Several indian actresses, like Barkha madan and Nupur Alankar, left the film industry to follow their spiritual paths and became monks. One such actress, who fled pakistan to become a bollywood celebrity, eventually gave up performing to become a nun. The lady in question, who starred in a few B-grade movies, was the former girlfriend of prominent indian cricket player Rohit Sharma. She is sofia hayat, that's for sure.
 
In 1974, sofia hayat was born and brought up in a devout Muslim home in Gravesend, Kent. Her ancestry is Pakistani and indian, and she studied performing arts at the university of Brighton. The actress discussed her issues with her traditional Muslim family in her memoirs Dishonoured: How I Escaped An Arranged marriage And Survived An Honour Killing To Become A Star. sofia hayat stated that she may have also been killed when she was pushed into marriage in her teens in pakistan, but she managed to flee in order to travel to india and launch a bollywood career.
 
Before making her big bollywood debut, she featured in a number of british productions, including Footballers Wive$: Overtime, Waterloo Road, Fur tv, Jonathan Creek, and more. She made her acting debut with the british comedy show Absolute Power.
 
Her first hindi film, Diary of a Butterfly, was her feature debut. She also starred in Cash and Curry. After that, she starred in movies such aksar 2, Six X, and Naachle London. Hayat was dubbed the new "Curvy Icon" by Vogue Italia in July 2012, and she was included as number 81 on the FHM list of the sexiest women in the world in 2013.
 
She then took part in bigg boss 7, salman Khan's television reality program, but was eliminated in the twelfth week. Soon after her time in the bigg boss house, she was said to be dating indian cricket player rohit sharma and to have a relationship with Virat Kohli. sofia hayat shocked everyone with her major choice shortly afterward. declared in 2016 that she had converted to spirituality, taken on the name Gia Sofia Mother, and become a nun.
 
The actress is described in forbes as a yoga teacher and healer, according to her instagram bio. The actress has 723K instagram likes, and she frequently updates her followers on her locations in real life.
 
Regarding her private life, sofia hayat wed Vlad Stanescu, a Romanian, in april 2017. However, the couple divorced a year later when the actress said that he had attempted to defraud her of her london home.
 

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