{{Infobox actor
| name = Bipasha Basu
| birthdate = 
| birthplace = Delhi, India
| image = BipashaBasu.jpg
| caption = Bipasha Basu at the launch of Flyte Scooter and Calendar (2007).
| yearsactive = 2001 – present
| domesticpartner = John Abraham (2002 – present)
| occupation = model
| website = http://bipashabasunet.com
| awards = '''Best Female Debut'''<br />2002: ''Ajnabee''
}}
'''Bipasha Basu''' (Bengali: বিপাশা বসু , model. She was the winner of the Ford's Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest for 1996 and is currently one of the mainstream actresses in Bollywood. She is often cited by popular magazines and newspapers as one of Asia's sexiest celebrity women.<ref name="Poll"></ref> 

==Early life==
Basu was born in Bengali family. She is the second of three daughters to her parents, the elder being Bidisha, and the younger—Vijayeta. Although she was born in Delhi, her family later moved to Kolkata. 

According to her, she had come into modelling and acting quite by accident, because initially she had planned to study medicine.<ref name="The Rediff interview"></ref>
Basu studied science till the 12th standard at Bhavan's Gangabux Kanoria Vidyamandir and later took up commerce at The Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society College in Kolkata where she also did modelling and rampshows partime. Although, as pointed above, she intended to become a doctor, her aversion for dissections made her opt for chartered accountancy.<ref name="Lucky Bips"></ref> However, in 1996, she met well-known model Mehr Jessia in Kolkata; the latter suggested that Basu take part in the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest. She eventually participated, and won the contest.<ref name="The Rediff interview"/>

==Career==
After winning the Ford Godrej Cinthol contest, Basu was flown to New York by the Ford Company, where she had a successful modelling career.<ref name="The Rediff interview"/>

Basu made her film debut in Abbas Mustan's ''Ajnabee'', with Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol and Kareena Kapoor. She played a married woman who goes all out to woo her husband’s married friend, and eventually won the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for her performance.

In 2002, Basu starred in Raaz''. The film was a big commercial success and surfaced as the biggest hit of that year.<ref></ref> For her performance in the film, she received her first Best Actress nomination at the Filmfare. One review in ''The Tribune'' noted, "...it is Bipasha Basu who steals the show with her fine performance."<ref></ref>

Besides acting, ''Bips'', as she is fondly called, did the famous video "Tu" for Stolen.<ref></ref>

In 2006, she won popular acclaim for her performance in an Item number during the song ''Beedi'' in the film ''Omkara''. The song was a national hit, and Basu's pictuarisation was appreciated.<ref></ref>

In 2008 Basu starred in ''Race'', her second collaboration with duo Abbas Mustan, with whom she debuted in Bollywood. Co-starring Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Anil Kapoor and Katrina Kaif, the film performed well at the box office, and Basu's performance was appreciated by critics. Taran Adarsh of indiaFM described her performance as "her best work so far. She’s superb".<ref></ref>

==Personal life==
thumb|right|Basu with boyfriend [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham at the launch of the Filmfare magazine (2007).]]
Basu is currently dating actor John Abraham, They have been dating since late 2002. She previously dated fellow Bollywood actors Milind Soman and Dino Morea.

In 2006, Basu claimed to have been harassed by organizers of the India Day Parade in Edison, New Jersey. Basu was initially scheduled to lead the parade on August 13, 2006. Basu eventually appeared on stage late, according to her, because of the harassment. She said, "I wanted to attend the parade, but I could not." She explained that she was harassed physically and mentally in the car by two people who were taking her to the parade.<ref></ref>

In November 2007, UK magazine ''Eastern Eye'' named Basu the "Sexiest Woman in Asia".<ref name="Poll"/>

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|}'''Bipasha Basu'''

Bipasha est une actrice indienne, née le 5 mai 1979 à Delhi, en Inde.
Elle est connue pour ses rôles de femmes fatales, elle a une image de femme sexy et glamour.

==Biographie==

Elle est née à Delhi, a été élevé à Kolkata (Calcutta) et aujourd'hui elle vit à Mumbai (Bombay).
Elle voulait être médecin mais les dissections de rats la dégoûtait. Elle étudie les sciences et plus tard se dirige vers le commerce.
Elle devient connue quand elle gagne le Famous Ford Supermodel Contest et le Tulips Miss Super Vivacious contest, elle devient alors mannequin, fait alors de nombreuses pubs pour des marques connues et apparait dans le célèbre clip de la chanson 'Tu Kab Ye Janegi' de l'album ,Kismat, de Sonu Nigam.
Puis elle se lance dans le cinéma, comme de nombreux mannequins indiennes.
Son premier film est Ajnabee en 2001 qui eut pas mal de succès, elle tourne bientôt d'autres films.
Elle attira l'attention pour ses rôles dans Raaz en 2002 et surtout Jism en 2003, où elle joue une femme fatale trompant son mari. Le film est très osé pour le cinéma indien mais connaît le succès. C'est pour cela que depuis Bipasha est devenue un sex symbol et garde une image de femme sexy.
Elle mesure 1m67.
Ses surnoms sont Bips et Bonny.
Elle a été l'une des juges pour le concours Femina Miss India de 2004.
Elle a été 7 sur la liste des meilleures actrices de Bollywood de 2006.
Elle a été seconde sur la liste Asia's Sexiest Women par le magazine Britannique Eastern Eye.

==Sa filmographie==
# Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008) .... Radhika
# Race (2007) .... Sonia
# Dhoom 2 (2006) .... ACP Shonali Bose
# Jaane Hoga Kya (2006) .... Aditi Chopra
# Omkara (2006) .... Chamanbahar 'Billo'
# Corporate (2006) .... Nishiganda Dasgupta
# Alag (2006) .... apparition dans une chanson
# Phir Hera Pheri (2006) .... Anuradha
# Darna Zaroori Hai (2006) .... Varsha
# Humko Deewana Kar Gaye (2006) .... Sonia Berry
# Shikhar (2005) .... Natasha
# Apaharan (2005) .... Megha Basu
# No Entry (2005) .... Bobby
# Barsaat (2005) .... Anna Virwani
# Sachein (2005) .... Manju
# Chehraa (2005) .... Megha Joshi/Megha Diwan
# Madhoshi (2004) .... Anupama Kaul
# Rakht (2004) .... Dhristi
# Rudraksh (2004) .... Dr. Gayetri
# Aetbaar (2004) .... Ria Malhotra
# Ishq Hai Tumse (2004) .... Khusboo
# Zameen (2003) .... Nandini
# Footpath (2003) .... Sanjana Srivastav
# Jism (2003) .... Sonia Khanna
# Gunaah (2002) .... Inspecteur Prabha Narayan
# Chor Machaaye Shor (2002) .... Inspecteur Ranjita
# Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (2002) .... Ria
# Aankhen (2002) .... Raina (apparition)
# Raaz (2002) .... Sanjana Dhanraj
# Takkari Donga (2002) .... Panasa
# Ajnabee (2001) .... Sonia/Neeta

==Ses récompenses==

'''Elle a gagné:'''

-2001: Filmfare Award du meilleure jeune espoir féminin pour Ajnabee
-2001: Filmfare Lux New Face Award pour Ajnabee
-2003: Zee Cine Awards du meilleure couple pour Raaz (elle l'a partagé avec Dino Morea)
-2006: Global Indian Film Awards de la meilleure actrice pour Corporate
-2006: Indian Style Diva de l'année

'''Elle a été nominée:'''