Alisha Farrer | |
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Born | 19 October 1993 Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
Nationality | Australian |
Occupation | Actress, model |
Years active | 2014–present |
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Alisha Farrer (born 19 October 1993) is an Australian born model and actress and previous Miss Australia title holder currently working in Bollywood films and television.
Her debut film Love Games released in 2016 directed by Vikram Bhatt, produced by Mukesh Bhatt & Mahesh Bhatt association with Vishesh Films
Alisha Farrer was born on was born on 19 October 1993 in Perth, Western Australia to parents of Indian heritage. From the age of 4 she had shown interest in acting and dancing and was a fan of Bollywood films. Farrer was brought up in Beechboro, Western Australia and completed her higher education from Hampton Senior High School. After graduating in 2010 Farrer's parents encouraged her to take up modelling. She worked briefly as a makeup artist and alongside her modelling. After she signed with Perth's Top Agency, Scene Model Management her modelling career started to pick up as she was offered to model for clothing brands, television commercials for well known brands and runway shows. She walked the ramp for many events and designers such as Rocky Bay, Model of the Future, Fashion HEIR, Manish Malhotra. She was selected represent Perth in Indian Australian Dancing Star, a finalist for Miss India Australia representing Perth, as well as a state finalist for Miss World Australia.
March 2012, Farrer represented Australia in the Beauty Pageant Indian Princess International. She placed top 5, she also won Miss Best Smile. The pageant grooming and training was broadcast internationally on Channel V including the grand finale. She was judged by Bollywood stars Hema Malini and Zeenat Aman. After visiting Mumbai she had been offered to pursue a career in Acting however she felt that she was too young and inexperienced to be exposed to the industry and declined and continued to model in Australia. In January 2013 Farrer briefly appeared in the short film "In the Hands of Todd". Shortly after in April, Farrer had a small role in the Australian film, Son of a gun, starring Ewan McGregor shot in Perth. After that, Farrer had decided to take a years break from modelling to focus on her studies as she wanted to give more priority to her education and completing her teaching degree at Curtin University . With the support of her parents after a year Alisha then decided to take a step closer to her dream and moved to Mumbai in August 2014. By 2015, Alisha had completed adds in India for brands such as Renault with popular Bollywood celebrity Ranbir Kapoor , Lipton detox tea with Shraddha Kapoor, Adlabs Imagica and Sunsilk. She also is signed with an agency in the UAE and regularly completes modelling projects in Dubai. Her commercial for 'This and That' chocolate regularly airs in the UAE and Pakistan.