Sunetra Sastry is an Anglo-Indian professional makeup artist. She owns her beauty studio by the name “Onions”. Also, she is famous for being the first wife of English celebrated humorist actor Rowan Atkinson. The actor is popularly known as “Mr. Bean”.
Sastry further has also worked in the entertainment industry as a makeup artist. She grew up in racial discrimination surrounding due to her father ethnicity. However, she had never given up and had stood up to fight for her rights. Let us scroll down to know more details about the makeup artist.
Caption: Sunetra the makeup artist and ex-wife of actor Rowan Atkinson
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Sunetra Sastry: Bio, Family, Education, Career
Sastry seems to be very secretive so there is very little information on her early days and birth date. She was born in 1957 in England. She was born to mix racial parents of an Indian father and a British mother. Her mother belonged to a rich family who had objected to marrying an Indian husband but ones can fight against their heart. Lastly, their parents got married and have her after the marriage.
She grew up in a period of intense racism in Britain in 1960. Unfortunately, she has unwanted memories from her growing periods for a long time. After completing high school, she immediately joined the beauty college. Despite her parents’ disapproval and lastly, her decision gave her a fruitful work. Then she landed a job as a makeup artist in London and soon worked with the BBC. There she worked as a crew member for the comedy show “Blackadder”. Further, she has worked in many British shows and series including “Smack and Thistle”.
Sunetra Sastry: Personal life, Husband, & Kids
Coming to her personal life, she has married to Rowan Atkinson in 1990. They first met on the set of “Blackadder” where she served as makeup artist for “Stephen Fry”. Later, Atkinson switched makeup artist with the Fry and eventually, he ended up asking Sastry out and their love began to blossoms. In 1989, the couple engaged after dating for three years and got married a year after. Their wedding ceremony held at the famous Russian Tea Room in New York City.
Their marriage had blessed with two children. Firstborn son Benjamin in 1993 and second daughter Lily in 1995. However, their beautiful relationship of 24 years started to fall out in the year 2014. In the same year, rumors about his dating with Louise Ford came out. Therefore, this has affected their relationship and got divorced in 2015.
Caption: Sunetra with her husband Rowan attending the Ladies Day at Glorius Goodwood in 2012.
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Sunetra Sastry: Net Worth & Social Media Profiles
The talented personality has garnered a significant amount from her makeup artist career. She has a net worth around $1 million excluding her divorce settlement. Sastry has got a huge amount as a divorce settlement. Therefore, her alimony has a worth of £10 million or around USD 13 million Oxfordshire house.
Sunetra is not active on Social Media Platforms at all. She is one of the ex-wives of celebrities who do not prefer to stay on media or media platforms.
Sunetra Sastry: Body Measurements
Sastry has a slim body build with a height that stands to 5 feet 4 inch or 1.63 meters. Her body weight weighs to 54 Kg. And body measures to 34-26-36 inches. She has a beautiful pair of black eyes and short dark brown hair color.
