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| caption            = Patel at [[Cannes Film Festival]] in 2013

| birth_name        = Amisha Amit Patel

| birth_date        = {{birth date and age |df=yes|1975|06|09}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/celebrity/birthday-special-ameesha-patel-then-and-now_136353.html |title=Birthday special: Ameesha Patel – then and now… |access-date=7 July 2020 |author=Zee Media Bureau |work=[[Zee News]] |archive-date=8 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708052924/https://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/celebrity/birthday-special-ameesha-patel-then-and-now_136353.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

| occupation        = {{hlist|Actress|[[Film producer|Producer]]|[[Model (people)|model]]}}

| relatives          = [[Ashmit Patel]] (brother)

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'''Ameesha Patel''' ({{IPA-hns|əˈmiːʂa pəˈʈeːl|pron}}), (born '''Amisha Amit Patel'''; 9 June 1975), is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appears in [[Bollywood|Hindi]] films alongside few [[Telugu language|Telugu]] films. She made her acting debut in 2000 with the [[romantic thriller]] film ''[[Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai]]'' which became critically and commercially successful and won her several awards including [[Zee Cine Award]] for [[Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut|Best Female Debut]].

 

Patel rose to prominence with ''[[Gadar: Ek Prem Katha]]'' (2001), which became one of the biggest hits in the history of Hindi cinema,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=all_time_earners&PHPSESSID=5362d07f223b238dbd9c54edcba55bed |title=All Time Earners Inflation Adjusted (Figures in Ind Rs) |publisher=BoxOfficeIndia.Com |access-date=3 February 2007 |archive-date=2 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102062831/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=all_time_earners&PHPSESSID=5362d07f223b238dbd9c54edcba55bed |url-status=live}}</ref> earning her a [[Filmfare Special Performance Award]]. She made her Telugu film debut with the successful ''[[Badri (2000 film)|Badri]]'' (2000).

 

Patel has also been part of successful films including ''[[Humraaz (2002 film)|Humraaz]]'' (2002), ''[[Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai]]'' (2002), ''[[Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.]]'' (2007), ''[[Bhool Bhulaiyaa]]'' (2007) and ''[[Race 2]]'' (2013).  

 

Patel was born in a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] family<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2012/sep/070912-Ameesha-Patel-to-do-dandiya.htm |title=Ameesha Patel to do dandiya! |website=Mid-day.com |access-date=31 October 2013 |archive-date=2 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102215457/http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2012/sep/070912-Ameesha-Patel-to-do-dandiya.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> to Amit and Asha Patel on 9 June 1975. She is the sister of [[Ashmit Patel]] and the granddaughter of lawyer-politician Barrister [[Rajni Patel]], who was the Congress Pradesh Committee President of Mumbai. She was born in the [[Breach Candy Hospital]] in Mumbai and has been a trained [[Bharatnatyam]] dancer since the age of five.<ref name="r1">{{cite web |last1=Verma |first1=Sukanya |title='It's unfair to have just one goal in life' |url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/1999/nov/22amis.htm |website=Rediff |access-date=29 April 2016 |date=22 November 1999 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203839/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/1999/nov/22amis.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> Her birth-name is a blend of the first three letters of her father's name Amit and the last three letters of her mother's name Asha.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Karmalkar |first1=Deepa |title=The Ten-Crore B'day gift |url=http://www.screenindia.com/jan14/cover.htm |publisher=Screen |access-date=19 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000622080426/http://www.screenindia.com/jan14/cover.htm |archive-date=22 June 2000}}</ref>

Patel studied at [[Cathedral and John Connon School]] in Mumbai and was head girl for the academic year 1992–93 before heading to [[Tufts University]] in [[United States]] to study Bio-genetic engineering, which she studied for two years, and eventually switching to Economics.<ref name="r1"/>

2001 saw her appearing in [[Anil Sharma (director)|Anil Sharma]]'s cross-border romance ''[[Gadar: Ek Prem Katha]]'', alongside [[Sunny Deol]]. Patel signed on much before she shot into the limelight with ''Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai'' and was among 22 girls that were screen-tested from 500 girls who came to audition for the film. Patel had gone through a 12-hour audition before she got the part.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/jul/03amisha.htm |title=An interview with Amisha Patel |publisher=Rediff |access-date=3 July 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010706163331/http://rediff.com/entertai/2001/jul/03amisha.htm |archive-date=6 July 2001 |url-status=live}}</ref> The film went on to become the top-grossing film of the year, as well as the biggest hit of the 21st century, earning Rs 973 million in India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=127&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5&PHPSESSID=5362d07f223b238dbd9c54edcba55bed |title=Top Earners 2000–2009 (Figures in Ind Rs) |publisher=BoxOfficeIndia.Com |access-date=3 February 2007 |archive-date=17 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080117081716/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=127&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5&PHPSESSID=fa099368a445f18621d13fc8406a0f74 |url-status=live}}</ref> Set during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947]], it featured Patel as Sakeena, a Muslim girl who finds refuge in Deol's house during the riots, and subsequently falls for him. Her performance was praised, and won her the [[Filmfare Special Performance Award]], as well as nominations for ''Best Actress'' at various award ceremonies. [[Taran Adarsh]] of ''[[IndiaFM]]'' concluded: "Despite being one-film-old, Amisha Patel deserves full marks for handling the complex role with elegance. She looks the character she is portraying and impresses with a natural performance."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/6748/index.html |title=Gadar: Ek Prem Katha Movie Review |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |access-date=12 June 2001 |archive-date=25 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225012521/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/6748/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The film was perceived as being excessively anti-Pakistani.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.islamonline.net/english/News/2001-06/25/article15.shtml |title=Bollywood Film Offends Indian Muslims |publisher=IslamOnline.Net |access-date=25 June 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010715183045/http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2001-06/25/article15.shtml |archive-date=15 July 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2002, Patel had three failures. In ''[[Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage]]'', she played the role of Sapna, who is caged in protective custody of her own father. She co-starred opposite [[Hrithik Roshan]] for the second time in this film. Unlike their successful pairing in ''Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai'', the film proved to be a disappointment and resulted in a critical and commercial failure.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/apr/24amall.htm |title=The buzz on what went wrong with Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage |work=[[Rediff]] |access-date=24 April 2002 |archive-date=3 November 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031103061002/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/apr/24amall.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> Patel's performance in the film was criticised by a section of the media, but during an interview she clarified that there was an "error" because the scene explaining that her character is supposed to be [[asthmatic]] in the film was edited out not knowing that one shot would make such a difference, thus creating confusion to the viewer about her appearing out of breath, as if she's overacting or crying.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/section/entertainment/|title=Entertainment News: Latest Bollywood & Hollywood News|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=18 July 2022}}</ref> Patel's unsuccessful follow-up continued with ''[[Kranti (2002 film)|Kranti]]'' and [[David Dhawan]]'s comedy ''[[Yeh Hai Jalwa]]'' in 2002. In the same year, she tasted minor box office success with ''[[Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai]]'',<ref>{{cite news |url=http://downloads.movies.indiatimes.com/site/june2002/sp1.html |title=Who Cares? Shrugs Amisha Patel |date=June 2002 |author=Bharadwaj, Praveena |work=[[Indiatimes]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713025105/http://downloads.movies.indiatimes.com/site/june2002/sp1.html |archive-date=13 July 2011}}</ref> in which she played a career-oriented young woman who rejects the advances of [[Aftab Shivdasani]]'s character. Then she found another major success when her last release of the year, ''[[Humraaz]]'', became the fifth highest-grossing film of the year at the box office, and her performance earned her a nomination for [[Filmfare Best Actress Award]]. The [[Abbas–Mustan]] marital thriller saw her playing a character with negative shades for the first time. She played the girlfriend of [[Akshaye Khanna]], who marries [[Bobby Deol]] to grab his wealth – but, seeing Bobby's honesty, her character surrenders to him. Taran Adarsh commented: "Amisha Patel is just about okay as Akshaye's lover (first half), but splendid as Bobby's wife (second half). This performance should silence her detractors for sure. Also, she's looked her best with admirable outfits and perfect make-up."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/6897/index.html |title=Humraaz |access-date=5 July 2002 |author=[[Taran Adarsh]] |work=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |archive-date=8 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408022456/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/6897/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Renewed success (2007–2009)===

In 2013, Patel returned to Hindi cinema with a special appearance in Abbas–Mustan's ''[[Race 2]]'', replacing [[Sameera Reddy]] as [[Anil Kapoor]]'s ditzy assistant. Though the film was critically panned, it emerged a box office success.  She followed it with a starring role alongside [[Neil Nitin Mukesh]] in ''[[Shortcut Romeo]]'', a Hindi remake of the 2006 Tamil hit ''[[Thiruttu Payale]]''. The film opened to mixed reviews and performed poorly at the box office.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/5155 |title=Featured Movie News - Featured Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama |first=Bollywood |last=Hungama |website=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=11 August 2013 |archive-date=22 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022225646/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/5155 |url-status=live}}</ref>

As of September 2021, Patel is set to reprise her role as Sakeena in ''[[Gadar 2|Gadar 2: The Katha Continues]]'', 20 years since its predecessor released.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/exclusives/exclusive-anil-sharma-gears-gadar-2-november-sunny-deol-utkarsh-and-ameesha-patel-901834 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Anil Sharma gears up for Gadar 2 from November with Sunny Deol, Utkarsh and Ameesha Patel {{!}} PINKVILLA |date=23 September 2021}}</ref>

==Other work and media image==

In November 2006, Patel joined an NGO called ''[[PlanetRead]]'', which helps people in villages to learn reading through film songs.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2006/11/17/8235/index.html |title=Amisha Patel joins an NGO |work=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=17 November 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207234703/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2006/11/17/8235/index.html |archive-date=7 December 2008}}</ref> In October 2007, Patel along with [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]] and [[Kirron Kher]] joined the [[United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime]] (UNODC) to curb [[human trafficking in India]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/12/stories/2007101250140200.htm |title=Stars speak up for human dignity |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=12 October 2007 |location=Chennai, India |date=12 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013090846/http://hindu.com/2007/10/12/stories/2007101250140200.htm |archive-date=13 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

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