1. India Riven Oxenberg was born on June 7,1991 and is an American actress and documentary film producer.
20 Facts About India Oxenberg
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From 2011 to 2018, India Oxenberg was involved in NXIVM, an American multi-level marketing company that was later exposed as a cult.
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India Oxenberg produced and stars in the documentary series Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult, which details her time in the cult.
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India Oxenberg was born on June 7,1991, to actress Catherine India Oxenberg and William Weitz Shaffer.
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India Oxenberg's father was arrested in 1992 for smuggling marijuana from Thailand, reportedly profiting $50 million from drug trading.
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India Oxenberg is a relative of the British royal family, the Danish royal family, and the Greek royal family through her great-grandmother, Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark.
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India Oxenberg is a niece of writer and fashion designer Christina Oxenberg.
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India Oxenberg grew up in Malibu, California, and graduated from Malibu High School.
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In 2008, India Oxenberg was presented to society at Le Bal des debutantes at the Hotel de Crillon in Paris.
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In 2002, India Oxenberg played the role of Mattie in the science fiction television film The Vector File.
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India Oxenberg was a cast member on the 2005 Lifetime reality television series I Married a Princess, which followed her family while her mother was married to Casper Van Dien.
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India Oxenberg was mentored by Sarah Edmondson, Mark Vicente, and Bonnie Piesse.
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In January 2015, after five years in NXIVM, India Oxenberg was approached by Allison Mack about joining a secret sorority, "DOS".
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India Oxenberg was instructed to provide personal family secrets and pose for nude photographs for Mack, who limited the amount of food India Oxenberg could eat and required her to cook and clean for her while living with Mack in Albany, New York.
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In January 2016, India Oxenberg was held down and branded with the initials of Raniere.
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India Oxenberg was told, at the time, that the brand was a representation of the "elements" and was unaware that it was actually Raniere's initials.
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India Oxenberg officially left NXIVM in the summer of 2018 and moved back to Malibu with her mother.
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India Oxenberg produced and starred in the 2020 Starz documentary series Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult.
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India Oxenberg had her NXIVM brand covered up with a tattoo of a mandala and the inscription "ancora imparo" by a tattoo artist in New York City's East Village.
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In 2018, India Oxenberg met Patrick D'Ignazio, a chef, while working as a manager for a restaurant in New York City.