Dia Mirza Handrich, popularly known as Diya Mirza or Dia Mirza, nicknamed Dee, (born 9 December 1981 in Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh, India) is an Indian model and actress and Miss Asia Pacific for the year 2000. She was also second runner up in the Miss India 2000 beauty contest.

Her father was a German interior designer; her mother is Deepa Mirza, a Bengali. They separated when she was six years old. Her father died when she was nine and her mother remarried: Ahmed Mirza whose surname she took, died in 2004. Though she has been brought up in a Muslim household, she does not consider herself a Muslim; in response to a question asking which Hindu deity 'appealed' to her most, she replied Ganesha. When living in Khairatabad, Hyderabad, she attended the Vidyaranya, a school based on the teachings of Krishnamurti, and later Nasr School,in Kushnuma. Currently, she lives in Bandra, Mumbai.

She made her cinematic debut with Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein opposite R. Madhavan. The film was not a box office success. A series of unsuccessful films followed, among them Tumsa Nahin Dekha and Deewaanapan.

In 2005, Mirza appeared in Parineeta, a Vidhu Vinod Chopra production. In 2006 she teamed up once again with Chopra and Sanjay Dutt for the successful film Lage Raho Munna Bhai. She also played in the music video Kajara Mohabbat Wala from Sonu Nigam album Kajara Nite.

She has also appeared in Dus and in Fight Club. She will appear later this year in Familywala and Naa Naa Karte.

Koi Mere Dil Mein Hai ( Priyanshu Chatterjee, Dia Mirza, Neha), Blackmail ( Ajay Devgan, Sunil Shetty, Priyanka Chopra, Dia Mirza), Tumsa Nahin Dekha ( Dia Mirza, Anupam Kher, Pooja Bharti), Tehzeeb ( Urmila Matondkar, Shabana Azmi, Dia Mirza), Praan Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye ( Raveena Tandon, Namrata Shirodkar, Dia Mirza, Rinkie Khanna), Dum ( Vivek Oberoi, Dia Mirza), Tumko Na Bhool Payenge ( Salman Khan, Sushmita Sen, Dia Mirza), Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein ( Madhavan, Dia Mirza).

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