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Bipasha Basu (born May 5, 1979 in New Delhi) is an Indian actress and model. She appears in Bollywood films and now lives in Mumbai. She is often regarded as a sex symbol. She is 5' 8" tall, light-eyed, and displays -- often in revealing clothing -- a curvaceous figure.

Bipasha is the second daughter in her family. She was raised in Calcutta and studied for a business degree. Bipasha won the famous Ford Supermodels Contest at the age of seventeen; she was also named Tulips Miss Super Vivacious. Many modeling jobs followed.

From modeling to films is a common step in today's Indian movie industry. Bipasha's debut movie was Ajnabee (2001). The movie was fairly successful and Bipashu was quickly signed for more movies. She attracted a lot of attention with her roles in Raaz (2002) and Jism (2003). Jism was unusually explicit for Bollywood films. Bipasha bared lots of skin and kissed on screen.

She has also appeared in music videos, such as the famous Tu... for Sonu Nigam’s album, Kismat.
This tall dusky beauty after having cat walked many miles has now entered the meandering pathways of Bollywood. Bipasha Basu was born in Delhi and has spent most of her life in Calcutta. Of course now she resides in Mumbai. Like many others of her ilk, she also had different plans about her career earlier. Her desire to become a doctor made her study science, till her twelfth class. Later she opted for Chartered Accountancy.

But it was a chance audience with Mehr Jessia, the famous model that changed her life forever. Mehr told her to take part in Godrej Super Model Contest. She won this contest at the tender age of 17 and set foot on the glamorous world of modelling in a big way. Besides winning this contest she has cat walked for all leading designers.

A large number of commercials too came her way and who can forget her in Sonu Nigam’s Kismet. To prove herself on the International scene, she went to USA and Paris. In the States, she had worked with a topmost modelling agency Ford. She also worked for the World famous photographer Steven Mizhel and featured for the vogue Magazine.

In her earlier days, she got offers for Himalaya Putra, a Vinod Khanna Production, which was a launch pad for his son and Amitabh’s Refugee which saw his son Abhishek, in his maiden role. She spurned both these offers, declaring herself to be too young to handle big projects. Ultimately she proved her mettle in Abbas Mustan’s Ajnabee with Kareena Kapoor, Akshay Kumar and Bobby Deol as co-stars. Raaz, though not a very successful movie brought her into limelight and many offers too. Bipasha has been bold enough to accept an unusual role in her initial films “Ajnabi” and “Raaz. But it was Amit Saxena’s Jism, done with newcomer John Abraham, in which she worked wonders. The film took her to a new high. Both Raaz and Jism earned Bipasha Basu, the label of being an unconventional heroine. Next she was seen in Vikram Bhatt’s Footpath. It is a male film with Aftab Shivdasani and Dino Morea.

In Vikram Bhatt’s Aetbaar, Bipasha shows the maturity of an actress. She proves that besides playing sensual roles on screen she is also capable of handling complex roles that demand strict histrionics.

Uncharacteristic Bips is inspired by actors like Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, Amitabh, Aamir, Michelle Pffeifer, Julia Roberts, Kajol, Manisha and Tabu. Amongst her all time favourite movies are Godfather and My Friends Wedding.


Filmography

Dhoom 2 (2006) (announced)
Apaharan (2005) ... Megha
Phir Hera Pheri (2005)
Barsaat (2005) ... Anna
No Entry (2005) ... Bobby
Sachin (2005) ... Manju
Chehraa (2005)
Madhoshi (2004) ... Anupama Kaul
Rakht: What If You Can See the Future (2004) ... Drishti
Rudraksh (2004) ... Dr. Gayatri
Aetbaar (2004) ... Ria Malhotra
Ishq Hai Tumse (2004) ... Khusboo
Zameen (2003) ... Nandini
Footpath (2003) ... Sanjana
Jism (2003) ... Sonia Khanna (Nomination: Filmfare Best Villain Award)
Gunaah (2002) ... Prabha
Chor Machaye Shor (2002) ... Inspector Ranjita
Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (2002) ... Ria (cameo)
Aankhen (2002) ... Raina (special appearance)
Raaz (2002) ... Sanjana Dhanraj (Nomination: Filmfare Best Actress Award)
Takkari Donga (2002) ... Panasa
Ajnabee (2001) ... Sonia/Neeta