| 1. She was born in Toronto, Canada to a Polish mother and Hindu Bengali father. |
| 2. She shared a close bond with her maternal grandmother and conversed in Polish with her. |
| 3. She enjoyed watching movies by Satyajit Ray and Federico Fellini with her friendly father. |
| 4. She spent part of her childhood in Calcutta (now Kolkata). |
| 5. She excelled academically, completing 5 years of high school in just 4 years. |
| 6. Her plan to study journalism at a Canadian university was interrupted by her mother's car accident. |
| 7. She gained fame by gracing the cover of Gladrags magazine in a red Baywatch-style swimsuit. |
| 8. She was ranked the 9th most beautiful woman of the millennium in a Times of India poll. |
| 9. She returned to Toronto in 2008 following her mother's passing. |
| 10. In 2009, she announced her battle with Multiple Myeloma at the Toronto International Film Festival. |
| 11. To chronicle her cancer journey, she launched a blog called The Yellow Diaries. |
| 12. She follows a strict vegetarian diet and abstains from dairy products. |
| 13. She was discovered as a model at age 16 by an agent while on vacation in India. |
| 14. She is an only child whose family enjoyed spending time in nature. |
