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{{short description|Indian actress, host, VJ and former beauty queen}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2015}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox model
| name = Sarah-Jane Dias
| image = Sarah-Jane Dias on Day 3 of Lakme Fashion Week 2017.jpg
| caption = Dias at [[Lakme Fashion Week]] 2017
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1982|12|03}}
| birth_place = [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]], [[Oman]]
| nationality = Indian
| alma_mater = [[St. Andrew's College of Arts, Science and Commerce]]
| height = 1.75 m<ref name="feminamissindia_stats">{{cite news |url=http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1584986.cms |title=Stats at Femina Miss India site |access-date=9 April 2007 | work=The Times Of India}}</ref>
| occupation = [[Actress]], [[musician]]
}}

'''Sarah-Jane Dias''' is an Indian actress, host, [[VJ (media personality)|VJ]] and former beauty queen. She was the winner of [[Femina Miss India]] 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesnow.tv/The_New_Femina_Miss_India/articleshow/1872670.cms|title=The New Femina Miss India |access-date=9 April 2007}}</ref> and was a VJ for [[Channel V India|Channel V]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com/slideshow/1793581.cms |title=Profile at Femina Miss India website|access-date=9 April 2007|work=The Times Of India}}</ref>

==Early life==
Sarah-Jane Dias was born in [[Muscat, Oman]]. Her father, Eustace Dias, is a marketing manager with Oilfields Supply Centre and her mother is named Yolanda. She also has a sister named Elena Rose Dias.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Mangalorean.com - Mangalore News Articles, Classifieds to Around the World|url = http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newsid=44567&newstype=local|website = www.mangalorean.com|access-date = 3 December 2015}}</ref>

Dias attended [[Indian School Wadi Kabir|Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir]] until Grade 10, then she joined Indian School Muscat doing her 11th and 12th. She then attended university at Mumbai's [[St. Andrew's College, Mumbai|St. Andrews College]].<ref name="timesofoman_former_muscat">{{cite web|url=http://timesofoman.com/inner_cat.asp?cat=1&detail=5361&rand=0QfjweFv5sTKvjUne56pnx0u9i|title=Former Muscat student crowned Miss India|publisher=Times of Oman|date=9 April 2007
|access-date=9 April 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927013102/http://timesofoman.com/inner_cat.asp?cat=1&detail=5361&rand=0QfjweFv5sTKvjUne56pnx0u9i  |archive-date = 27 September 2007}}</ref> Prior to winning Miss India World title in 2007, she had won the Miss India Oman title.<ref name="timesofoman_former_muscat"/>

==Career==
In Mumbai, Dias was discovered by Suresh Natrajan by chance when she walked onto his set and was immediately hired for the campaign he was shooting.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.benchmark-models.com/outstation-models.htm |title=Outstation Models |publisher=Benchmark Models |access-date=9 April 2007 }}</ref> At the age of 21, she won a talent hunt TV show, which gave her a chance to host a Channel V show.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040627/spectrum/tv.htm |title=Star-favoured Sara |work=The Tribune |access-date=9 April 2007 }}</ref> She then became the host of ''Get Gorgeous'', a supermodel hunt TV show on the network.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/glitterati.asp?fodname=20040517|title=asas asa |publisher=Outlook India |date=17 May 2004|access-date=9 April 2007}}</ref>

In 2006, Dias featured in the music video for [[Australia]]n rock group [[INXS]]'s "Never Let You Go" from their album ''[[Switch (INXS album)|Switch]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonybmg.com.au/news/details.do?newsId=20030829003991
|title=INXS Release New Single 'Never Let You Go'|publisher=Sony BMG|access-date=9 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inxs.com/news/news.php?uid=2226|title=Indian video clip leaked|publisher=INXS|date=9 December 2006 |access-date=9 April 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070105044424/http://www.inxs.com/news/news.php?uid=2226  |archive-date = 5 January 2007}}</ref>

The next year Dias participated in [[Femina Miss India]] 2007.<ref>{{cite news |title=The excitement reaches a crescendo |url=https://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1875322.cms |access-date=18 January 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=8 April 2007}}</ref> She subsequently won the title of Femina Miss India World 2007 and represented the country at [[Miss World 2007]] but did not place.

Dias scored her first major film role in the 2010 [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] romantic comedy, ''[[Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai]]'' opposite Kollywood star [[Vishal (actor)|Vishal Krishna]]. She appeared in a [[Telugu cinema|Telugu film]] named ''[[Panjaa]]'' with [[Pawan Kalyan]] which was released in 2011. She also appeared in the Hindi films ''[[Kyaa Super Kool Hai Hum]]'' opposite [[Ritesh Deshmukh]] in 2012 and in [[O Teri]] opposite [[Pulkit Samrat]] in 2014. In 2016, she appeared in a Musical Thriller Film ''[[Zubaan]]'', which was released in March 2016. She was currently seen in The British-Indian [[historical]] film [[Viceroy's House (film)|Viceroy's House]
]. She is also the lead actress in the movie "The Angry Indian Goddess”.

==Filmography==

===Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Language
! Notes
|-
| 2010
|''[[Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai]]''
| Priya
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| Debut film<br/>
|-
| 2011
|''[[Game (2011 film)|Game]]''
| Maya
| [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|
|-
| 2011
|''[[Panjaa]]''
| Sandhya
| [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|
|-
| 2012
|''[[Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum]]''
| Anu
| Hindi
|
|-
| 2014
|''[[O Teri]]''
| Monsoon
| Hindi
|
|-
| 2014
|''[[Happy New Year (2014 film)|Happy New Year]]''
| Laila
| Hindi
| Cameo appearance
|-
| 2015
|''[[Angry Indian Goddesses]]''
| Frieda
| Hindi
|
|-
| 2016
|''[[Zubaan]]''
| Amira
| Hindi
|
|-
| 2017
|''[[Viceroy's House (film)|Viceroy's House]]''
| Sunita
| English
|
|-
|}

===Web series===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Platform
!scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2017
|''[[Inside Edge (2017 TV series)|Inside Edge]]'' || Meera || [[Amazon Prime]] || <ref name="FirstpostReview">{{Cite news | title = Inside Edge episode 1 review: This gripping web series on big bad cricket world needs better villain | work = [[Firstpost]] | date =12 July 2017 | first=Devansh | last=Sharma | access-date = 17 July 2017 | url = http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/inside-edge-episode-1-review-this-gripping-web-series-on-big-bad-cricket-world-needs-better-villain-3789253.html }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Voot|Time Out]]'' || Radha || [[Voot]] ||
|-
| ''[[Ultimate Beastmaster]]''
| Herself || [[Netflix]] ||
|-
|2019
|''Parchhayee''
|Rose
|ZEE5
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/i-have-faced-the-horror-of-casting-couch-situation-sarah-jane-dias-169218-2013-07-05|title=I have faced the horror of casting couch situation: Sarah-Jane Dias|last1=5 July|first1=Vanessa Fitter|last2=July 7|first2=2013UPDATED|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=27 June 2019|last3=Ist|first3=2013 10:28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedigitalhash.com/nomination/sarah-jane-dias-parchayee-zee5/|title=Sarah Jane Dias – Parchayee, ZEE5|website=The Digital Hash|language=en-US|access-date=27 June 2019}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|''[[Tandav (TV series)|Tandav]]''
|Ayesha Pratap Singh
|Amazon Prime Video
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Parashar |first1=Shivam |title=Tandav trailer out. 10 unmissable moments from new Saif Ali Khan web series |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/binge-watch/story/tandav-trailer-out-10-unmissable-moments-from-new-saif-ali-khan-web-series-1755834-2021-01-04 |access-date=5 January 2021 |work=India Today |date=11 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{IMDb name|id=3591549}}
* [http://sarahjanedias.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.vindia.com/vjzone/sarah.html Channel V profile]
* [http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com/photoshow/6251553.cms?curpg=18 Miss India - Profile]

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{{Succession box
| before= {{flagicon|IND}} [[Natasha Suri]]
| title= [[Femina Miss India|Femina Miss India World]]
| years= 2007
| after= {{flagicon|IND}} [[Parvathy Omanakuttan]]
}}
{{s-end}}
{{Miss World 2007 delegates}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Actresses from Mangalore]]
[[Category:Femina Miss India winners]]
[[Category:Miss World 2007 delegates]]
[[Category:1982 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:St. Andrew's College of Arts, Science and Commerce alumni]]
[[Category:Mithibai College alumni]]
[[Category:Actresses in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Telugu cinema]]
[[Category:Female models from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Indian VJs (media personalities)]]

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