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{{Short description|Indian actress}}
{{Short description|Indian actress}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name              = Shenaz Treasurywala
| name              = Shenaz Treasury
| image              = Shenaz Treasury2.jpg
| image              = Shenaz Treasuryvala graces the Polo match (02).jpg
| caption            =  
| caption            = Treasury in 2018
| birth_name        = Shenaz Treasurywala
| 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 &#124; eTimes|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref>
| birth_date                 = {{ birth_ date age|1981|6|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| birth_place        = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| death_date        =  
| death_date        =  
| death_place        =  
| death_place        =  
| years_active      = 2001–2018
| years_active      = 2001–2021
| alma_mater        = [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]]
| alma_mater        = [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]]
| occupation        = [[Actress]], [[TV Host]], [[Writer]] and [[Travel literature|Travel Vlogger]]
| occupation        = Actress
}}
}}


'''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>
'''Shenaz Treasurywala''' is an Indian actress and travel vlogger.


== Career ==
== 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=10 April 2007 |date=8 June 2003 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>  She also did [[advertising]] work for [[Akai]] and [[Philips]] 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=10 April 2007 |last=Vashisht |first=Pooja |date=9 February 2004 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
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
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 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/Ei_dnbzJByg |archive-date=15 December 2021 |url-status=live |title=Eduruleni Manishi – Nadumunu Chooste jarade Song |date=24 August 2010 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</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=10 April 2007 |last=Dhattiwala |first=Raheel |date=3 June 2003 |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=10 April 2007 |last=Iyer |first=Sandhya |date=28 July 2003 |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=9 April 2007 |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 }}</ref>  As of the early 2010s, Treasurywala resides in [[Mumbai]], India and serves as the host of ''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>
| 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" />
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]]'' .
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>
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 magazine |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/ |magazine=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>
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 |date=2017-06-30 |title=The Big Sick movie review: Welcome this Anupam Kher film with open arms |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/the-big-sick-movie-review-kumail-nanjiani-zoe-kazan-anupam-kher-michael-showalter-star-rating-4729198/ |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</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>
 
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 |date=24 October 2018}}</ref>
In addition to acting, she has now started to share her travel vlogs on [[YouTube]] and Instagram.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-29 |title=B'day Special: VJ, Actress And Now A Vlogger, The Journey Of Shenaz Treasurywala |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/authorbday-special-vj-actress-and-now-a-vlogger-the-journey-of-shenaz-treasurywala-5459509.html |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref>


== Social activism ==
== 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>
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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215173328/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/features/type/view/id/7620 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 December 2014 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |date=10 December 2014 |accessdate=15 December 2014 |ref=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Shenaz Treasurywala: India actress in plea to stop rape |work=BBC News |date=12 December 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30444248 |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 |work=The 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 |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=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/actor-shenaz-treasurywalas-open-letter-to-pm-amitabh-bachchan-srk-230796-2014-12-11 |work=India Today |date=11 December 2014 |access-date=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/ |work=The Indian Express |date=11 December 2014 |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 ==
== 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
Her father is a [[Ship transport|merchant marine engineer]],<ref name="TCCS" /> and she was born in a [[Parsi people|Parsi]] family. 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=10 April 2007 |last=Fatima |first=Nishat |date=27 April 2002 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> While in New York, she also took a writing course at [[New York University|NYU]].<ref name="TISMWA" />
| 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 ==
== Filmography ==


=== Films ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Year !! Production !! Role !! Notes
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Eduruleni Manishi (2001 film)|Eduruleni Manishi]]'' || Sri ||  [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] film, credited as Shenaz
|-
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Eduruleni Manishi (2001 film)|Eduruleni Manishi]]'' || Sri || Telugu Film
| 2003 || ''[[Ishq Vishk]]'' || Alisha Sahay || credited as Shenaz
|-
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Ishq Vishk]]'' || Alisha Sahay ||
| 2004 || ''[[Hum Tum (film)|Hum Tum]]'' || Shalini ||
|-
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Hum Tum]]'' || Shalini ||Cameo
| 2006 || ''[[Umar (film)|Umar]]'' || Sapna P. Lakha || rowspan="4" | Credited as Shenaz Treasurywala
|-
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Umar (2006 film)|Umar]]'' || Sapna P. Lakha ||
| rowspan="2" | 2009 || ''[[Aagey Se Right]]'' || Pearl
|-
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Culture Shock (TV series)|Culture Shock]]'' || ''Herself'' || Host
| ''[[Radio (2009 film)|Radio]]'' || Shanaya Dhingra
|-
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Aagey Se Right]]'' || Pearl
| rowspan="2" | 2011 || ''[[Luv Ka The End]]'' || Ms. Naaz
||
|-
|-
|2009 || ''[[Radio (2009 film)|Radio]]'' || Shanaya Dhingra ||
| ''[[Delhi Belly (film)|Delhi Belly]]'' || Sonia Mehra ||  
|-
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Luv Ka The End]]'' || Ms. Naaz ||  
| 2014 || ''[[Main Aur Mr. Riight]]'' || Aliya Raj ||  
|-
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Delhi Belly (film)|Delhi Belly]]'' || Sonia Mehra ||
| rowspan="2" | 2017 || ''[[The Big Sick]]'' || Fatima ||  
|-
|-
| 2011–2012,  2013 || ''[[One Life to Live]]'' || Rama Patel ||
| ''[[Munna Michael]]'' || Anchor ||  
|-
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Main Aur Mr. Riight]]'' ||Aliya ||
| 2018 || ''[[Kaalakaandi]]'' || Ayesha ||  
|-
|-
| 2015 || ''[[The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore]]'' || Contributor ||
| 2021 || ''[[Americanish]]'' || Ameera || American film
|}
 
=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
| 2016–Present || ''[[Brown Nation]]'' ||Dimple Parikh ||
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Ref.
|-
|-
| 2017 || ''[[The Big Sick]]'' || Fatima||
| 2007 || ''Culture Shock'' || Herself/host ||
|-
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Munna Michael]]'' || Anchor of Dancing Star||
| 2011–2013 || ''[[One Life to Live]]'' || Rama Patel ||
|-
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Kaalakaandi]]'' || Ayesha ||
| 2015 || ''[[The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore]]'' || Contributor ||
|-
|-
| 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>
| 2016 || ''[[Brown Nation]]'' ||Dimple Parikh ||
|-
|-
|2018
| ''WWE Raw Sunday Dhamaal'' || Herself/host || <ref>{{cite news |date=24 October 2018 |title=Shenaz Treasury to host a special WWE Sunday Dhamaal episode of WWE Evolution |language=en |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/sports/shenaz-treasury-to-host-a-special-wwe-sunday-dhamaal-episode-of-wwe-evolution}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Shenaz Treasury to Host All-women's Special Wrestling Event 'WWE Evolution' |work=News18 |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/shenaz-treasury-to-host-all-womens-special-wrestling-event-wwe-evolution-1918805.html}}</ref>
|}
|}


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Shenaz Treasury
Treasury in 2018
Born
Shenaz Treasurywala

Template:Birth date age
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Alma materSt. Xavier's College, Mumbai
OccupationActress
Years active2001–2021

Shenaz Treasurywala is an Indian actress and travel vlogger.

Career[edit | edit source]

Discovered by a photographer during her first year in college, her first modeling assignment was for the soft drink Gold Spot.[1] She also did advertising work for Akai and Philips before MTV Networks Asia hired her to work as a VJ on the MTV's Most Wanted program.[1][2]

Her acting debut was in the 2001 Telugu film Eduruleni Manishi,[3] followed by the 2003 Bollywood film Ishq Vishk,[4] which earned her a nomination for the best supporting actress award by the Filmfare Film Awards.[5] With her lifelong love of travel,[2][6] she wrote travel articles for Cosmopolitan, Elle, and Femina.[7] As of the early 2010s, Treasurywala resides in Mumbai, India and serves as the host of Culture Shock on the Travel Channel.[7] 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.[8]

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.[4][6]

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. 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.[9]

In 2017, she appeared in the critically acclaimed indie film The Big Sick where she played Kumail Nanjiani's sister-in-law.[10]

She has also hosted All Women Special Wrestling Event "WWE Evolution" on 28 October 2018.[11] In addition to acting, she has now started to share her travel vlogs on YouTube and Instagram.[12]

Social activism[edit | edit source]

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.[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Her father is a merchant marine engineer,[7] and she was born in a Parsi family. Treasurywala attended school and college in Mumbai,[7] St. Xavier's College.[1] In 2001, she moved to New York City where she studied method acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.[21] While in New York, she also took a writing course at NYU.[21]

Filmography[edit | edit source]

Films[edit | edit source]

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Eduruleni Manishi Sri Telugu film, credited as Shenaz
2003 Ishq Vishk Alisha Sahay credited as Shenaz
2004 Hum Tum Shalini
2006 Umar Sapna P. Lakha Credited as Shenaz Treasurywala
2009 Aagey Se Right Pearl
Radio Shanaya Dhingra
2011 Luv Ka The End Ms. Naaz
Delhi Belly Sonia Mehra
2014 Main Aur Mr. Riight Aliya Raj
2017 The Big Sick Fatima
Munna Michael Anchor
2018 Kaalakaandi Ayesha
2021 Americanish Ameera American film

Television[edit | edit source]

Year Title Role Ref.
2007 Culture Shock Herself/host
2011–2013 One Life to Live Rama Patel
2015 The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore Contributor
2016 Brown Nation Dimple Parikh
2018 WWE Raw Sunday Dhamaal Herself/host [22][23]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Veejays with a vengeance!". The Times of India. 8 June 2003. Retrieved 10 April 2007.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vashisht, Pooja (9 February 2004). "Treasured and most wanted!". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 April 2007.
  3. ↑ "Eduruleni Manishi – Nadumunu Chooste jarade Song". 24 August 2010. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021 – via YouTube.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dhattiwala, Raheel (3 June 2003). "Straight Answers". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 April 2007.
  5. ↑ 49th Filmfare Awards
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Iyer, Sandhya (28 July 2003). "Bollywood is too filmi for me". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 April 2007.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Shenaz: Culture Shock". Travel Channel, Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on 17 May 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2007.
  8. ↑ "Soap Opera Digest: Your No. 1 Source For Soap News". Soap Opera Digest. Archived from the original on 28 January 2011.
  9. ↑ Rivera, Joshua. "'The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore' announces its cast of contributors -- exclusive". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "The Big Sick movie review: Welcome this Anupam Kher film with open arms". The Indian Express. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  11. ↑ "Shenaz Treasury to Host All-women's Special Wrestling Event 'WWE Evolution'". News18. 24 October 2018.
  12. ↑ "B'day Special: VJ, Actress And Now A Vlogger, The Journey Of Shenaz Treasurywala". News18. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "Shenaz Treasury's open letter to NaMo, Big B, Tendulkar, Khans, Ambani in appeal against rapes". Bollywood Hungama. 10 December 2014. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  14. ↑ "Shenaz Treasurywala: India actress in plea to stop rape". BBC News. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  15. ↑ "Shenaz Treasurywala's Open Letter To NaMo, Sachin, Amitabh & The 3 Khans". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  16. ↑ "Shenaz Treasurywala Open Letter". timestoday.tv. Times Today. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  17. ↑ "Shenaz Treasurywala's open letter to PM Modi, Big B, SRK, Salman and Anil Ambani". Yahoo!. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  18. ↑ "Actor Shenaz Treasurywala's open letter to PM, Amitabh Bachchan, SRK". India Today. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  19. ↑ "Uber Rape Case: Actress Shenaz Treasurywala writes open letter to Narendra Modi, Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan". The Indian Express. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  20. ↑ "SHENAZ TREASURYWALA OPEN LETTER". movies.ndtv.com/. NDTV Movies. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Fatima, Nishat (27 April 2002). "Shenaz: Most wanted again". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 April 2007.
  22. ↑ "Shenaz Treasury to host a special WWE Sunday Dhamaal episode of WWE Evolution". 24 October 2018.
  23. ↑ "Shenaz Treasury to Host All-women's Special Wrestling Event 'WWE Evolution'". News18.

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