1. Lekha Washington was born on 30 April 1984 and is an Indian actress, artist, and product designer who has predominantly appeared in Tamil and Telugu language films as well as a few Hindi films.
20 Facts About Lekha Washington
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Lekha Washington was first recognised for her work as a sculptor in 2002 and then as a theatre actress in Chennai based stage plays.
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Lekha Washington was born to a father of mixed Burmese, Italian and Punjabi ancestry, and a Maharashtrian mother.
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Lekha Washington did her schooling in Good Shepherd Convent, Chennai and later pursued a degree in Fine Arts at Stella Maris College, Chennai and went on to attend the National Institute of Design taking courses, first in Lifestyle Product Design, and then re-applying to enrol in the Film and Video Communication course.
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In early 2007, Lekha Washington was signed on to play the lead role of an orthodox Tamil Brahmin girl alongside Silambarasan in his project Kettavan, after the actor and the film's director Nanthu had spotted her at a cinema hall.
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Lekha Washington replaced the team's original choice Sana Khan in the lead role, but despite completing a schedule, the film was shelved and later cancelled after the lead actor and director had creative differences.
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Lekha Washington had earlier made an uncredited appearance in a song from the 1999 romance film Kadhalar Dhinam and made a guest appearance in director Jeeva's 2007 film Unnale Unnale as a bride at a wedding.
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In November 2007, Washington signed on to play a supporting role in R Kannan's directorial debut Jayamkondaan alongside Vinay Rai and Bhavana.
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In 2010, Lekha Washington appeared in three films in three regional languages.
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Lekha Washington then appeared in Pushkar-Gayathri's comedy film, Va, playing a suicidal schoolgirl who meets the characters of Shiva and Charan on an election night in Chennai.
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The film received average reviews, whilst Lekha Washington's portrayal received mixed acclaim with a reviewer citing that she "carries off her role of a dimwit quite well", whilst another cites that she "does not impress and needs to brush up her acting skills and lip sync".
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Lekha Washington was signed on to appear in her debut Hindi film, John Owen's Peter Gaya Kaam Se beating hundred other actresses in an audition, after the producers felt that "she looked like a super model, could play football and was an Anglo-Indian".
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In 2013, Lekha Washington was seen in Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola as Imran Khan's friend.
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Lekha Washington currently owns and runs a product design company called Ajji and has recently launched her first range of products in the Pallate store in Mumbai.
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Lekha Washington currently holds two patents to her name with respect to the products she has created.
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Lekha Washington has enjoyed success as a sculptor, being featured by The Hindu newspaper in January 2002 for her maiden exhibition, Exhibition A, for which she won critical appraisal.
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Lekha Washington has been involved in English stage plays held in Chennai, featuring in Madras Player's production of Twelfth Night in 2002 as Viola.
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Lekha Washington has been active in directing the theatre troupe, Khel.
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Lekha Washington confirmed her relationship with journalist Pablo Chatterji in 2017, after eight years of dating and five of living together.
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Lekha Washington started dating actor Bollywood actor Imran Khan during the COVID-19 pandemic.