Sarah-Jane Dias is an

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actress, TV host,

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and

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titleholder who won the title of Femina Miss India World in 2007 and represented

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. She was also a video jockey for

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Early life

Sarah-Jane Dias was born in

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to a

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-speaking

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family. Her father, Eustace Dias, is a

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with Oilfields Supply Centre and her mother is named Yolanda. She also has a sister named Elena Rose Dias. Dias attended

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until Grade 10, then she joined

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doing her 11th and 12th. She then attended university at Mumbai's St. Andrews College. Prior to winning

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title in 2007, she had won the Miss India Oman title in 1997.

Pageantry

In Mumbai, Dias was discovered by Suresh Natrajan by chance when she walked onto his set and was immediately hired for the campaign he was shooting. At the age of 21, she won a talent hunt TV show, which gave her a chance to host a Channel V show. She then became the host of ''Get Gorgeous'', a supermodel hunt TV show on the network. In 2006, Dias featured in the music video for

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n rock group

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's "Never Let You Go" from their album ''

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''. The next year Dias participated in

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2007. She subsequently won the title of Femina Miss India World 2007 and represented the country at

but was not place.

Acting career

Film debut and few successes (2010-2017)

Dias made her acting debut in the 2010

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film, ''

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'' opposite

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. In the next year, she first made her Hindi debut with ''

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'' opposite

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and then made her Telugu debut opposite

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in ''

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''. All films were box office failures. The last of these earned her

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nomination. Dias had her first commercial success with the 2012 adult comedy film ''

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'', where she played a model Anu, opposite

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praised her performance and added that she "gets it right". She received the

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nomination for the film. Post a year hiatus, she appeared in ''

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'' opposite

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, playing a senior journalist Monsoon. In the same year, she played Laila, a host in ''

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'', alongside

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. In 2015, Dias played a fashion photographer, Frieda in ''

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''. Her performance was mostly well received by critics. While

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of ''

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'' noted that she shows "admirable poise", Anna MM Vetticad termed her a "revelation". In 2016, she played Amira in ''

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'', opposite

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. Rohit Vats of ''

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'' noted, "After a fabulous job in ''Angry Indian Goddesses'', Sarah Jane Dias only gets better here." In 2017, she appeared in the English film, ''

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''.

Expansion to web series (2017-present)

Post these films, Dias has many appeared in web series. In 2017, she played major roles in '' Inside Edge'', '' Time Out'' and had a special appearance in ''

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''. In 2019, she played Rose in ''Parchhayee''. In 2021, she played a politician's wife Ayesha, opposite

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in ''

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''. In 2022, Dias played Lavanyaa in the second season of'' Never Kiss Your Best Friend'', opposite

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. Writing for ''

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'', Zinia Bandyopadhyay stated, "Sarah Jane Dias portrays the vulnerability of her character under the tough exterior with ease." Her performance earned her the ITA Award for Best Supporting Actress - Drama (OTT). In 2023, Dias first played Julia in an episode of ''

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'' and then played a CIA agent Radha in '' The Freelancer''.

Filmography

Films

*''All films are in Hindi unless otherwise noted.''

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

*
Official website
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