Model, actor and tech founder Lisa Ray talks about her move to Dubai and her digital art platform focusing on NFTs

Model, actor and tech founder Lisa Ray talks about her move to Dubai and her digital art platform focusing on NFTs

A curator led arts digital platform, The Upside Space recently went live and is now the focus of Lisa’s workday

By Sujata Assomull Published: Thu 9 Feb 2023, 8:08 PM Last updated: Thu 9 Feb 2023, 8:11 PM

If you thought you had to be a millennial to be a multi-hyphenate, then you have not met Lisa Ray. The 50 year old is considered to be one of India’s first supermodels, has worked in films and television as an actor in both the West and the East, with her role as young widow Kalyan in Deepa Mehta’s 2005 film, Water, being one of her career high points), anchored television shows (again in both the Global North as host of Top Chef Canada and Global South working on shows for TLC), authored a critically acclaimed book, is a wellness advocate, a keen art collector — not to mention a mother of twins (four-year-old daughters), a wife (she is married to Jason Dehni, a fin-tech entrepreneur), a daughter (her father turns 90 this year) and lives with her at the Dehni-Ray residence in Dubai’s Arabian Ranches). Then there is also her cat, Pluto.

She now adds co-founder to her resume. A curator led arts digital