The Writeup: The half Indian, half English Sarita Choudhury auditioned for Mississippi Masala (1992) with no hopes for anything great and wound up with the female lead opposite Denzel Washington. The movie was a surprise success and although Sarita was offered a bevy of "Hollywood" roles following the film, she chose to not go that route and stuck to independent cinema. She subsequently played a Pakistani country western singer in Wild West, a Chilean maid in The House Of The Saints, a lesbian mother in Fresh Kill, and Tara in Kama Sutra: A Tale Of Love. These roles allowed her to expand her acting pallette, and truth be told, the option to move into studio films was always there, considering her film choices have always been wise. Sarita cashed in on that possibility with roles in 1998's studio pic A Perfect Murder and 1999's studio pic Gloria. While A Perfect Murder was a success, Gloria was a huge disaster, and perhaps it turned Sarita off of studio films, because she hasn't really come back since. Other films include Come On (2000), Trigger Happy (2001), Just a Kiss (2002), Rhythm of the Saints (2003) and another studio bomb, It Runs in the Family (2003). She has also had recurring roles on both Homicide: Life On The Street and 100 Centre Street.