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Biography
Amyra Dastur (born 7 May 1993) is an Indian film actress. She made her Bollywood debut with Issaq, opposite Prateik Babbar. She started her career at the age of 16 as a model in few commercials including Clean and Clear, Dove (toiletries), Vodafone and Micromax. She was seen in Mukesh Bhatt's sci-fi thriller Mr. X alongside Emraan Hashmi. She had also acted in a Tamil movie, Anegan alongside National Award Winner Dhanush and won SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actress — Tamil.
Early life and career
Amyra Dastur, born Amy Dastur, began her education in Cathedral and John Connon School. She started her Secondary education from Dhirubhai Ambani International School but dropped out to pursue acting. Dastur is Parsi and she speaks English, French and Gujarati at home. She is currently studying B.A in Mumbai's HR College. Dastur started her career as a model in commercials.
Dastur made her Hindi cinema-acting debut in Manish Tiwary's romantic drama Issaq, alongside Prateik Babbar.
Amyra has finished shooting for her first international project, Kung Fu Yoga alongside Jackie Chan which is all set to release in India on 3rd February, 2017. <ref>[1] She has also started filming for Oodi Oodi Uzhaikanum starring Santhanam.
Filmography
 | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Issaq | Bachchi Kashyap (Juliet) | Hindi | |
| 2015 | Anegan | Madhumitha / Samudhra / Kalyani / Shenbagavalli | Tamil | SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actress — Tamil |
| 2015 | Mr.X | Siya Verma | Hindi | |
| 2017 | Kung Fu Yoga | Kyra | Mandarin Hindi | Post-production |
| 2017 | Oodi Oodi Uzhaikanum | Tamil | Filming |