Dia Mirza, an Indian actress, was born in Hyderabad, India in 1981.

Dia Mirza was born on December 9, 1981, in Hyderabad, India, to an interracial family of German and Bengali descent. Her father, Frank Handrich, was a German graphic and industrial fair designer, architect, artist, and interior designer, and her mother, Deepa, was a landscape and interior designer. She currently works as a volunteer counsellor at drug treatment centres. Dia debuted in regional cinema with Bengali filmmaker Pratim Dasgupta's festival favourite Paanch Adhyay in 2012. In the same year, she added a new layer to her film career by becoming a producer and establishing Born Free Entertainment. Dia has always believed in the power of one and the thread of oneness and humanity that unites us all, both as an actress
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