Lisa Ray
Lisa Ray (born April 4, 1972 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a Canadian actress .
Life and accomplishments
Ray has a Bengali father and a Polish mother. She first wanted to study journalism , but was discovered as a model while in high school . The actress made her debut in the Indian mystery thriller Kasoor from 2001. In the also Indian action film Takkari Donga (2002) she played one of the bigger roles as well as in Deepa Mehta's Canadian-Indian comedy Bollywood Hollywood (2002), which won numerous awards and nominations - including for the Genie Award . She then moved to London , where she studied acting. This was followed by a leading role in the US comedy Ball & Chain (2004), in which she played an American of Indian descent.
Ray received the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for his role in the Canadian-Indian drama Water (2005), which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film . In the film drama The Hidden World (2007), which shows a lesbian relationship in South Africa during the apartheid period , she took on one of the two main roles alongside Sheetal Sheth . In the western comedy All Hat (2007) she played a former friend of the main character played by Luke Kirby . Ray and Sheetal Sheth re-portray a lesbian couple in the drama I Can't Think Straight , which was released in November 2008.
Filmography (selection)
- 2001: Kasoor
- 2002: Takkari Donga
- 2002: Bollywood Hollywood
- 2004: Ball & Chain
- 2005: Water
- 2006: Quarter Life Crisis
- 2007: The Hidden World (The World Unseen)
- 2007: All Hat
- 2008: Kill Kill Faster Faster
- 2008: I Can't Think Straight
- 2008: Cooking with Stella
- 2009: Defendor
- 2009: Psych (TV series, episode 4x06)
- 2011: Murdoch Mysteries (TV series, episode 4x09)
- 2011: Endgame (TV series)
Web links
- Lisa Ray in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Lisa Ray in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ en.chatelaine.com ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 31, 2008
- ↑ a b biography in the IMDb , accessed on October 31, 2008
- ↑ Bollywood / Hollywood Awards , accessed October 31, 2008
- ↑ Plot summary for Ball & Chain , accessed October 31, 2008
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ray, Lisa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ray, Lisa Rani (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4th 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto , Ontario , Canada |