily in Hindi cinema, along with appearances in Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, and English films. She began her film career by portraying a negative character in Abbas-Mustan's suspense thriller *Ajnabee* (2001), earning the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.
Basu's breakthrough role came in Vikram Bhatt's horror film *Raaz* (2002), for which she received a Filmfare Award nomination for Best Actress. She made her Telugu film debut opposite Mahesh Babu in the western action film *Takkari Donga* (2002). She later played a murderess in the erotic thriller *Jism* (2003), earning a Filmfare nomination for Best Villain. Her other Hindi films from the 2000s include the ensemble comedies *No Entry* (2005) and *Phir Hera Pheri* (2006), the action thriller *Dhoom 2* (2006), and the suspense thriller *Race* (2008).
She played a corporate executive in Madhur Bhandarkar's *Corporate* (2006) and Billo Chamanbahar in Vishal Bhardwaj's Shakespearean adaptation *Omkara* (2006). Her later film roles included the supernatural thrillers *Raaz 3* (2012), *Aatma* (2013), *Creature 3D* (2014), and *Alone* (2015). She made her digital streaming debut alongside Karan Singh Grover in the crime thriller web series *Dangerous* (2020). She has not had a theatrical film release since *Alone* (2015).
Basu's breakthrough role came in Vikram Bhatt's horror film *Raaz* (2002), for which she received a Filmfare Award nomination for Best Actress. She made her Telugu film debut opposite Mahesh Babu in the western action film *Takkari Donga* (2002). She later played a murderess in the erotic thriller *Jism* (2003), earning a Filmfare nomination for Best Villain. Her other Hindi films from the 2000s include the ensemble comedies *No Entry* (2005) and *Phir Hera Pheri* (2006), the action thriller *Dhoom 2* (2006), and the suspense thriller *Race* (2008).
She played a corporate executive in Madhur Bhandarkar's *Corporate* (2006) and Billo Chamanbahar in Vishal Bhardwaj's Shakespearean adaptation *Omkara* (2006). Her later film roles included the supernatural thrillers *Raaz 3* (2012), *Aatma* (2013), *Creature 3D* (2014), and *Alone* (2015). She made her digital streaming debut alongside Karan Singh Grover in the crime thriller web series *Dangerous* (2020). She has not had a theatrical film release since *Alone* (2015).
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