Soha Ali Khan is an Indian actress and the daughter of the Nawab of Pataudi and the actress Sharmila Tagore.

Family

Soha Ali Khan was born on October 4, 1978 in New Delhi, India, into the family of the nawabs of Pataudi. Her father, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, the current nawab, is a former captain of the Indian cricket team. Her mother, Sharmila Tagore, is a noted film actress, and a distant relative (not a direct descendant, as often supposed) of the nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Soha is also related to the late Nafisa Joseph. Her brother is actor Saif Ali Khan. She attended The British School in New Delhi, then followed on to study History at Balliol College, Oxford University and has a Masters in International Relations from the London School of Economics.

Career

Soha made her acting debut with the Bollywood production Dil Maange More (2004), where she shared credits with Shahid Kapoor and two other leading ladies which were Tulip Joshi from Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai fame and Ayesha Takia which was her third film when Socha Na Tha was her very first film debut opposite Abhay Deol. Starting off weakly, she has since received critical acclaim for her performances in the Bengali film Antar Mahal (2005) and Rang De Basanti (2006).

Before embarking upon her film career, Soha worked for the Ford Foundation and Citibank. She is involved in a range of activities outside the acting world, including serving on the Advisory Board for a new project of the public entrepreneur group, Res Publica. She has also recently modeled for the spring-summer collection of Globus, an Indian chain of boutiques

Filmography

Ahista Ahista (2006) ...
Pal Tham Gaya (2006) ... (announced)
Somnath Sen's Untitled Film (2006) ... (announced)
Rang De Basanti (2006) ... Sonia
Antar Mahal (2005) ... landlord's second wife
Shaadi No. 1 (2005) ... Sonia
Pyaar Mein Twist (2005) ... Rhea
Dil Maange More (2004) ... neha rathore
Iti Srikanta (2004) ... Kamallata