Sarah-Jane Dias Indian Actress From Muscat

Early life

Sarah-Jane Dias was born on 3 December 1982 in Muscat, Oman. She attended Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir up to Grade 10. In 1997 she won the title of Miss India Oman.

Career

Dias moved to Mumbai, where she was spotted by Suresh Natrajan when she walked onto the set of an advertising shoot and was hired on the spot for the campaign. At the age of 21 she won a television talent hunt, which led to hosting a show on Channel V, and she then became the presenter of Get Gorgeous, a supermodel search programme on the same network. In 2006 she appeared in the music video for "Never Let You Go" by the Australian rock group INXS. She entered Femina Miss India in 2007, won the title of Femina Miss India World, and represented India at Miss World 2007, where she did not place.

Her acting debut was the Tamil romantic comedy Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai in 2010, opposite Vishal. In 2011 she made her Hindi debut in Game, opposite Abhishek Bachchan, and her Telugu debut in Panjaa, opposite Pawan Kalyan. Those first films did not do well commercially, though her role in Panjaa brought a nomination for the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut in Telugu. Her first commercial success was the 2012 adult comedy Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum, in which she played a model named Anu opposite Ritesh Deshmukh, and for which she received a nomination for the Stardust Award for Superstar of Tomorrow in the female category.

After a year away she appeared in O Teri opposite Pulkit Samrat, playing a senior journalist named Monsoon. In the same year she played Laila, a host, in Happy New Year, which starred Shah Rukh Khan. In 2015 she played the fashion photographer Frieda in Angry Indian Goddesses, a performance that critics mostly received well. One reviewer for The Hindu noted her poise, and another critic called her a revelation. In 2016 she played Amira in Zubaan, opposite Vicky Kaushal. In 2017 she was in the English-language film Viceroy's House.

From 2017 she increasingly worked on web series. She had major roles in Inside Edge and Time Out, and a special appearance in Ultimate Beastmaster. In 2019 she played Rose in Parchhayee, and in 2021 she played Ayesha, a politician's wife, opposite Saif Ali Khan in Tandav. In 2022 she played Lavanyaa in the second season of Never Kiss Your Best Friend, opposite Nakuul Mehta. In 2023 she played Julia in an episode of Made in Heaven and then the CIA agent Radha in The Freelancer.

Recognition

For her work in the second season of Never Kiss Your Best Friend, Dias won the ITA Award for Best Supporting Actress in a drama made for streaming. She had earlier been nominated for the SIIMA and Stardust awards named above, and she won the Femina Miss India World title in 2007.