Jaya Ahsan is one of the oldest actresses who is still active in the Bangladeshi films. Other than an actress, she is a producer and model as well. Jaya Maswood, well known as Jaya Ahsan, was born on 1st July 1972 in the capital city of Dhaka, Bangladesh. She was greatly interested in art from her childhood and hence has a diploma course in Rabindra Sangeet too! She did a lot of works before entering the acting sector. She used to do modelling for advertising companies like Sunsilk and Coca-Cola and did a television serial before leaving acting. After some years she was offered her first film Bachelor but he role was limited to a guest appearance only. Her first lead role was in Guerrilla which was a huge success and bagged her the Bangladesh National Film Awards for the Best Debutant. She has a total of four national awards to her name. She has also done some Indian Bengali movies. Some of her best releases include Guerrilla, Chorabali, Aborto, Zero Degree, Rajkahini etc.