| Anya Lahiri | |
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| Birth name | Anya Lahiri |
| Born | May 1 1981 |
| Origin | Golders Green, London, United Kingdom |
| Genre(s) | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, model, singer |
| Years active | 1998 - present |
Anya Lahiri (born May 1 1982 in Golders Green, London, United Kingdom) is a British actress, model and singer.
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Biography
She is half Indian and half Finnish. Her father, Prabhir Lahiri a chemical engineer from India and her mother Anita Lahiri is from Finland, her sister is the television producer Dee Lahiri. Anya attended the Henrietta Barnett School in Hampstead Garden Suburb, where she excelled in languages and music. She's been playing the flute and the piano since a young age. She has a huge passion for horseriding and is a talented horsewoman. She started her professional career modelling when she was sixteen, after which she was chosen to be part of the girl group Precious. The band was chosen by English viewers to represent the UK in the 1999 Eurovision song contest with their first single Say It Again, and arrived 12th. After that they released their first album, called 'Precious' with smash hits singles as 'Rewind' and 'It's Gonna Be My Way'. They worked with ex Take that member and producer Gary Barlow. In November 2000 they released monkey their last single called "New Beginning" with a video clip set in an industrial warehouse with the girlband acting like tough girls. By the end of 2000, the group went under scrunity and the girls decided it was time to stop. All the members started a new beginning. Anya returned to her education, attending Birkbeck, University of London, while continuing to model part-time. During the last five years, as a student, Anya has modelled for a range of brands, including Asda and Asos. She has also been the cover-girl for magazines such as Company and More. In 2003, she was one of the FHM PitGirls. In 2004, she started a new career as an actress, appearing in the movie Tornado with Daniel Bernhardt, and in The Grooming with Jacqueline Bisset. She finished her successful studies in humanities in 2005. In 2006 she was in Los Angeles doing auditions, and also became the face of the Anna Beth's jewels new collection. She is currently filming a new movie called I Can't Think Straight, in which she plays Lamia. The movie is about an Indian family preparing the wedding of their daughter.
Personal life
In early 2001, she went out with former Blue singer Duncan James for 3 months and returned with her long term boyfriend, who owns a furniture design shop in North London. They went out together, on and off, for seven years. In August 2003, Duncan wrote the song Guilty in which he confessed his love for Anya, then they got back together. In 2004 rumours were going on about their engagement but both denied it. They broke up in June 2004. In a 2003 interview she said about her long term boyfriend : "No matter how often we break up, we always end up back together"
Precious : Discography
| Date | Title | UK Chart | Certification | Cover |
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| November 20, 2000 | Precious | #198 |
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| May 17, 1999 | "Say It Again" | #6 | Silver [1] |
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| March 20, 2000 | "Rewind" | #11 |
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| June 26, 2000 | "Its Gonna Be My Way" | #27 |
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| November 13, 2000 | "New Beginning" | #50 |
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Filmography
- (2004)
- Keen Eddie (2004)
- The Fine Art of Love: Mine Ha-Ha (2005)
- I Can't Think Straight (2007)
- Daylight Robbery (t.b.r.)
