Cinema Actress Manisha Koiralla Biography And Picture Gallery

Name : Manisha Koirala
Date of Birth : 16 August 1970, Kathmandu, Nepal
Birth Name : Manisha B. Koirala
Nickname : "Manya", "Manu"
Height : 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Address : Manisha Koirala, 302-Beachwood Towers Yari Rd., Versova, Andheri (W) Mumbai 400 061.
Manisha was born in the Nepali Koirala family on August 16, 1970. Her dad, B.P. Koirala, was Nepal's Prime Minister before her birth, while two of her paternal grandfather's brothers, Girja Prasad Koirala, and M.P. Koirala were also Nepali Prime Ministers during the 1990s.

Manisha grew up with her paternal grandmother in Varanasi, India. She studied in Vasant Kanya Mahavidhyalay. Then she re-located to New Delhi and was enrolled in Army Public School. After completing her school, Manisha had planned to study medicine and become a doctor.

Instead of becoming a doctor, fate led her to modeling, and then onto the tinsel screen in Nepal in a 1989 movie 'Pheri Betaula'. She then re-located to Bombay and debuted in a Bollywood movie titled 'First Love Letter' which was released in 1991.

Manisha has won five awards for her performance in 'Bombay', 'Khamoshi: The Musical'(two awards), 'Company', and 'Escape from Taliban'.

She has obtained a Diploma in Film Making from New York, U.S.A., and is a member of the Independent Film-Makers Society. She is also the goodwill ambassador on U.N.F.P.A.. She is actively involved in bettering the status of women, women's rights, prevention of violence against women, as well as in the active prevention human trafficking, especially Nepali women, who are abducted and sold as prostitutes. She is well versed in the Bharatnatyam and Manipuri dance forms.

Manisha is engaged to Christpin Conroy, the Australian ambassador to Nepal.

Already an celebrity back home in Nepal, Manisha Koirala wanted to move out of the shadow of being her father's daughter (the then prime minister of the country) to create an identity for herself.

To fulfill her dream, she flew down to Mumbai, where showman Subhash Ghai roped her in for his new venture Saudagar opposite another newcomer, Vivek Mushran .Inspite of the movie having established stars like Rajkumar and Dilip Kumar, Manisha was recognized.

Her attempt paid off, and she was flooded with offers. Some of her most memorable performances have been 1942 - A Love Story, Akele Hum Akele Tum and Agnisakshi with Jackie Shroff and Nana Patekar.

Inspite of having cameo roles in Criminal and Kachche Dhaage, her effort in the movies were appreciable. Some of her other movies include Mann; Grahan, Khamoshi, Gupt, Dil Se and Raja Ko Rani Se Pyaar Ho Gaya, Company, Market, Paisa Vasool and Tum.