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Jiah Khan
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British−American Bollywood actress (1988–2013)
Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
Jiah Khan was a British-American actress and singer who appeared in three Hindi films from 2007 to 2010. Born in New York City and raised in London, she was the niece of actresses Sangeeta and Kaveeta. Khan always aspired to pursue a career in acting and moved to Mumbai for film career. She made her film debut in the 2007 Ram Gopal Verma film Nishabd for which she was nominated for Filmfare…
Known for
- Housefull — Devika K. Samtani2010
- Ghajini — Sunita2008
- Nishabd — Jiah2007
- Dil Se..1998
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Key facts
- Born
- Nafisa Rizvi Khan , ( 1988-02-20 ) 20 February 1988, New York City , U.S.
- Died
- 3 June 2013 (2013-06-03) (aged 25), Mumbai , Maharashtra, India
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom United States
- Occupations
- Actress singer
- Years active
- 2007–2010
- Partner
- Sooraj Pancholi (2012–2013)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nafisa
- Family name
- Khan
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Mumbai
- Occupation
- model
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Islam
- Official website
- www.therealjiahkhan.com
- Image
- Jiah Khan at Max Stardust Awards 2012.jpg
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- Commons category
- Jiah Khan
- date of birth
- 1988-02-20
- date of death
- 2013-06-03
- manner of death
- murder
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- start of work period
- 2007-00-00
- end of work period
- 2010-00-00
- social media followers
- 146906
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Jiah Khan
- web feed URL
- www.yourholidaymom.com/feed
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Encyclopedic overview
Nafisa Rizvi Khan (20 February 1988 – 3 June 2013), better known as Jiah Khan, was an American actress and singer who worked in Indian films. She appeared in three Hindi films from 2007 to 2010.
Born in New York City to Indian parents, she was raised and educated in London. Khan aspired to pursue a career in acting and moved to Mumbai for a film career. She made her film debut in the 2007 Ram Gopal Verma film Nishabd for which she was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She was later noted for portraying the supporting role of a modern, independent woman in Ghajini, which was the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2008. After a two-year absence, she was reportedly praised for her comic role in the romantic comedy Housefull, which was the fifth highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2010.
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