1. Riya Sen was born on Riya Dev Varma; 24 January 1981 and is an Indian actress and model born into the royal family of Tripura to Bharat Dev Varma and Moon Moon Sen Sen predominantly appears in Hindi, Bengali, English, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films.
Riya Sen was the son of Ila Devi, a princess of Cooch Behar and nephew of Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur.
Riya Sen began her acting career when she was five years old, playing her mother's daughter on screen for the first time.
Riya Sen won the Star Guide Award as best actress for her performance in Noukadubi.
Riya Sen was first recognised as a model when she performed in Falguni Pathak's music video Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi at the age of seventeen in 1998.
Riya Sen has worked as an activist and appeared in an AIDS awareness music video with the aim of dispelling popular myths about the disease.
Riya Sen helped raise funds for paediatric eye-care and underprivileged children.
Riya Sen has been granted an O-1 visa to the United States for her extraordinary abilities.
Riya Sen first appeared as a child artist in the film when she was five years old.
Riya Sen was scheduled to make her Bollywood film debut in Love You Hamesha, opposite actor Akshaye Khanna; however, the film was stalled, and she finally made her debut in N Chandra's Style in 2001.
Riya Sen has, in addition to Hindi films, appeared in Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and English films.
Riya Sen played the role of Bhama in the film, a village girl who is lured by Digambaran, the evil magician portrayed by Manoj K Jayan.
In 2012 Riya Sen won the Star Guide Award as best actress for her performance in Noukadubi.
Riya Sen was featured in video song of Kamaal Khan album Suno To Deewana Dil in song Jaana.
Riya Sen became a popular model when she appeared in numerous music videos for songs by popular singers, including Falguni Pathak's Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi, Asha Bhosle's Jhumka Gira Re, Jagjit Singh and Bhosle's Jab Samne Tum and Kahin Kahin Se, Lata Mangeshkar, Bhonsle and Singh's Dil Kahin Hosh Kahin, Sonu Nigam's Jeena Hai Tere Liye and Shaan's Sutta Maro.
Riya Sen shot for her first music video, Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi, at the age of sixteen.
Riya Sen has appeared on several magazine covers, including Femina, Elaan, Man's World, Gladrags, Savvy and Indian versions of Elle, Maxim and Cosmopolitan, as well as on the ramp of major fashion shows like Lakme Fashion Week and Wills Fashion Week.
Riya Sen participated in fashion shows along with her elder sister, Raima Sen.
Besides modelling, Riya Sen has ventured into the advertisement world as well.
Riya Sen was so thrilled that for her next ad campaign, she asked me to light her up like I did in this.
Riya Sen is the only female face to be featured on the calendar for five consecutive years.
Riya Sen's father Bharat Dev Varma is a member of the royal family of Tripura.
Riya Sen's paternal grandmother, Ila Devi, was a princess of Cooch Behar, whose younger sister Gayatri Devi was the Maharani of Jaipur.
Riya Sen completed her schooling in ICSE from Loreto House in Kolkata.
Riya Sen went on to studying philosophy in a Bengali uccha madhyamik school Rani Birla Girls' College.
Riya Sen had a degree from the National Institute of Fashion Technology NIFT Mumbai in fashion designing and information technology.
Riya Sen went to London to the Pinewood Actors Studio for acting course and simultaneously did voice and dubbing classes.
Riya Sen did a couple of private acting workshops with renowned British teachers.
Riya Sen learnt the Queens English -British accent with renowned voice coach Barbara Berkeley.
Riya Sen studied in New York at the TV1 acting studio in Times Square.
Riya Sen has done a course in Paris at the Institute Marangoni for fashion and image styling.
Riya Sen did a course at the University of Arts in London in 'branding' and a cooking course in Thailand at the blue elephant culinary school.
Riya Sen is passionate about painting and has been painting since she was a baby.
Riya Sen did her 200 hours Teacher training course in Rishikesh for hatha vinyasa, Yin yoga teacher training course in dharamsala at the Trimurti school and Aerial yoga teacher training course from Ulu yoga in Bali.
Riya Sen was ranked ninth on Femina 50 Most Beautiful Women, published in the magazine's September 2007 issue.
Riya Sen was a jury member for the 2008 Final of the Mr India contest.
Riya Sen made charity appearances at McDonald's India to raise money for paediatric eye-care during World Children's Week in 2003 and for underprivileged children during the Corona virus pandemic in 2020.