Rhea Pillai is the ex-wife of actor Sanjay Dutt. She is presently the wife of sportsman Leander Paes. Rhea Pillai is an Indian model and also an Art of Living foundation instructor and brand ambassador for several products. She was born in London in 1965 and lived in London during her first two years.

Rhea Pillai was born to the financial controller of IBM Europe - Raymond Pillai. Her mother, Durreshwar Dhanrajgir was a doctor and maternal grandfather was Raja Dhanrajgir of Hyderabad. Rhea Pillai has an older sister Nina and she is also the cousin of director - producer Tarun Dhanrajgir.

Rhea Pillai`s parents divorced when she was only three years and she lived with her grandmother, who is the renowned actress Zubeida, who starred in Aalam Aara. Rhea Pillai was a student of St Hilda`s boarding school in Ooty, Tamil Nadu and studied economics at St Xavier`s College in Mumbai. Here, she was chosen as Society magazine`s face of the year. Rhea Pillai has acted in one Hindi film - War Or Peace, released in 2003.

Rhea Pillai was married to Sanjay Dutt, a famous Indian actor, however they are now divorced. Rhea is presently married to Leander Paes, India`s Davis cup captain and a leading doubles tennis player. They have a daughter named Aiyana.