Goradia has also participated in some reality shows like Kabhi Kabhii Pyaar Kabhi Kabhii Yaar, Mr. & Ms. TV and Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 4. In 2012, she participated as a contestant in the sixth season of Bigg Boss, the Indian version of the original UK show Big Brother entering the Bigg Boss house on 6 October 2012 and getting evicted on 28 December 2012 (on the 83rd day of the show). Slamming reality shows in an interview in 2018, she alleged that the producers had misreprented her as a lesbian on the show.[6][7]
From 2013 to 2015, she played the role of Maharani Dheer Bai Bhatiyani in the television series Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap on Sony TV. In August 2015, she played the evil fairy Mahavinashini on Sab TV's Baal Veer. She was then seen in the supernatural drama Naagin from 2016 to 2017.[8][9]
In 2017, she participated in the couple dance reality show Nach Baliye Season 8 on StarPlus with fiancé Brent Goble. First eliminated on 14 May,[10] they as a wild card entry only to be eliminated again on 4 June.[11] In 2019, Goradia was seen playing the role of Sapt-roopa on &TV's show Daayan. Her last screen appearance was as a contestant on Kitchen Champion 5.[12][13]
Personal life
Aashka dated television actor Rohit Bakshi from 2006 to 2015.[14] After her break-up, she started dating Brent Goble, an American businessman. Aashka married Brent on 1 December 2017 in a Christian wedding ceremony, followed with a traditional Hindu ceremony on 3 December 2017.[15][16] The couple welcomed their first child, a boy, in October 2023.[17]
Trolled for undergoing a lip job in 2018, Aashka responded by opening up about the surgery and claiming that her choice to look better did not make her fake.[18][19] Earlier the same year, she slammed the reality show Bigg Boss in an interview with actor and talkshow host Rajeev Khandelwal on his show Juzzbaatt for misrepresenting her as a lesbian by using editing tricks.[20]
Other work
In 2018, Goradia launched her cosmetic brand Renée Cosmetics.[21] She then launched India's first double stitched 3D eyelashes under the brand, named after her mother-in-law.[22] She named the first products after close friends like actresses Juhi Parmar, Mouni Roy and Abigail Jain.[23] She was also invited to be a speaker at a TED Talk later that year.[24][25] In 2021, Renée Cosmetics was named as one of the power brands at Femina Power Brands 2021. In the same year, it won India's Most Trusted Brand award at CNBC Most Trusted Brands Of India.[26][27]
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