Suchitra Pillai (born 27 August 1970) is an Indian actress, model, anchor and VJ. A graduate in

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from the Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering, Bandra (West), Mumbai, she chose a career in arts over engineering. Apart from movie roles, including '' Dil Chahta Hai'' (2001), ''

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'' (2005), '' Laaga Chunari Mein Daag'' (2007), and ''

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'' (2008), Suchitra is a singer in the Indi pop and rock genre with an album ''Such is Life'' released in 2011. She is also a theater artist.

Personal life

When Suchitra was 20 she married Pavan Malik and later divorced. In 2005, Suchitra married Lars Kjeldsen, an engineer from Denmark, whom she met at a mutual friend's house. They have one daughter.

Film career

While in school in

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, Pillai was very much interested in theatre but graduated with a

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in 1991. She left for London soon after, where she became involved in a children's theatre. She started acting in movies in 1993 when she was offered her first role in a French film ''Le prix d'une femme'' as well as a role in the English film ''Guru in Seven''. She has also appeared in the music videos of “Arranged Marriage” (1993) by Apache Indian and “ Morning Glory (Oasis song)” (1995) by

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. Pillai then returned to Mumbai and was offered a job as a veejay. She first appeared in a music video by Apache Indian and then in Bally Sagoo's "Dil cheez hai kya" video. She has also forayed into television with shows like ''Simply South'', ''Red Alert'', '' Hip Hip Hurray'', '' Beintehaa'', '' Rishta.com'', and ''Cabaret Cabaret''. Pillai appears in the 2016 Hollywood film '' The Other Side of the Door'', and in the 2017 indie film ''The Valley'', for which she won the Best Actress award at both The Long Island International Film Festival and The Milan International Filmmakers Festival in 2017.

Filmography

Films

Television

Web series

Singing career

Pillai made her debut as a singer with her first song in the album '' Mere Liye'' in 2001. Later, she sang few other songs.

Dubbing career

In 2007, she performed her first dub-over role in the Hindi version of the American movie, ''

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/ref> Since then she has dubbed several other roles in Hindi; the parts of Angelina Jolie (''Beowulf''), Maggie Gyllenhaal (''The Dark Knight''), as Hela for Cate Blanchett in the Hindi version of ''Thor: Ragnarok'', and most recently in the 2020 Netflix original ''October Faction'' as Deloris Allen.

Dubbing roles

Live action television series

Live action films

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pillai, Suchitra Living people Actresses in Hindi cinema Indian film actresses Indian voice actresses Female models from Mumbai Actresses in Hindi television Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses from Mumbai 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian actresses 1970 births