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Known for:	Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Nighthawks, Megaforce
Birthday:	2 October 1950, Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Height:	5' 8" (1.73 m)
Available Photos	5

Was a former Miss India 1965. Was seriously injured in 1980 following a car crash in Germany which left her with a large scar on her head Shaved her head for the role of Ilia in the film Star Trek: The Motion Picture. At first, she shed tears over the haircut, but smiled after the finishing powder was applied to her scalp and her facial features were more defined by Fred Philips. Before her death, she wrote a coffee table book about the history of the Miss India pageant titled Pride of India. Has an action figure modeled after her character Star Trek character Ilia. Before her death, she was forced to sell her cooking stove to pay bills. Her Deltan character, Lt. Illia was stationed on Earth (just as her lover, Cmndr. Decker was on Delta IV) and attended Nehru University while a Starfleet cadet. Explaining Illia's East Indian accent, according to the Trek novelizations.

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