Miss Universe Sushmita Sen is one of the most loved faces in Bollywood.

Age and Height

Born on 19th November 1975, Sushmita Sen celebrated her 43rd birthday in 2018. She stands a height of 5 feet 9 inches. 

Marriage/Relationships

Sushmita Sen is an unmarried lady, who had also been in several relationships till date. She is said to be in relationships with Vikram Bhatt, Sanjay Narang, Sabeer Bhatia, Randeep Hooda, Imtiaz Khatri, Manav Menon, Bunty Sachdeva, Mudassar Aziz, Wasim Akram and Ritik Bhasin. Currently, she is rumoured to be dating young Rohman Shawl. She is a single mother, who has adopted two daughters, Renee and Alisah.

Family

Sushmita belongs to a Bengali family, who was born to Shubeer Sen, a retired officer of Indian Air Force, and Subhra Sen, a jewellery designer. She has two siblings, brother Rajeev Sen and sister Neelam Sen.

Career

In 1994, Sushmita Sen won Femina Miss India Universe crown and later entitled herself with Miss Universe 1994. After winning the crown, she was offered a number of movies. In 1996, she made her debut with the movie Dastak, a Hindi film. 

She has starred in many top grossing movies including Hindustan (1999), Biwi No. 1 (1999), Sirf Tum (1999), Main Hoon Na (2004) and Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? (2005). A few of her movies remained the point of criticism as well. 

Other than being an actor, Sushmita has been a stage performer as well. She also stood up for many social causes. She had been an active actor till 2015. Not only Hindi movies, but Sushmita has worked in Bengali and Tamil movies as well.

Controversies

Aishwarya Rai broke down at the backstage when Sushmita Sen won the Miss India competition in 1994. 

Sushmita Sen was robbed in Greece and lost a huge number of essentials including her credit cards, passport and necessary documents. This made it quite difficult for her to prove her identity at the airport there.

Favourites

She is a Chocolate Fudge and Sushi lover. Angelina Jolie, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Arjun Rampal are her favourite stars.

Awards

She won several awards including Best Supporting Actress Filmfare Awards (2000), Best Supporting Actress Star Screen Awards (2000), IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award IIFA Awards (2000), Best Supporting Actress Zee Cine Award (2000), Best Supporting Actress Zee Cine Award (2003), Achievement in Bollywood Rajiv Gandhi Award (2006), Social Justice Mother Teresa Awards (2013), Eternal Beauty & Actress of the Decade Indian Affair India Leadership Conclave (2016), Woman of Substance Award GeoSpa AsiaSpa India Awards (2016), and Woman of Substance Award I Am Woman Awards (2018).

Trivia

Sushmita Sen is the first ever Indian woman to win the Miss Universe crown. 
She became Miss Universe at the age of 18. She wasn’t fluent in English until she was 16, but then she learnt it to the best.