Trivia

Won the Miss Asia-Pacific contest in 2000 and is considered one of the most beautiful actresses in Indian cinema.

Born to a German father and a Bengali mother

Titles: Miss Beautiful Smile, The Sony Viewers Choice Award.

Indian Supermodel.

She recommends meditation to manage stress and loves to read.

Her interests other than acting are reading, writing, and music.

She still lives in the house she bought in 2003 with her hard-earned money.

Preparing for Miss India in 2000, Dia worked hard to pay for all her expenses as the lesson of self -reliance was inculcated in her early on.

A passionate environment change maker, Dia does not have a single piece of plastic in her kitchen.

She says, self expression and not competitiveness has always been her driving force.

Dia Mirza has always stood up for issues she believes in regardless of how she is perceived.

She also featured as a background dancer in En Swasa Kaatre, a 1999 Tamil film.

The desire to be financially independent led Dia to work as a marketing executive during her college days.

Dia uses her step-father Ahmed Mirza's surname and subsequently added the surname of her father Frank Handrich.

She is a good cook, loves restoring old furniture, maintaining her house, and has planted shrubs and flowers in her home to invite birds and butterflies.

Dia paints, does wildlife photography, pottery, horse riding and enjoys various forms of dance.

She had a pet labrador Sultan who passed away a few years ago and was buried in a leafy spot chosen by her in her building garden.