Regarded as one of the most vivacious actresses of the Bollywood Film Industry, Bipasha Basu has highly succeeded in making a mark in world of acting and glamour. Her birth took place in New Delhi but soon after with her whole family she shifted to the `City of Joy`, Kolkata. She has an elder sister Bidishi and a younger sister Vijayeta. Basu accomplished her 12the grade from Bhavan`s Gangabux Kanoria Vidyamandir and then attained her graduation degree in commerce from The Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society College.

Bipasha Basu Early Career
While still in the phase of building her academic career Bipasha won a regional beauty contest and ventured into the world of modelling in high spirits. Following that she was crowned with the honour of the glorious title `Tulips Ms Super Vivacious` in the Ford Supermodel Contest and was then flew down to the New York City. At such an early phase in her career she was spotted by the world famous photographer Steven Meisel and also featured in the renowned Vogue Magazine. Later back home she set the ramps on fire by walking on it for almost all the renowned designers of the nation. On the commercial campaigns front also she has endorsed for many brands with superb grace and elegance.

Bipasha basu`s Film Career
The very talented Bipasha Basu has made her Bollywood debut in the `masala` flick Ajnabee which starred the popular Bollywood actors Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol and Kareena Kapoor. Her next film Raaz released in the year 2002 went onto become a huge commercial success and established her as a top-graded actress. Following this she starred in the music video of the great Indian singing sensation Sonu Nigam titled `Tu`. She also made a brief appearance in the music video of Jay Sean `Stolen` but made the audiences feel her magnetic presence throughout.

Bipasha delivered a number of other flicks like Aankhen, Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai, Chor Machaaye Shor, Gunaah, and Jism which faired at the box office. She again claimed to fame in the item number `Beedi Jalaile` in the award winning Bollywood flick Omkara. Following that she received accolades for her commercial blockbuster No Entry and then went on to bowl the silver screen audiences over with the character portrayal of a rising executive in the Bollywood flick `Corporate` by Madhur Bhandarkar. The 2006 movie Dhoom 2 starring Abhishek Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarys Rai, 2007 movie Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal featuring John Abraham and 2008 two releases Race starring Akshay Khanna, Amil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar and Kartina Kapoor and Bachana Ae Haseeno potrating Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone are some the movies which were blockbuster hits at the box office. She has however other movies like Rudraksh, Madhoshi, No Smoking, Apaharan, Shikhar and others which flopped at the box office.

She was seen in the renowned Bengali filmmaker Rituporno Ghosh`s Bengali project `Sab Choritro Kalponik` and in a Telugu Movie Panasa. She has won the Filmfare Best Debut Award for first movie Ajnabi.

In 2005 and 2007 she has been honoured with the title of being `Asia`s Sexiest Woman` by the U.K. magazine Eastern Eye.