This 5' 8" light-eyed, Kolkatta girl, came into the limelight when she won the famous Ford Supermodels Contest at the age of 17. Bipasha Basu was the second daughter in the family and her pet name was bonny. She also won the Tulips Miss Super Vivacious in the same contest.

This Bengali bombshell is bold enough to accept an unusual role in her debut films. Besides doing innumerable prestigious ads, Bips, as her friends call her, did the famous video ‘Tu...’ for Sonu Nigam’s album, Kismat. Apart from modelling and acting her other hobbies include dancing, reading and helping her mother with interior designing.

She started her career with film Ajnabee, which runs average. But everyone appreciate her work in that film. Then she got Raaz which was a major hit. Her performance is excellent in this film. In 2003 Jism came which was hit. In this she played a married woman.