Ameesha Patel was born on 9th June 1975. She is an Indian actress. She is working in Bollywood films and Telugu films as well. She performed in most of the blockbuster Indian films like Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai in 2000,
Ek Prem Katha
in 2001 and won the special praise due to her performance in Gadar. In 2002 she performed in a film Humraaz which became super hit in Bollywood and she was nominated for best actress of the year. In 2011 she introduced her private production house under the name as Ameesha Patel Productions with her corporate partner Kuunal Goomer.
Ameesha Patel belongs to a Gujarati family. Her father name is
Amit Patel
and her mother name is
Asha Patel
. She opened her eyes in the real world first time in Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai. Her schooling is from Cathedral and John Connon School located in Mumbai. She got her higher education from Medford in Tufts University.
After graduation she started her career as a financial forecaster at Khandwala Securities Limited. When she came back to home country, she joined theatre of
Satyadev Dubey
group and played various roles in different serials. She also did modeling for numerous Indian brands including Bajaj Sevashram, Lux, Fair & Lovely and many more.
She got first opportunity to do acting when her father’s schoolmate offered her in 2000 in a film Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai but she declined the offer as she desired to endure her studies in USA. She was replaced by Kareena Kapoor but due to some reasons Kareena was dropped and she again received the offer in a family lunch. After this film she became one of the most popular artists. Ameesha Patel also worked in a number of talk shows such as Rendezvous along with co-host
Simi Garewal
and some other shows others. She was also the evaluator of special Valentine’s Day episode in 2006.