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{{unreferenceddate=october 2008}}{{Infobox_Celebrity image = Leslie tripathy-987.jpg imagesize = name = Leslie Tripathy birth_date = {{Birth date and age19870626mf=y}} birth_place = [[kashi, Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]] death_date = death_place = occupation = [[Actress]] salary = networth = website = }}'''Leslie Tripathy''' is one of the most popular [[Oriya]] [[movie]] and [[album]] stars in the state of [[Orissa]] in [[India]].
==Life and career==Leslie Tripathy was born in Kashi,Uttar Pradesh.Her [[father]] is an English Professor in [[Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar College]] a premiere college in Bhubaneswar.Her [[mother]] is half [[British]] and half [[Indian]].While studying in [[Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar College]] she topped her [[English]] Hons,there she was selected to represent her State of [[Orissa]] in a [[national]] [[Youth]] [[Festival]] in debate and essay competion.She excelled and brought glory to her state of [[Orissa]].She also recieved offers to act in [[Malayalam]],[[Punjabi]] movies,but when she sought her parents opinion they said no.After she got back to Orissa,the opinionated teenager was sought after for her views on events and issues.A [[beauty]] with [[brains]] a lovely combination didnt go unnoticed in orissa.She was selected by [[Bollywood]] [[director]] N.Chandra to act in an [[Hollywood]] [[cross-over]] movie [[A Woman from Georgia]] in 2005.Thereafter she went on to act in around 550 [[oriya]] [[albums]] thats the popular name for [[music videos]] in orissa.Thereafter she worked in a movies [[call waiting]],[[Lovestory]].They are on the floor,not released yet.
Soon she went on to use her [[celebrity]] for a good purpose by lending her support to [[social]] [[welfare]] [[organisations]] in [[orissa]] like [[World Vision]], [[prerana]].Leslie Tripathy became the youngest member of [[Rotary Club]] [[Bhubaneswar]].She was awarded and felicitated by His Excellency [[Governor of Orissa]] [[Shri]][[Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare]] 29th November 2007 and [[Governor of Tamil Nadu]] [[Shri]] [[Surjit Singh Barnala]] on 16th September 2007 for her contributions to Orissa's culture.Was also awarded the [[Rajiv Gandhi]] [[State]] [[Award]] on 21st May 2008.
==Filmography=={ class="wikitable sortable" border="0" bgcolor="#F5F5F5"-!Year!Movie!Director!Co-stars!Music Director !Banner -bgcolor=#eeeeee [[2005]] A Woman from Georgia-[[2006]] Call Waiting -bgcolor=#eeeeee}
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==External links==*[http://www.welcomeorissa.com/oriya_film_industry.php http://www.welcomeorissa.com/ profile]*[http://www.fullorissa.com/]*[http://gallery.fullorissa.com/leslietirpathy/]
[[Category:People from Orissa]][[Category:Indian actors by language]][[Category:People from Orissa]][[Category:Bhubaneswar]][[Category:Oriya people by occupation]][[Category:Ollywood]]
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