Sofia Hayat

Sofia Hayat is a British-Asian actress/singer/model. Sofia has worked on both British and Bollywood projects. She hails from the UK and is of Pakistani heritage.

She first came to public attention on Sky channel, Zee TV, where she hosted her own TV show for 3 years in 2000. The show became a cult amongst the young British Asians.

Sofia was in UK TV Talent show "Bollywood Star" in which she lost out on the first prize by about 3 places. She has recently completed feature films "The Unforgettable", "Cash and Curry", and "Exitz".

"The Unforgettable", premiered at The Venice Film Festival in 2007 to rave reviews. Sofia played the lead role opposite Raji James.

In "Cash and Curry" Sofia plays a gun-toting wife of a gangster, speaking of the role, Sofia said:

"I feel like a cross between Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction and Charlie's Angels".

Sofia was asked to write the official song for the victims and survivors of The Pakistani and Indian earthquake. The appeal concert was at The Royal Albert Hall in London. The Independat newspaper said that, "the song reminded us why we were all there, and that Sofia's performance and song deserves to top the charts".

In 2006, Sofia was in a Band that released a song on MTV Base, the song got to Number 6 in the charts, with all proceeds going to "Mothers Against Guns".

This is the second time that Sofia represented a charity and gave up all royalties for the charities.

Sofia has also 'entertained' the UN troops in 2008 and is the official Ghurka Sweetheart.

It is rumoured that she has signed a huge film and book deal documenting her life story.

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External links

* [http://www.sofiahayat.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.theunforgettablethefilm.com/ The Unforgettable Film Website]
* [http://www.cashandcurry.com/ Cash and Curry film Website]