Nauheed Cyrusi is a British actress who was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Her name means 'Venus'; she has a sister, a dog named Satch, and
comes from a non-filmy background. The Cyrusi family live near Podar
College, South Mumbai.
After completing her Secondary School Certificate from J.B. Vacha
School, she enrolled at Sind Educationist Association's Jai Hind
College and Basant Singh Institute of Science and Technology,
Churchgate, Bombay, and after graduating from this
University-affiliated college, she pursued M.Com. through
correspondence.
She had wanted a career as an Air Hostess, but after modeling for three
years, she decided to stick with showbiz and appeared in numerous TV
commercials as well as print media. Not exactly a stranger to modeling,
she had already appeared in print media for Dhara Oil at the age of 14
while still in school.
Although she did attain a level of popularity with TV advertisements,
and a music video 'Piya Basanti' her tryst with the tinsel screen has
been disappointing as film after film flopped at the box office. She
even tried her hand in a Telugu film 'Sakhia' opposite Tarun, but again
the movie failed.
She has also appeared in a TV serial 'Hip Hip Hooray', and made an
appearance at the 'India Fashion Week 2007' as well as the 'Allen Solly
Fashion Show' along with actress/TV hostess, Koel Purie.
She was amongst the top five competitors in the Level 2 of popular TV
show 'Khatron Ke Khiladi' but after failing a stunt scene was
unfortunately eliminated.
She did get noticed and appreciated in the 2006 English comedy 'Rockin'
Meera' which was shot extensively in Rajasthan and California.
She is one of the few Parsi artistes in India - others include Boman
Irani, Piloo Wadia, Kurush Deboo, Shenaz Treasurywala, Persis
Khambatta, Perizaad Zorabian, Sohrab Modi, Ardeshir Irani.
When stressed out likes to swim or go for a walk on the beach. She also
likes to watch TV serials like 'Friends', Hindi movies, and play
badminton.
