Born May 5, 1979 Occupation fashion model, Actress   Bipasha Basu born May 5, 1979 is an Indian actress and former fashion model. She appears in Bollywood films and now lives in Mumbai. She is often regarded as a sex symbol. She is 5'8½" tall and dusky in appearance.

Bipasha is the second daughter in her family. She was raised in Kolkata and studied for a business degree. Bipasha won the Ford Supermodel of the World contest at the age of seventeen; she was also named Tulips Miss Super Vivacious. Many modeling jobs followed.

From modeling to films is a common step in today's Indian movie industry. Bipasha's debut movie was Ajnabee (2001). The movie was fairly successful and Bipashu was quickly signed for more movies. She attracted a lot of attention with her roles in Raaz (2002) and Jism (2003). Jism was unusually explicit for Bollywood films.

She has also appeared in music videos, such as the famous Tu... for Sonu Nigam’s album, Kismat and in Jay Sean's Stolen.