She joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Union minister Nitin Gadkari. She has been appointed as the working president of the BJP's women transport wing. Other works Between filming Koppikar, like many Bollywood actors, performs in stage music shows. In addition to this she has appeared in two music videos: Patli Kamar by KK for a private album commissioned by Sony in 2001/2002; and Bandish Projekt's Bhor (Satyam Shivam Sundaram) in 2004, choreographed by Bosco-Caesar. In 2006 she appeared onstage in the Indian Idol Grand Final to dance with the two finalists, and 2007 saw her as one of three judges in the celebrity dance competition Nach Baliye 3, alongside director David Dhawan and Vaibhavi Merchant. She had also owned a restaurant back in 2015. She served as a judge in the Miss Universe 2008 contest, held on 14 July in Vietnam alongside, amongst others, fashion designer Roberto Cavalli and former winner in 2004 Jennifer Hawkins. In August 2009, she presented the new Colors wrestling show 100% De Dana Dan. She continues to model for fashion designers Anita Dongre and Pria Kataria Puri. In 2007, she became the Indian brand ambassador of the Italian fashion company Police Time and Jewellery. Koppikar is also a spokesperson for the animal rights organisation PETA and received the 10th Anniversary Humanitarian Award in December 2009. Personal life She has a black-belt in Taekwondo. Following the advice of numerologists, she has changed the spelling of her name twice, first to Ishaa Koppikar and later to Eesha Koppikhar. However, as of 2015 she has reverted to the original spelling of her name. Leena Mogre and Preity Zinta introduced her to hotelier Timmy Narang, whom she married on 29 November 2009. She gave birth to their daughter Rianna in July 2014. Filmography Web Series Awards and nominations Music videos Music and music videos References External links Living people 1976 births Actresses from Mumbai Female models from Mumbai Indian film actresses Indian web series actresses Konkani people Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema Actresses in Kannada cinema Actresses in Marathi cinema Indian female taekwondo practitioners Filmfare Awards South winners 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian actresses