The ultimate Been There-Done That cult actress born to Hollywood aristocracy, has long provided the glamorous face to anti-Establishment causes.

Credited with such other outstanding plays as Necessary Targets (read with a cast including Pakistani actresses on the same visit to Mumbai that The Vagina Monologues was staged), Lemonade and The Depot, her work directed towards ending domestic violence has grown out of her own experiences with abuse.

The two-time Academy nominated star with an acclaimed performance in My Cousin Vinny earning an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, has unstintingly lent her talents to V-Day.

Special Representative for V-Day in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, she hopes to forge alliances reaching out to isolation felt in individual countries