Trivia

Was offered Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's role in Dhoom 2.

Favorite cricketer: Rahul Dravid.

Has done her A Levels exams in Film Studies and Literature in London.

Is the daughter of actress Rabia Amin.

Jiah has been consistently learning different styles of dancing for the last nine years. Today she knows belly dancing, salsa, lambada, jazz, reggae, samba and Kathak.

Attended Lee Strasberg for acting training.

Says that her role model is her mother.

Has a passion for singing and has formally training in classical opera and she knows as many as five different forms of dancing.

Was born in New York City and raised in Chelsea, London. She has been brought up single-handedly by her mother.

Jiah began dabbling with music and almost came to the point of releasing an album. She knows how to play the piano and she recorded six pop numbers before she ran out of finance.

Her home is in Chelsea, London.

Her favorite movies from childhood are Rangeela (1995) and L'Associé du diable (1997).

Favorite singer: Aaliyah.

Her best vacation spot is St. Tropez.

Says the secret behind her hair is oiling and washing it with beer.

Is the brand ambassador of the international denim brand Wrangler Jeans along with John Abraham.

Her mother is from Lucknow.

Changed her name to Jiah after Angelina Jolie's movie Femme de rêve (1998).

Daughter of Ali Rizvi Khan, a Muslim Indian American, and Rabia Amin, an Indian film actress in the 1980s.

Signed Tumsa Nahin Dekha and shot for it in Dubai for 2 weeks. She later opted out.

Her favorite designers are Dolce and Gabbana and Jitrois.

On 3 July 2014, a year after her death, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was ordered by the High Court to further investigate the death.

Her boyfriend Sooraj Pancholi, who lived with Khan, was taken into police custody during the investigation of her suicide on 10 June 2013. In her suicide note Jiah mentioned that Sooraj used to physically abuse and torture her everytime.

On 7 June 2013, a six-page hand-written note was found at her residence by her sister, allegedly addressed to Khan's boyfriend Sooraj Pancholi. The note reportedly indicates that Khan planned to end her life.

On 31 January 2018 a court in Mumbai charged her boyfriend Sooraj Pancholi with abetting Khan's suicide. The CBI submitted a list of 69 witnesses, including Khan's mother Rabia, the complainant, with the case to begin in March 2018. In April 2023, the CBI Special Court acquitted Pancholi due to lack of evidence.