Shenaz Treasury
{{Short description|Indian actress}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Shenaz Treasury
| image = Shenaz Treasuryvala graces the Polo match (02).jpg
| caption = Treasurywala in 2018
| birth_name = Shenaz Treasurywala
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| birth_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
| death_date =
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| years_active = 2001–2021
| alma_mater = St. Xavier's College, Mumbai
| occupation = Actress
}}
Shenaz Treasurywala is an Indian actress and travel vlogger.
Career
Discovered by a photographer during her first year in college, her first modeling assignment was for the soft drink Gold Spot.{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/11128.cms |title=Veejays with a vengeance! |accessdate=10 April 2007 |date=8 June 2003 |work=The Times of India}} She also did advertising work for Akai and Philips before MTV Networks Asia hired her to work as a VJ on the MTV's Most Wanted program.{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/484591.cms |title=Treasured and most wanted! |accessdate=10 April 2007 |last=Vashisht |first=Pooja |date=9 February 2004 |work=The Times of India}}
Her acting debut was in the 2001 Telugu film Eduruleni Manishi,{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei_dnbzJByg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/Ei_dnbzJByg |archive-date=15 December 2021 |url-status=live |title=Eduruleni Manishi – Nadumunu Chooste jarade Song |date=24 August 2010 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} followed by the 2003 Bollywood film Ishq Vishk,{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad-times/straight-answers/articleshow/2708.cms |title=Straight Answers |accessdate=10 April 2007 |last=Dhattiwala |first=Raheel |date=3 June 2003 |work=The Times of India}} which earned her a nomination for the best supporting actress award by the Filmfare Film Awards.49th Filmfare Awards With her lifelong love of travel,{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2708.cms |title=Bollywood is too filmi for me |accessdate=10 April 2007 |last=Iyer |first=Sandhya |date=28 July 2003 |work=The Times of India}} she wrote travel articles for Cosmopolitan, Elle, and Femina.{{cite web |url=http://travel.discovery.com/tv/culture-shock/shenaz-bio.html |title=Shenaz: Culture Shock |accessdate=9 April 2007 |publisher=Travel Channel, Discovery Communications |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517020427/http://travel.discovery.com/tv/culture-shock/shenaz-bio.html |archivedate=17 May 2007 }} As of the early 2010s, Treasurywala resides in Mumbai, India and serves as the host of Culture Shock on the Travel Channel. In 2011, she got a recurring role as Rama Patel on the American soap opera One Life to Live. A few months later, she signed a contract with the show until its cancellation in 2012 and then returned as a contract player when the show started airing its webisodes in 2013.{{Cite web |url=https://www.soapoperadigest.com/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128161350/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/news/breaking/ |url-status=dead |title=Soap Opera Digest: Your No. 1 Source For Soap News |archivedate=28 January 2011 |website=Soap Opera Digest}}
Treasury returned to India to visit her family and was offered a leading role in Ishq Vishk after meeting director Ken Ghosh at a Mumbai night club.
In 2009, she appeared in the films Aagey Se Right and Radio. She wrote the screenplay for and appeared in the 2011 movie Luv Ka The End. She also appeared in the movie Delhi Belly. She is part of the film Main Aur Mr. Riight.
During 2015, she was a contributor and occasional panelist on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore on Comedy Central in the United States.{{cite magazine |last1=Rivera |first1=Joshua |title='The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore' announces its cast of contributors -- exclusive |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2015/01/09/nightly-show-larry-wilmore-panelists/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |accessdate=10 January 2015}}
In 2017, she appeared in the critically acclaimed indie film The Big Sick where she played Kumail Nanjiani's sister-in-law.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}
She has also hosted All Women Special Wrestling Event "WWE Evolution" on 28 October 2018.{{cite web |title=Shenaz Treasury to Host All-women's Special Wrestling Event 'WWE Evolution' |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/shenaz-treasury-to-host-all-womens-special-wrestling-event-wwe-evolution-1918805.html |website=News18 |date=24 October 2018}}
In addition to acting, she has now started to share her travel vlogs on YouTube and Instagram. {{Cite web |date=2022-06-29 |title=B'day Special: VJ, Actress And Now A Vlogger, The Journey Of Shenaz Treasurywala |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/authorbday-special-vj-actress-and-now-a-vlogger-the-journey-of-shenaz-treasurywala-5459509.html |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=News18 |language=en}}
Social activism
In December 2014, days before the release of her film Main Aur Mr. Riight (on 12 December), Shenaz Treasurywala wrote an open letter to the most powerful people of India including Narendra Modi, Sachin Tendulkar, Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Anil Ambani on women's safety in India.{{cite web |title=Shenaz Treasury's open letter to NaMo, Big B, Tendulkar, Khans, Ambani in appeal against rapes |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/features/type/view/id/7620 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215173328/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/features/type/view/id/7620 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 December 2014 |website=Bollywood Hungama |date=10 December 2014 |accessdate=15 December 2014 |ref=10}}{{cite news |title=Shenaz Treasurywala: India actress in plea to stop rape |work=BBC News |date=12 December 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30444248 |accessdate=15 December 2014 |ref=11}}{{cite web |title=Shenaz Treasurywala's Open Letter To NaMo, Sachin, Amitabh & The 3 Khans |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Im-choosy-in-real-life-Shenaz-Treasurywala/articleshow/45476305.cms |work=The Times of India |accessdate=15 December 2014 |ref=12}}{{cite web |title=Shenaz Treasurywala Open Letter |url=http://www.timestoday.tv/shenaz-treasurywala-open-letter/ |website=timestoday.tv |publisher=Times Today |accessdate=15 December 2014 |ref=13}}{{cite web |title=Shenaz Treasurywala's open letter to PM Modi, Big B, SRK, Salman and Anil Ambani |url=https://in.screen.yahoo.com/salman-khan/shenaz-treasurywala-open-letter-pm-144200206.html |publisher=Yahoo! |accessdate=15 December 2014 |ref=14}}{{cite web |title=Actor Shenaz Treasurywala's open letter to PM, Amitabh Bachchan, SRK |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/actor-shenaz-treasurywalas-open-letter-to-pm-amitabh-bachchan-srk/1/406410.html |work=India Today |date=11 December 2014 |accessdate=15 December 2014 |ref=15}}{{cite web |title=Uber Rape Case: Actress Shenaz Treasurywala writes open letter to Narendra Modi, Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/uber-rape-case-actress-shenaz-treasurywala-writes-open-letter-to-narendra-modi-shah-rukh-khan-amitabh-bachchan/ |work=The Indian Express |date=11 December 2014 |accessdate=15 December 2014 |ref=17}}{{cite web |title=SHENAZ TREASURYWALA OPEN LETTER |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/topic/shenaz-treasurywala-open-letter |website=movies.ndtv.com/ |publisher=NDTV Movies |accessdate=15 December 2014 |ref=18}}
Personal life
Her father is a merchant marine engineer, and she was born in a Parsi family. Treasurywala attended school and college in Mumbai, St. Xavier's College. In 2001, she moved to New York City where she studied method acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/8298521.cms |title=Shenaz: Most wanted again |accessdate=10 April 2007 |last=Fatima |first=Nishat |date=27 April 2002 |work=The Times of India}} While in New York, she also took a writing course at NYU.
Filmography
= Films =
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Eduruleni Manishi | Sri | Telugu film, credited as Shenaz |
| 2003 | Ishq Vishk | Alisha Sahay | credited as Shenaz |
| 2004 | Hum Tum | Shalini | |
| 2006 | Umar | Sapna P. Lakha | credited as Shenaz Treasurywala |
| 2009 | Aagey Se Right | Pearl | credited as Shenaz Treasurywala |
| 2009 | Radio | Shanaya Dhingra | credited as Shenaz Treasurywala |
| rowspan="2" | 2011 | Luv Ka The End | Ms. Naaz | credited as Shenaz Treasurywala |
| Delhi Belly | Sonia Mehra | ||
| 2014 | Main Aur Mr. Riight | Aliya Raj | |
| rowspan="2" | 2017 | The Big Sick | Fatima | |
| Munna Michael | Anchor | ||
| 2018 | Kaalakaandi | Ayesha | |
| 2021 | Americanish | Ameera | English film |
= Television =
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Culture Shock | Herself/host | |
| 2011–2013 | One Life to Live | Rama Patel | |
| 2015 | The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore | Contributor | |
| 2016 | Brown Nation | Dimple Parikh | |
| 2018
| WWE Raw Sunday Dhamaal | Herself/host | {{cite news |date=24 October 2018 |title=Shenaz Treasury to host a special WWE Sunday Dhamaal episode of WWE Evolution |language=en |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/sports/shenaz-treasury-to-host-a-special-wwe-sunday-dhamaal-episode-of-wwe-evolution}}{{cite news |title=Shenaz Treasury to Host All-women's Special Wrestling Event 'WWE Evolution' |work=News18 |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/shenaz-treasury-to-host-all-womens-special-wrestling-event-wwe-evolution-1918805.html}} |
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Category:Indian film actresses
Category:Indian television actresses
Category:Actresses from Mumbai
Category:Female models from Mumbai
Category:Parsi people from Mumbai
Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema
Category:Actresses in Telugu cinema
Category:St. Xavier's College, Mumbai alumni
Category:Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute alumni