Pooja Kumar

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Pooja Kumar
Pooja Kumar at Promotions of 'Vishwaroop' with Videocon (01) (cropped).jpg
Kumar in 2013
Born
St. Louis, Missouri, US
OccupationActress
Years active1997–present
Spouse
Vishal Joshi
​
(m. 1999)​
[1]
Children1 [2]

Pooja Kumar is an American actress of Indian descent who works in Tamil, Hindi, and English-language Indian films. After winning Miss India USA in 1995, she pursued a career as an actress and producer. She has appeared in a number of American films and shows, including Man on a Ledge , Brawl in Cell Block 99 , Bollywood Hero , Flavors , Hiding Divya, Park Sharks, Bollywood Beats , Night of Henna , Anything for You, Drawing with Chalk, and Knots Urbane. Her Indian films include Vishwaroopam and Vishwaroopam 2 , and she made her Telugu-language debut with PSV Garuda Vega .

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Early life

Pooja Kumar was born in St. Louis, Missouri. [3] Her parents, Ravinder and Nirupama, immigrated from India in 1970. [4] [5] She attended Washington University, where she graduated with degrees in political science and finance. [5] She is also trained in Indian classical dance. Kumar won Miss India USA in 1995. [5]

Career

Kumar first signed on to appear in director Keyaar's Tamil film Kadhal Rojave in 1997, but the film's production delays meant that it was only released in 2000 and her stint as an actress in the Tamil film industry went unnoticed. [6] She was earlier signed and then left out of the 1997 film V. I. P , while she had also signed to appear alongside Karthik in Chithra Lakshmanan's Chinna Raja , but was eventually dropped from the project. [7]

In 2003, she received the Screen Actors Guild Emerging Actress Award for Flavors. In 2008, she hosted a late-night live quiz show on Zee TV in India, known as Jaago Aur Jeeto. She appeared in the musical comedy miniseries Bollywood Hero on IFC in 2008. She starred opposite Saturday Night Live comedian Chris Kattan in the three-part series. In the late 2000s, she appeared in the Pakistani drama serial Ishq Junoon Deewangi (2009). After a long gap, she reappeared onscreen in the film 2013 Vishwaroopam .

Personal life

Kumar is married to Vishal Joshi. They have a daughter, born in 2020. [8]

Selected filmography

Film

List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2000 Kadhal Rojavae Pooja Tamil
2003 Magic Magic 3D DeeptiTamil
2003 Flavors RachanaEnglish
2005 Night of Henna HavaEnglish
2006Hiding DivyaPalini ShahEnglish
2009 Bollywood Beats LaxmiEnglish
Knots UrbaneRachnaEnglish
Park SharksPriEnglish
2010Anything For YouUma KrishnanEnglish
Anjaana Anjaani Peshto Hindi
Drawing With ChalkJasmineEnglish
2012 Man on a Ledge NinaEnglish
2013 Vishwaroopam Dr. Nirupama ViswanathTamil
Vishwaroop Hindi
2015 Uthama Villain Parveen/ KarpagavalliTamil
2016 Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum MalaTamil
2017 PSV Garuda Vega SwathiTelugu
Brawl in Cell Block 99 Denise PawtherEnglish
2018 Vishwaroopam II Dr. Nirupama ViswanathTamil
Vishwaroop II Hindi
2020 Forbidden Love AnamikaHindi

Television

List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown
YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Debbi Channor1 episode
2011 Chuck Jinsana1 episode
2021 Never Have I Ever Noor Qureshi1 episode

References

  1. ↑ "Pooja Kumar is now mom to a baby girl". The Times of India. January 2, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Congratulations: Vishwaroopam Actress Pooja Kumar Blessed with a Baby Girl!".
  3. ↑ "Pooja Kumar Goes From St. Louis to Bollywood". St. Louis. March 20, 2015.
  4. ↑ Shohon, Habibur (December 28, 2022). "Everything You Want to Know About Pooja Kumar".
  5. 1 2 3 "Miss India USA 1995 Pooja Kumar courts forbidden love in her ott outing". The Telegraph . November 3, 2020.
  6. ↑ "1997-98 Kodambakkam babies Page". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
  7. ↑ "A-Z (Ii)". Archived from the original on January 28, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Pooja Kumar is now mom to a baby girl". The Times of India. January 2, 2021.
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