caption children birth_date spouse yearsactive signature image article_title occupation
aishwarya rai at the cannes film festival 2013 1 1 november 1973 abhishek bachchan -lrb- 2007 -- present -rrb- 1991 -- present signature of aishwarya rai bachchan.svg aishwarya rai cannes 2013.jpg aishwarya rai bachchan
 actress , model
aishwarya rai bachchan

aishwarya rai -lrb- born 1st november 1973 -rrb- , known as aishwarya rai bachchan after her marriage , is an indian actress and the winner of the miss world pageant of 1994 .
through her successful bollywood career , she has established herself as one the most popular and high-profile celebrities in india .
rai has received several awards , including two filmfare awards from ten nominations .
she was awarded the padma shri by the government of india in 2009 and the ordre des arts et des lettres by the government of france in 2012 .
she is cited in the media as the `` most beautiful woman in the world '' .
while in college , rai did a few modelling assignments .
following appearances in several television commercials , she entered into the miss india pageant , in which she placed second .
she was then crowned miss world 1994 , after which she began receiving offers to act in film .
she made her acting debut with the 1997 tamil film `` iruvar '' and had her first hindi film release in `` aur pyaar ho gaya '' the same year .
her first commercial success was the tamil romantic drama `` jeans '' -lrb- 1998 -rrb- , following which she achieved wider success with her collaborations with the filmmaker sanjay leela bhansali in `` hum dil de chuke sanam '' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- and `` devdas '' -lrb- 2002 -rrb- .
she won two best actress awards at filmfare for her performances in them .
rai 's greatest commercial successes have been the adventure film `` dhoom 2 '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- , the historical romance `` jodhaa akbar '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- , and the science fiction film `` enthiran '' -lrb- 2010 -rrb- .
she garnered critical appreciation for portraying rabindranath tagore 's heroine , binodini , in rituparno ghosh 's bengali film `` chokher bali '' -lrb- 2003 -rrb- , a depressed woman in ghosh 's relationship drama `` raincoat '' -lrb- 2004 -rrb- and a nurse in bhansali 's drama `` guzaarish '' -lrb- 2010 -rrb- .
rai 's off-screen roles include duties as a brand ambassador for several charity organisations and campaigns ; she is a goodwill ambassador for the joint united nations programme on hiv/aids -lrb- unaids -rrb- .
following a relationship with actor salman khan , rai married actor abhishek bachchan in 2007 , with whom she has a daughter .
