Somy Ali is a former Bollywood actress of the early 1990s.
Background
Somy Ali was born in Karachi, Pakistan. Her mother Tehmina is Iraqi, and her father Madan is Pakistani. After studying at the Convent of Jesus and Mary High School in Karachi till the age of 12, she, her mother and brother moved to Florida, United States of America. Inspired by Bollywood movies, Somy compelled her mother to allow her to move to Mumbai, India at the young age of 16.
Career
She has her own clothing line, So-Maine Designs and also runs a non-profit organisation named Number More Tears. She has two sisters, Hina and Huma and one younger brother, Mohammed. In Mumbai, Somy was involved in several modelling projects and also performed small roles in Hindi movies.
Even though she appeared in 9 movies between 1992 to 1999, she was unable to leave any impact as an actor.
While in Mumbai, she was in a relationship with Bollywood"s leading actor Salman Khan. In December 1999, she decided to move back to Florida to continue her studies.
She attended Nova Southeastern University in Florida, majoring in Psychology, and obtained her undergraduate degree in just two years. lieutenant was during this time that she became very interested in journalism and decided to attend the University of Miami to obtain a master"s degree in broadcast journalism.