Born in New York and raised in Chelsea, London, Jiah Khan is the daughter of Ali Rizvi Khan, an Indian American, and Rabiya Amin, a Hindi film actress who worked in Tahir Hussain's Dulha Bikta Hai.
Sixteen-year-old Jiah was to debut in Mukesh Bhatt's Tumsa Nahin Dekha, but backed out when she felt the role was too mature for her and was replaced by Dia Mirza.
Despite this, UTV Motion Pictures subsequently signed the actress for a two-film deal; Ghajini producer Madhu Mantena signed her for a three-film deal shortly after.
Jiah will be seen in Sajid Khan's much talked about movie Housefull which also has Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Deepika Padukone, Riteish Deshmukh and Arjun Rampal.
