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{{Short description|Canadian model and actress}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2010}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kamal Sidhu
| image = Kamal Sidhu at Soniya Vajifdar preview.jpg
| caption = Sidhu at Soniya Vajifdar preview in 2010
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|02|24}}
| birth_place = [[Philippines]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse = Nico Goghavala<ref>{{cite web |last1=Halim |first1=Moeena |title=Love it up |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/love-it-up/1/418742.html |website=India Today |accessdate=July 28, 2016 |date=February 13, 2015}}</ref>
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}
| occupation = actor, presenter, producer, entrepreneur
| website =
}}
'''Kamal Sidhu''' (born February 24, 1968)<ref>{{Cite web |last=FashionModelDirectory.com |first=The FMD- |title=Kamal Sidhu - Fashion Model {{!}} Models {{!}} Photos, Editorials & Latest News {{!}} The FMD |url=https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Kamal_Sidhu/ |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=The FMD - FashionModelDirectory.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kamal Sidhu - Movies, Biography, News, Age & Photos |url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/kamal-sidhu/37904 |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=BookMyShow |language=en-IN}}</ref> is a Canadian [[model (person)|actress]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Visco |first1=Rory |title=Chasing Kamal |url=http://www.mb.com.ph/node/83247 |website=Manila Bulletin |accessdate=July 28, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716231939/http://www.mb.com.ph/node/83247 |archivedate=July 16, 2012 |date=July 12, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Singh |first1=Rashmi Uday |title=Devour the freshest bounty of Sri Lanka |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/food/food-reviews/Devour-the-freshest-bounty-of-Sri-Lanka/articleshow/7015350.cms?referral=PM |website=The Times of India |accessdate=July 28, 2016 |date=October 28, 2011}}</ref> She won the [[Miss India Worldwide|Miss India–Canada]] title in 1991,<ref name="Miss">{{cite web |last= |first= |title=Kamal Sidhu, winner 1991 |url=http://www.missindiacanada.com/kamal-sidhu-1991/ |publisher=Miss India–Canada |year=2013 |access-date=March 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234958/http://www.missindiacanada.com/kamal-sidhu-1991/ |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and has a successful career as an actor, presenter and live show host.

==Early life==
Sidhu was born in an [[India]]n [[Sikh]] family who lived in the [[Philippines]], where she lived till the age of six.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kumar |first1=Ashok |title=Actors face modelling challenges: Kamal Sidhu |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Actors-face-modelling-challenges-Kamal-Sidhu/343432/ |website=The Financial Express |via=Expressindia.com |accessdate=July 28, 2016 |date=August 1, 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080805192227/http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Actors-face-modelling-challenges-Kamal-Sidhu/343432/ |archivedate=August 5, 2008}}</ref> Later they moved to [[Canada]], where she was raised and educated.<ref name="seasons">{{cite web |title=Kamal Sidhu — Miss India Canada |url=http://www.seasonsindia.com/modelwatch/kamal_sea.htm |website=Seasons India |accessdate=July 28, 2016}}</ref> She has a university degree in [[pre-medical]]. She is fluent in [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]], [[English language|English]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and [[French language|French]].<ref name="seasons"/>

==Career==
Prior to being in TV shows and in the modeling industry, Sidhu was an athlete, training to compete at the [[Olympic Games]] in [[Atlanta]], representing Canada in the [[heptathlon]].<ref name="seasons"/> An unfortunate injury abruptly ended her dreams and made her to pursue other avenues. She was advised by a cousin, and consequently entered the Miss India-Canada contest in 1991, to which she won first runner-up.<ref name="seasons"/>

In [[India]], she started her career with [[Channel V]] and later [[MTV Asia]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Anand |first1=Swati |title=Beauty's Beast |url=http://littleindia.com/news/123/ARTICLE/1209/2006-02-12.html |website=Little India |accessdate=July 28, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214085603/http://littleindia.com/news/123/ARTICLE/1209/2006-02-12.html |archivedate=December 14, 2010}}</ref> She also worked with channel [[AXN]] in this same country.<ref name="seasons"/> One of the first few 'Indian' VJs, Sidhu and her [[Canadian accent]] were hugely popular with the teen population, many imitating her style of dress, hair and talking.<ref name="seasons"/> She hosted an [[adult show]] on [[Zoom (Indian TV channel)|Zoom TV]] and anchored an environmental series called ''EarthPulse'' on [[National Geographic Channel]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Renuka |first1=Methil |title=Animal magnetism |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mtv-vj-turned-actress-kamal-sidhu-hosts-environmental-series-on-national-geographic/1/219331.html |website=India Today |accessdate=July 28, 2016 |date=July 8, 2002}}</ref> She presented the Rio Games in August 2016 on Star Sports channel in her brief return to where it all started - STAR TV NETWORK.

==Personal life==
Kamal Sidhu was in a relationship with erstwhile MTV and Channel V VJ, Danny McGill, during the 1990s. She is married to Nico Ghogavala, owner of B.A.R company.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pereira |first1=Priyanka |title=Being Kamal |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/being-kamal/435511/ |website=The Indian Express |accessdate=July 28, 2016 |date=March 17, 2009}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
!Film !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1997
|''[[Aar Ya Paar]]''||Veena Sanghvi||
|-
||2006
|''[[Chasing Nature]]'' (TV series)|| Presenter<ref>{{cite web |last1=Prabhu |first1=Vidya |title=Settling down won't be easy: Kamal Sidhu |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-settling-down-won-t-be-easy-kamal-sidhu-1055640 |website=Daily News and Analysis |accessdate=July 28, 2016 |date=September 28, 2006}}</ref> ||
|-
|2008
|''[[Little Zizou]]''|| Alka||
|-
|2019
|''[[The Fakir of Venice]]''||Mandira||
|-
|2023
|''[[The Archies (film)|The Archies]]''
|[[Hermione Lodge]]
|}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
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* {{IMDb name | id=0796588 | name=Kamal Sidhu}}

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[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Canadian film actresses]]
[[Category:Canadian female models]]
[[Category:Canadian video jockeys]]
[[Category:Indian emigrants to Canada]]
[[Category:Canadian people of Punjabi descent]]
[[Category:Canadian actresses of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Female models of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Canadian expatriate actresses in India]]
[[Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema]]
[[Category:Canadian Sikhs]]
[[Category:Canadian heptathletes]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian actresses]]
[[Category:21st-century Canadian actresses]]

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imported>7harleen at 17:36, 22 January 2025