celebforum - Pooja Kumar

Pooja Kumar (पूजा कुमार) is an American actress, producer, model and television hostess. She was named Miss India USA in 1995, has been an MTV veejay, a newsreader on the show Namaste America and has starred in such feature films as Night of Henna and Flavors. Miss Kumar was recently hostess for the ImaginAsian show Movies for the ImaginAsian, and is currently pursuing an acting career in Hollywood.[1]

Pooja Kumar recently produced a short film, "1001 Auditions", that has been selected in eight film festivals including being nominated for "Best Short" at the Stuttgart Film Festival in Germany. She has also been seen in national TV commercials such as Bombay Dreams, Verizon, Dodge, and Pearle Vision, New York Lotto, Tata True Roots, AOL Time Warner, Outback Steakhouse. She received the Screen Actors Guild Emerging Actress Award for "Flavors". In 2008 she hosted a late night Live quiz show on Zee TV in India, known as Jaago Aur Jeeto.

Filmography:

* 1001 Auditions
* Hiding Divya
* Night of Henna
* Flavors
* "Anything For Your"
* "Bollywood Beats"
* "Drawing With Chalk (indie)