Sunetra Sastry is an Indo-Anglican make up artist, best known for being the fist wife of distinguished comedian, Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean).
Sunetra Sastry was born in Newcastle, England 1957 to an Indian dad and an English mum. After completing high school, Sunetra Sastry, against the wishes of her parents, attended a Beauty College in London.
After her parents realized that make-up was Sunetra Sastry’s passion, they began to support her. Sunetra Sastry had her big break in the early 1980’s when she began to work as a make-up artist for the BBC. Sunetra Sastry also served on the movie, ‘Smack and Thistle’ for the BBC in 1988.
Sunetra Sastry Net Worth
Sunetra Sastry has a net worth of $15 million, most of which she got from her divorce settlement with Rowan Atkinson.
Sunetra Sastry also earned some of that money from her long career in the make-up industry.
Sunetra Sastry Father
There is no little information about Sunetra Sastry’s Indian father.
Sunetra Sastry Ex-Husband
Popular comedian, Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) is the ex-husband of Sunetra Sastry. Sunetra Sastry and Rowan Atkinson met on the set of the show Black Adder. After dating for a few months, Sunestra Sastry and Rowan Atkinson got married in February 1990 in a wedding ceremony which was held in the Russian Tea Room in New York City.
Sunetra Sastry and Rowan Atkinson have two kids; Lily and Benjamin. However, after over 20 years of marriage, Sunetra and Rowan settled for a divorce.
Sunetra Sastry and Rowan Atkinson got divorced in November 2015 after rumors of Atkinson’s involvement with actress, Louise Ford.
At the time of their split, Rowan Atkinson and Sunetra Sastry were in the middle of building an 11 million pound home in Oxfordshire.