Soha Ali Khan

04 Oct, 1978 | New Delhi

Actress

Biography

Soha Ali Khan is an Indian film actress, known primarily for her work in the Hindi film industry, although she has also acted in Bengali and English-language films Soha Ali Khan was born into the family of nawabs of Pataudi. Her father, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, the nawab, was a former captain of the Indian cricket team. Her mother, Sharmila Tagore, is a noted film actress, and a distant relative of the nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Her brother, Saif Ali Khan is also a Bollywood actor and she has a sister Saba Ali Khan. She attended The British School in New Delhi, then followed on to study History at Balliol College, Oxford University and has a Masters in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. Before embarking upon her film career, Soha worked for the Ford Foundation and Citibank. She is involved in a range of activities outside the acting world, including serving on the Advisory Board for a new project of the public entrepreneur group, Res Publica. She also modelled for the spring-summer collection of Globus, an Indian chain of boutiques. Soha made her acting debut with the Bollywood production Dil Maange More (2004), where she shared credits with Shahid Kapoor and two other leading ladies (Ayesha Takia and Tulip Joshi). She has since received critical acclaim for her performances in the Bengali film Antar Mahal (2005) and Rang De Basanti (2006). Her next release Khoya Khoya Chand (Sudhir Mishra)(2007) though did not do well at the box office, earned her critical acclaim.