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Mira Nair

1957 - Today

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Mira Nair (IAST: Mīrā Nāyar; born 15 October 1957) is an Indian-American filmmaker. She is known for directing independent dramas through her production company Mirabai Films. She began her career making documentaries, but went on to create feature films. She is well known for films that sometimes touch on political themes or controversial topics such as how racial tension and prejudice are depicted in Mississippi Masala. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2024). Mira Nair is the 8,329th most popular actor (down from 6,476th in 2024), the 1,000th most popular biography from India (down from 788th in 2019) and the 201st most popular Indian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Mira Nair ranks 8,329 out of 13,578. Before her are Dorothy Provine, Danila Kozlovsky, Jacqueline Obradors, Julia Jones, Kim Ok-vin, and William Boyd. After her are Jo Yoon-hee, Sarita Choudhury, Mike Hagerty, Dorothy Abbott, Bang Min-ah, and Benjamin Walker.

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Among people born in 1957, Mira Nair ranks 576. Before her are Rui Veloso, Jenifer Lewis, Zhivko Gospodinov, Tertius Zongo, Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet, and Alexander Beilinson. After her are Witold Waszczykowski, Plamen Markov, Michael Foale, Joan Benoit, Paweł Huelle, and Dani Levy.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mira Nair ranks 1,000 out of 1,861. Before her are Usha Mangeshkar (1935), Geeta Bali (1930), Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910), Kapil Dev (1959), Anuradha Paudwal (1954), and Varun Gandhi (1980). After her are Margaret Alva (1942), Nimmi (1933), Ravindra Kelekar (1925), Richard Allen (1902), Nasir Hussain (1931), and Kishori Amonkar (1932).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Mira Nair ranks 201. Before her are Boman Irani (1959), Paresh Rawal (1955), Smita Patil (1955), Prem Nazir (1927), Satish Shah (1951), and Geeta Bali (1930). After her are Nimmi (1933), Jayam Ravi (1980), Jamuna (1936), B. Saroja Devi (1938), Shreya Ghoshal (1984), and Anu Aggarwal (1969).

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