Jiah Khan

Actor, Film actor

1988 – 2013

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Who was Jiah Khan?

Jiah Khan was an American born British Indian actress, model and singer who appeared in Bollywood films. She made her film debut in the 2007 Ram Gopal Verma film Nishabd for which she was nominated for Filmfare Best Female Debut Award. She was later noted for portraying modern, independent women in Ghajini which was the highest-grossing Bollywood films of 2008. Her performance in the latter earned her significant acclaim. She last appeared in Sajid Khan's directional film Housefull which was her second highest-grossing Bollywood films of 2010.

On June 4th 2013, she was found dead in her apartment in her residence in the Sagar Sangeet building in Juhu, Mumbai after hanging herself.

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Born
Feb 20, 1988
New York City
Also known as
  • Nafisa Khan
  • Jiah Nafisa Khan
Parents
Siblings
Religion
  • Islam
Ethnicity
  • British Indian
Nationality
  • India
  • United Kingdom
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • New York City
  • London
Died
Jun 3, 2013
Juhu

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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