Naveen Andrews is a British actor famous for his roles Kip in the movie The English Patient and as Sayid Jarrah on the American television series Lost. He was born on 17th January 1969 in London to Indian parents, his mother Nirmala is a psychologist and his father Stanley Andrews a businessman. Naveen was brought up in a Methodist environment and was characterized by inhibitory upbringing. He became a naturalized US citizen on May 27th 2010.
Personal Life
When sixteen while studying at the Emanuel School, Andrews fell in love with his mathematics teacher Geraldine Feakins and after seven years they had a son Jaisal in the year 1992. Andrews was then in relationship with actress Barbara Hershey from 1999 until 2010 when they separated. They lived in Los Angeles, and were briefly separated in 2005 when Andrews had another relation with Elena Eustache with whom he has a son Naveen Joshua. Later the same year Andrews reunited with Barbara. He had legal battles with his ex-partner Elena over the custody of their child which Andrews won temporarily in 2009.
Career
Andrews started his career at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama along with co-actors Ewan McGregor and David Thewlis. Apart from acting Andrews also plays guitar and is a good singer. His career rocketed after the role in Hanif Kureshi’s movie London Kills Me in 1991. Later he starred in 1993 BBC miniseries of Buddha of Suburbia. Apart from these his notable roles were in movies Kama Sutra: A tale of love, Bride and Prejudice and Mighty Joe Young. He had problems with alcohol and drug addiction in the mid 1990’s. In 2006, People’s Magazine has included Andrews in their list of most beautiful people.
