1. Diana Penty began her modelling career in 2005 when she was signed up by Elite Models India.
27 Facts About Diana Penty
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Diana Penty went on to play an army officer in Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran, a public service volunteer in Shiddat, and the leading lady in the Malayalam film Salute.
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Diana Penty has since appeared in streaming films Bloody Daddy and Adbhut.
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Diana Penty's highest grossing release came with the 2025 film Chhaava.
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Diana Penty was born on 2 November 1985 in Mumbai, Maharashtra to a Parsi father and a Konkani Christian mother.
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Diana Penty attended St Agnes High School in Mumbai, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Mass Media from St Xavier's College.
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Diana Penty began her modeling when she sent her photographs to Elite Models India, who liked her work and suggested she take up modelling assignments.
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At this stage, she was in college and was reluctant to choose a career in modeling, so Diana Penty decided to work part-time as a fashion model.
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In 2005, Diana Penty officially started working for Elite Models India, and made her runway debut at the Indo-Italian Festival for Italian designers Nicola Trussardi and Gianfranco Ferre.
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Thereafter, Diana Penty modelled for several other Indian designers, including Wendell Rodricks, Rohit Bal and Rina Dhaka.
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From 2008 to 2010, Diana Penty established herself internationally after modelling for fashion weeks in Paris and New York.
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Diana Penty was originally slated to make her Bollywood debut in 2011 with Imtiaz Ali's Rockstar opposite Ranbir Kapoor, although she rejected the film due to her modelling commitments at the time and was replaced by Nargis Fakhri.
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Diana Penty later signed up for Homi Adajania's Cocktail instead; at Ali's suggestion.
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Diana Penty's first appearance was as Captain Ambalika Bandyopadhyay, in Abhishek Sharma's period drama Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran opposite John Abraham, which was a commercial success.
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Diana Penty portrayed Ira Sharma Sehgal, a public service volunteer who has a friction of ideology with her husband, in director Kunal Deshmukh's 2021 romantic drama Shiddat.
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Diana Penty then played a NCB officer in Bloody Daddy opposite Shahid Kapoor, which had a digital release.
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Diana Penty played a mysterious women alongside Nawazuddin Siddiqui in Adbhut, her only release of 2024.
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Diana Penty made her Cannes Film Festival debut in 2019 and has subsequently appeared on the red carpet the following years.
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Diana Penty has ramp walked at the Lakme Fashion Week.
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Diana Penty has been cover model for several magazines including Vogue, Elle, Verve, Women's Health India, Grazia India and Femina among others.
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Post her debut, Diana Penty was termed as the "next big thing" in Hindi cinema.
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Grazia's Tanya Mehta says Diana Penty has a "compelling onscreen presence" and added that she is here to stay.
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Diana Penty was placed 10th in Times of India's 10 Most Promising Female Newcomers of 2012 list.
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Diana Penty ranked 25th in 2013 and 23rd in 2019 in Times' 50 Most Desirable Woman List.
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Diana Penty took a hiatus of 4 years just after her debut film.
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Apart from acting and modelling, Diana Penty is an endorser for several brands and products including TRESemme and Nokia, in particular the Lumia 510.
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Diana Penty became the first Indian star to endorse Estee Lauder India.