Amyra Dastur

Amyra Dastur
Dastur gracing ‘Filmfare Glamour & Style Awards October 2016’
Born	(1993-05-07) 7 May 1993 (age 23) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actress, model
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)

'Amayra Dastur (born 7 May 1993) is a Parsi-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 a 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.

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, 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 dramaIssaq, 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 3 February 2017. She has also started filming for Oodi Oodi Uzhaikanum starring Santhanam.She is now going to appear in the new advertisement of Centre Fresh chewing gum. She plays Tanya, a girl who is looking for Saxena Ji and when she asks to the protagonist about Saxena, rather than answering, the protagonist chews the chewing gum and exhales fresh breadth which impresses Amyra.