Asha Gill

Asha Gill
Promotional photo of Asha Gill for Tag Heuer
Born	Asha Anand Gill (1972-07-03) 3 July 1972 (age 44) Pembury, Kent, England, UK
Residence	Malaysia
Other names	Ash
Occupation	model, television host, deejay, veejay, writer, producer, film director and women's rights activist

Asha Anand Gill (born 3 July 1972 in Pembury, Kent) is a Malaysia-based model, television host, deejay, veejay, writer, producer, film director and women's rights activist. Her father is Indian and her mother is English with some French heritage.

She was born to an Indian British father and a British mother in Pembury, Kent and was schooled in Ramsgate, Kent (St Lawrence College, Ramsgate) as well as in Maidstone, she spent much of her childhood in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. She took her O-Levels and A-Levels in the UK, and continued on to do her Bachelors in Science in Quantity Surveying at Kingston Polytechnic. A few credits shy of graduation, she decided that quantity surveying was not for her.

She started off doing work as a production assistant for various studios in London, before moving up as a screenwriter and line producer. In 1995 she moved back to Malaysia, where she hosted the RIM Chart Show, a Malaysian music chart show. She also went into modelling, and endorsed various products such as Sony, L'Oréal and Lipton's Tea.

Gill played Asha Kapoor in the Malaysian TV drama City of the Rich from 1996 until 1997, and in 1998 she acted as Dr Anna in the Malaysian film Mimpi Moon, directed by a Malaysian director. She was also in two music videos; Welcome to Tomorrow by SNAP and Bedroom Window by Nice Stupid Playground.