Strikingly beautiful lead whose leonine hair, dark piercing eyes and mixed lineage (half Indian, half English) enhance her playing of sultry exotic parts. Choudhury (pronounced CHOW-dur-y) made an impressive debut as the shy Indian woman who has an affair with Denzel Washington in Mira Nair's often touching "Mississippi Masala" (1991). Previously she had worked for Cinecitta (Italian for "film city") film studios in various production capacities, edited the Italian section of Fodor's travel guides and worked as a model in London. Choudhury co-starred as the singer of an English/Pakistani C&W band in the offbeat English comedy "Wild West" (1992). She lied about her singing abilities to get the part; the songs were later dubbed by singer Rebecca Price.
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in London, England, United Kingdom
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Job Titles:
Actor, Model, Dancer, Film reviewer, Travel guide editor
Education
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Queen s University, Ontario, Canada, film studies and economics, BA
Milestones
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1966 Born in London
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1974 Danced with the Kingston Dance Company (date approximate)
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1976 Moved to Mazatlan, Mexico (date approximate)
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1978 Lived in Rome (date approximate)
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1989 Signed with Premier modeling agency in Britain
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1991 Professional acting debut (as a lead), Mississippi Masala , directed by Mira Nair
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1996 Starred in Mira Nair s Kama Sutra: A Love Story
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1998 Starred with Gwyneth Paltrow in A Perfect Murder
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1999 Cast opposite Sharon Stone in Gloria a remake of the 1980 John Cassavetes film
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2003 Appeared in the drama It Runs in the Family which starred Michael Douglas, Kirk Douglas and Cameron Douglas
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2004 Starred in the Spike Lee comedy She Hate Me
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2006 Co-starred in M. Night Shyamalan s Lady in the Water with Bryce Dallas Howard and Paul Giamatti
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Moved back to London
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Moved to Canada to study at Queens University
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Moved to the SoHo section of New York
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Returned to Rome
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Spent her early years in Kingston, Jamaica
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Worked as an editor for Fodor s Italian travel guides
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Worked with Federico Fellini at Cinecitta in various production capacities