Dia Mirza Age, Height, Biography 2021 Wiki, Net Worth, Boyfriend

Dia Mirza is a model turned actress and have had a career span of around two decades. She has worked in almost 40 films in these years. Dia Mirza managed to win people’s heart by her work in a romantic drama Rehna hai tere dil me opposite Saif Ali Khan and R. Madhavan. After this she has worked in many films like Parineeta, Lage raho munna bhai, Kurbaan, Krazzy 4.

Real Name Dia Handrich

Nickname Dia

Known Name Dia Mirza

Date of Birth 9 December 1981

Age 40 years ( as of 2020)

Birthplace Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Hometown Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Current Residence Mumbai , Maharashtra , India

Nationality Indian

Profession Actress, Model, Film Producer & Social

Activist

Martial Status Married

Boyfriend / Affairs Salman Khan (rumoured) Vashu Bhagnani (Film Producer; rumoured) Kunal Kapoor (rumoured) Bunty Sachdeva (Musician) Sahil Sangha Mohit Raina (rumoured)

Religion Hindu

Zodiac sign Saggitarius

Food Habit Non- Vegetarian

Dia Mirza was born to a Bengali mother and her father was a German Catholic. When she was just 4 years old her parents got divorced and her mother got remarried to Ahmed Mirza who was a Muslim from Hyderabad. Dia Mirza was the only child of her parents and so she took the surname of her father.

While Dia Mirza was studying in school she started working for a multimedia company as a marketing executive where she earned 5000 rupees monthly. Simultaneously she worked as a model for brands like Emami, Walls Ice cream and Lipton.

Education, Family , Ethnicity & Boyfriend :-

School Name • Vidyaranya High School, Hyderabad

• Nasr School, Hyderabad

• Stanley Girls High School, Hyderabad

College / University Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad

Educational Qualification Bachelor of Arts from Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad

Ethnicity Her father was a German Catholic, her mother is a Bengali, and her step-father is a Dakhini Muslim. Despite these factors, she follows Hinduism.

Father Name Frank Handrich (Graphics and Industrial Fair Designer, Architect, Artist, and Interior Designer based in Munich)

Mother Name Deepa Mirza (Interior designer, Landscaper)

Brother Name Not Known

Sister Name Not Known

Spouse / Husband Name First Husband: Sahil Sangha (m.2014- d.2019) Second Husband: Vaibhav Rekhi (businessman)

Childrens ( Kids) Name She gave birth to a son named Avyaan Azaad in May 2021

Career / Awards & Achievements :-

Awards & Achievements 2005: Great Women Achiever Award for Beauty

2011: Green Globe Honor for Extraordinary Work by a Public Figure

2011: Women’s Achievement Award

2016: Femina Miss India – Ms. Eternal Beauty

2017: The ‘Valerian of Environmental Issues’ by the makers of the film “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”

2019: IWM Digital Awards – Best actor female (critics) for the web series “Kaafir”

2019: Filmfare Glamour & Style Awards for Woman of Style & Substance

Professionally, Dia Mirza is a famous actress, model, producer, and social worker. She is famous for becoming the Miss Asia Pacific International in the year 2000 as well as winning the title of 2nd runner-up of the Femina Miss India the same year. At the Miss Asia Pacific pageant held in Manila, the Philippines, she won the title of Miss Asia Pacific on 3 December 2000. During the Miss India pageant the same year, she also won other titles like Miss Close-Up Smile, Miss Beautiful Smile, and Miss Avon.

As an actress, Dia debuted with the 2001 movie Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein. Subsequently, she appeared in other Hindi films like Dus, Lage Raho Munnabhai, and Sanju. Moreover, Dia made her web series debut with Kaafir in the year 2019.

Dia was the co-owner of a production house called Born Free Entertainment. The co-owner was her ex-husband – Sahil Sangha. After their divorce, Dia now owns her own production house called One India Stories. She launched this production house in December 2019.

Born Free Entertainment’s first film was Love Breakups Zindagi, which was released on 7 October 2011. Further, as a producer, Dia has worked on the projects like Love Breakups Zindagi, Bobby Jasoos, and a web series called Mind the Malhotras. The latter project streamed on Amazon Prime Video

Caption: Dia Mirza won Miss Asia Pacific, Priyanka Chopra won the Miss World, and Lara Dutta won the Miss Universe in the year 2000. Source: Angelopedia

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Moreover, the actress is also a humanitarian worker. Dia is intensively involved with the Cancer Patients Aid Association and Spastics Society of India. Likewise, the beauty pageant winner also works closely with the government of Andhra Pradesh. Together, they spread HIV awareness and work to prevent female foeticide.

Additionally, Dia also works closely with PETA, CRY, and NDTV Greenathon. The latter is an effort to find sustainable solutions against pollution. Further, the actress is also on the board of the Coca-Cola Foundation. This foundation works for the development in rural India. Likewise, Dia also works with the campaigns like Female Foeticide and Sanctuary Asia’s Leave Me Alone.

Relationship Status

Dia Mirza’s current husband is Vaibhav Rekhi. They tied the knot on 15 February 2021 and they had their wedding ceremony in Bandra, Mumbai. Dia and Vaibhav welcomed their first child on May 14, 2021. Their son’s name is Avyaan Azaad Rekhi and he was born prematurely. Hence, baby Avyaan was in NICU for 2 months.

Dia shared the news about her pregnancy on 1 April 2021 and the news about her son coming into the world prematurely on 14 July 2021.

Previously, Dia was married to Sahil Sangha. Dia and Sahil had their engagement in April 2014. Prior to their relationship, Dia and Sahil were longtime business partners. Dia then tied the knot with Sahil on 18 October 2014 and had their wedding ceremony at Sahil’s farmhouse in Chattarpur. However, Dia shared news about their separation in August 2019.