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{{Short description|Indian actress}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Shenaz Treasurywala
| image = Shenaz Treasury2.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = Shenaz Treasurywala
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|06|29|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Shenaz-Treasurywala|title=Shenaz Treasurywala: Movies, Photos, Videos, News, Biography & Birthday | eTimes|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| years_active = 2001–2018
| alma_mater = [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]]
| occupation = [[Actress]], [[TV Host]], [[Writer]] and [[Travel literature|Travel Vlogger]]
}}

'''Shenaz Treasurywala''' (born 29 June 1981)<ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1376654/bio|title=Shenaz Treasury Biography|publisher=[[IMDb]]|accessdate=5 February 2015}}</ref> is an [[India]]n [[actress]], [[TV host]], [[writer]], and [[travel literature|travel vlogger]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://photogallery.indiatimes.com/shenaz-treasurys-hot-pictures/articleshow/65717833.cms|title=Actress Shenaz Treasury keeps raising temperatures on social media with her alluring holiday pictures - Photogallery|website=photogallery.indiatimes.com}}</ref>

== Career ==
[[File:Shenaz Treasury3.jpg|thumb|left|Shenaz Treasury modelling]]
Discovered by a photographer during her first year in college, her first modeling assignment was for the soft drink [[Gold Spot]].<ref name="TIVV">{{cite web
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/11128.cms
| title = Veejays with a vengeance!
| accessdate = 2007-04-10
| date = 2003-06-08
| work = [[The Times of India]]
}}</ref> She also did [[advertising]] work for [[Akai]] and [[Philips]]<ref name="WIT100">{{cite web
| url=http://www.webindia123.com/personality/women/shenaz_treasurywala/shenaz.htm |title=Top 100 Beautiful Indian Women |accessdate = 2007-04-11 |publisher=Suni Systems Ltd
}}</ref> before [[MTV Networks Asia]] hired her to work as a [[VJ (media personality)|VJ]] on the ''[[MTV's Most Wanted]]'' program.<ref name="TIVV" /><ref name="TITMW">{{cite web
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/484591.cms
| title = Treasured and most wanted!
| accessdate = 2007-04-10
| last = Vashisht
| first = Pooja
| date = 2004-02-09
| work = [[The Times of India]]
}}</ref>

Her acting debut was in the 2001 [[Telugu film]] ''[[Eduruleni Manishi (2001 film)|Eduruleni Manishi]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei_dnbzJByg|title=Eduruleni Manishi - Nadumunu Chooste jarade Song|work=youtube.com}}</ref> followed by the 2003 [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Ishq Vishk]]'',<ref name="TISA">{{cite web
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad-times/straight-answers/articleshow/2708.cms
| title = Straight Answers
| accessdate = 2007-04-10
| last = Dhattiwala
| first = Raheel
| date = 2003-06-03
| work = [[The Times of India]]
}}</ref> which earned her a nomination for the best supporting actress award by the [[Filmfare Awards|Filmfare Film Awards]].<ref>[[49th Filmfare Awards]]</ref> With her lifelong love of travel,<ref name="TITMW" /><ref name="TIBTFM">{{cite web
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2708.cms
| title = Bollywood is too filmi for me
| accessdate = 2007-04-10
| last = Iyer
| first = Sandhya
| date = 2003-07-28
| work = [[The Times of India]]
}}</ref> she wrote travel articles for ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'', ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'', and ''[[Femina (India)|Femina]]''.<ref name="TCCS">{{cite web |url = http://travel.discovery.com/tv/culture-shock/shenaz-bio.html |title = Shenaz: Culture Shock |accessdate = 2007-04-09 |publisher = [[Travel Channel]], [[Discovery Communications]] |url-status =dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070517020427/http://travel.discovery.com/tv/culture-shock/shenaz-bio.html |archivedate = 17 May 2007 |df = dmy-all}}</ref> As of the early 2010s, Treasurywala resides in [[Mumbai]], India and serves as the host of ''[[Culture Shock (TV series)|Culture Shock]]'' on the [[Travel Channel]].<ref name="TCCS" /> In 2011, she got a recurring role as Rama Patel on the American soap opera ''[[One Life to Live]]''. A few months later, she signed a contract with the show until its cancellation in 2012 and then returned as a contract player when the show started airing its webisodes in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soapoperadigest.com/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128161350/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/news/breaking/|url-status=dead|title=Soap Opera Digest: Your No. 1 Source For Soap News|archivedate=28 January 2011|website=Soap Opera Digest}}</ref>

Treasury' returned to India to visit her family and was offered a leading role in ''Ishq Vishk'' after meeting director [[Ken Ghosh]] at a Mumbai night club.<ref name="TISA" /><ref name="TIBTFM" />

In 2009, she appeared in the films ''Aagey Se Right'' and ''Radio''. She wrote the screenplay for and appeared in the 2011 movie ''[[Luv Ka The End]]''. She also appeared in the movie ''[[Delhi Belly (film)|Delhi Belly]]''. She is part of the film ''[[Main Aur Mr. Riight]]'' .

During 2015, she was a contributor and occasional panelist on ''[[The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore]]'' on [[Comedy Central]] in the United States.<ref name=ContributorsEW>{{cite web|last1=Rivera|first1=Joshua|title='The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore' announces its cast of contributors -- exclusive|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2015/01/09/nightly-show-larry-wilmore-panelists/|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=10 January 2015}}</ref>

In 2017, she appeared in the critically acclaimed indie film ''[[The Big Sick]]'' where she played [[Kumail Nanjiani]]'s sister-in-law.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5462602/characters/nm1376654|title=The Big Sick (2017) - IMDb|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref>
She has also hosted All Women Special Wrestling Event "[[WWE Evolution]]" on 28 October 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shenaz Treasury to Host All-women's Special Wrestling Event 'WWE Evolution' |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/shenaz-treasury-to-host-all-womens-special-wrestling-event-wwe-evolution-1918805.html |website=News18}}</ref>

== Social activism ==
In December 2014, days before the release of her film ''[[Main Aur Mr. Riight]]'' (on 12 December), Shenaz Treasurywala wrote an open letter to the most powerful people of India including [[Narendra Modi]], [[Sachin Tendulkar]], [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Salman Khan]], [[Shah Rukh Khan]], [[Aamir Khan]] and [[Anil Ambani]] on women's safety in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Shenaz Treasury's open letter to NaMo, Big B, Tendulkar, Khans, Ambani in appeal against rapes|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/features/type/view/id/7620|website=bollywoodhungama.com|publisher=Bollywood Hungama|accessdate=15 December 2014|ref=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Shenaz Treasurywala: India actress in plea to stop rape|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30444248|website=bbc.com|publisher=BBC|accessdate=15 December 2014|ref=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Shenaz Treasurywala's Open Letter To NaMo, Sachin, Amitabh & The 3 Khans|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Im-choosy-in-real-life-Shenaz-Treasurywala/articleshow/45476305.cms|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|publisher=Times Of India|accessdate=15 December 2014|ref=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Shenaz Treasurywala Open Letter|url=http://www.timestoday.tv/shenaz-treasurywala-open-letter/|website=timestoday.tv|publisher=Times Today|accessdate=15 December 2014|ref=13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Shenaz Treasurywala's open letter to PM Modi, Big B, SRK, Salman and Anil Ambani|url=https://in.screen.yahoo.com/salman-khan/shenaz-treasurywala-open-letter-pm-144200206.html|website=in.screen.yahoo.com|publisher=Yahoo|accessdate=15 December 2014|ref=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Actor Shenaz Treasurywala's open letter to PM, Amitabh Bachchan, SRK|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/actor-shenaz-treasurywalas-open-letter-to-pm-amitabh-bachchan-srk/1/406410.html|website=indiatoday.intoday.in|publisher=India Today|accessdate=15 December 2014|ref=15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Uber Rape Case: Actress Shenaz Treasurywala writes open letter to Narendra Modi, Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/uber-rape-case-actress-shenaz-treasurywala-writes-open-letter-to-narendra-modi-shah-rukh-khan-amitabh-bachchan/|website=indianexpress.com|publisher=Indian Express|accessdate=15 December 2014|ref=17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SHENAZ TREASURYWALA OPEN LETTER|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/topic/shenaz-treasurywala-open-letter|website=movies.ndtv.com/|publisher=NDTV Movies|accessdate=15 December 2014|ref=18}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

Her father is a [[Ship transport|merchant marine engineer]],<ref name="TCCS" /> and she was born in a [[Parsi people|Parsi]] family.<ref name="WIT100" /> Treasurywala attended school and college in Mumbai,<ref name="TCCS" /> [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|St. Xavier's College]].<ref name="TIVV" /> In 2001, she moved to [[New York City]] where she studied [[method acting]] at the [[Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute]].<ref name="TISMWA">{{cite web
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/8298521.cms
| title = Shenaz: Most wanted again
| accessdate = 2007-04-10
| last = Fatima
| first = Nishat
| date = 2002-04-27
| work = [[The Times of India]]
}}</ref> While in New York, she also took a writing course at [[New York University|NYU]].<ref name="TISMWA" />

== Filmography ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Production !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Eduruleni Manishi (2001 film)|Eduruleni Manishi]]'' || Sri || Telugu Film
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Ishq Vishk]]'' || Alisha Sahay ||
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Hum Tum]]'' || Shalini ||Cameo
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Umar (2006 film)|Umar]]'' || Sapna P. Lakha ||
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Culture Shock (TV series)|Culture Shock]]'' || ''Herself'' || Host
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Aagey Se Right]]'' || Pearl
||
|-
|2009 || ''[[Radio (2009 film)|Radio]]'' || Shanaya Dhingra ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Luv Ka The End]]'' || Ms. Naaz ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Delhi Belly (film)|Delhi Belly]]'' || Sonia Mehra ||
|-
| 2011–2012, 2013 || ''[[One Life to Live]]'' || Rama Patel ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Main Aur Mr. Riight]]'' ||Aliya ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore]]'' || Contributor ||
|-
| 2016–Present || ''[[Brown Nation]]'' ||Dimple Parikh ||
|-
| 2017 || ''[[The Big Sick]]'' || Fatima||
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Munna Michael]]'' || Anchor of Dancing Star||
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Kaalakaandi]]'' || Ayesha ||
|-
| 2018 || ''WWE Raw Sunday Dhamaal'' || HerSelf || Host<ref>{{cite news |title=Shenaz Treasury to host a special WWE Sunday Dhamaal episode of WWE Evolution |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/sports/shenaz-treasury-to-host-a-special-wwe-sunday-dhamaal-episode-of-wwe-evolution |date=24 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Shenaz Treasury to Host All-women's Special Wrestling Event 'WWE Evolution' |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/shenaz-treasury-to-host-all-womens-special-wrestling-event-wwe-evolution-1918805.html |work=News18}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
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[[Category:1972 births]]
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[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:Female models from Mumbai]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute alumni]]
[[Category:Parsi people]]
[[Category:Indian television actresses]]
[[Category:St. Xavier's College, Mumbai alumni]]
[[Category:VJs (media personalities)]]

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