Nafisa Rizvi Khan (also known as Jiah Khan, 20 February 1988 - 3 June2013) was a British American actress, model and singer whoappeared in Hindi films. She made her film debut in the2007 Ram Gopal Verma film Nishabd for which she was nominatedfor Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She was later noted forportraying a modern, independent woman in Ghajini which was thehighest-grossing Bollywood film of 2008. Her performance in thelatter earned her significant acclaim. She last appeared in SajidKhan's romantic comedy Housefull, which was the fifthhighest-grossing Bollywood film of 2010. Khan had catapultedherself into the Bollywood 100 Crore Club with Ghajini andHousefull.
On 3 June 2013, she was found dead in her flat in the Sagar Sangeetbuilding in Juhu, Mumbai after apparently hangingherself.