Riya Sen Height, Age, Boyfriend, Husband, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Riya Sen Dev Varma
Profession	Actress
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 155 cm in meters- 1.55 m in feet inches- 5’ 1”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 50 kg in pounds- 110 lbs
Figure Measurements (approx.)	32-26-34
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	24 January 1981 (Saturday)
Age (as of 2024)	43 Years
Birthplace	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Zodiac sign	Aquarius
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
School	Loreto House, Kolkata
College/Institute	• Rani Birla Girls' College, Kolkata • National Institute of Fashion Technology, Mumbai
Educational Qualification(s)	• Graduate • Course in Fashion Designing
Debut	Bollywood (as a child artist): Vishkanya (1991) Tamil Film: Taj Mahal (1999) Bollywood (as an actress): Style (2001) Bengali Film: Mone Pore Tomake (2001) Malayalam Film: Anandhabhadram (2005) Hollywood: It Was Raining That Night (2005) Telugu Film: Nenu Meeku Telusa...? (2008) Oriya Film: My Love Story (2013)
Religion	Hinduism
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Hobbies	Swimming, Doing Yoga, Listening to Music, Dancing, Painiting
Awards	2012- Star Guild Bengali Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in 'Noukadubi'
Controversy	Once an MMS of her and her boyfriend, Ashmit Patel was leaked, which went viral on the Internet. MMS showed the pair in compromising positions in a hotel bedroom.
Boys, Affairs, and More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Boyfriends	John Abraham (Actor) Ashmit Patel (Actor) Salman Rushdie (Novelist, Rumoured) Yuvraj Singh (Cricketer) Sreesanth (Cricketer) Shivam Tewari
Marriage Date	16 August 2017
Family
Husband/Spouse	Shivam Tewari
Children	None
Parents	Father- Bharat Dev Varma Mother- Moon Moon Sen (Actress, Politician)
Siblings	Brother- None Sister- Raima Sen (Actress)
Favourites
Food	Black Cod Fish, Mexican Chicken
Cuisine	Thai
Restaurant	Nobu
Film(s)	Titanic (1997), Gone with the Wind (1939)
Car	Porsche Cayenne
Travel Destination(s)	London, Paris
Style Quotient
Car(s) Collection	Tata Indica, Ford Ikon, Audi A4

Some Lesser Known Facts About Riya Sen

• Does Riya Sen smoke?: Yes

• Does Riya Sen drink alcohol?: Yes

• Riya’s father “Bharat Dev Varma” belongs to Tripura’s royal family.

• She hails from a family of actors as her grandmother “Suchitra Sen” was a Bengali and Hindi film actress. Her mother “Moon Moon Sen” was also an actress and her sister “Raima Sen” is a model and actress as well.
  

  Riya Sen’s grandmother Suchitra Sen

• Her mother is actively involved in politics and has also served as a Member of Parliament from Bankura, West Bengal Constituency on a TMC (Trinamool Congress) ticket.
  

  Riya Sen’s mother Moon Moon Sen campaigning in Bankura

• Riya and her sister “Raima Sen” use the surname of her maternal grandmother “Suchitra Sen.”

• She made her first on-screen appearance in 1991 as a child artist in the Bollywood film ‘Vishkanya’ as Young Nishi.

• At the age of 16, Riya got recognition as a model from Falguni Pathak‘s music video ‘Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi’ in 1998.

• She has endorsed various products and brands like Lakme, Keo Karpin Body Oil, Reliance, Nirma Lime Fresh Soap, Close Up Toothpaste, Colgate Toothpaste, Gitanjali Jewellery, Dabur Vatika Hair Oil, Limca, Agni Jewellery, etc.

• She has also modeled for various popular fashion designers like Ritu Kumar, Manish Malhotra, Neeta Lulla, Raghuvendra Rathore, Ranna Gill, JJ Valaya, Arpan Vohra, etc.
  

  Riya Sen ramp walk for designer Arpan Vohra

• Riya is trained in Kathak dance and is still pursuing it under ‘Vijayshree Chaudhury.’

• She got a breakthrough role in 1999 in the Tamil film ‘Taj Mahal’ as Machakanni.

• She also acted in the short film ‘Lonely Girl’ (2017) as Radhika Kapoor and in a web series ‘Ragini MMS: Returns’ (2017) as Simran.

• Riya Sen has worked in various languages like Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam, English, Telugu, and Oriya.

• During the shooting of ‘Shaadi No. 1’ (2005) in France, she got unconscious after being accidentally run over by the motorbike of a stuntman, but she was not injured seriously.
  

  Riya Sen in ‘Shaadi No. 1’ (2005)

• The public persona of “Riya Sen” is compared to her mother “Moon Moon Sen”, who was seen as a sex symbol of her time.

• Riya underwent a detoxification period in 2007 in Bangkok for addiction to chocolates.

• In 2007, Femina Magazine ranked her ninth among ’50 Most Beautiful Women.’

• She was one of the jury members of ‘Mr India 2008’ contest finale.

• She has appeared on the cover of various magazines like ‘Enlighten India’, ‘T3’, ‘Stylespeak’, etc.
  

  Riya Sen appearance on T3 magazine cover

• Riya has been working as an activist and appeared in an AIDS awareness music video with the aim of dispelling popular myths about AIDS.

• By the year 2017, she was the only female face to be featured on the annual calendar for five consecutive years, i.e., from 2003 to 2007.

• She is a certified yoga teacher and trainer.
  

  Riya Sen’s Aerial Yoga Teacher Training Certificate

• Riya is an avid dog lover.
  

  Riya Sen loves dogs

• On 17 November 2022, she joined Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Akola during the Maharastra leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra following which pictures and videos of the actress walking along with Rahul Gandhi went viral on social media.