My Life My Style: Lisa Ray

Best work moment
Stage, film, designing my yoga studio, dreaming...

Books on your bedside
The Afterlife of Stars by Joseph Kertes, 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East by Naomi Shihab Nye and When the Body Says No by Gabor Mate

Massage or workout to de-stress?
Workout followed by massage. If I could figure out how to combine both, I would.

Designs that've caught your eye recently
Douglas Coupland's Gumhead sculpture that I saw in Vancouver recently, my new YSL sunglasses and artist Meera Sethi's 'Foreign Returned' series

Your IT tools
iPhone, MacBook Air and numerous iPhone chargers

Favourite spirit
The universal one. Oh, you mean not that spirit?

Your sleeping ritual
Have bed, will sleep

Favourite TV show
Homeland

Best gift received
The painting my hubby recently commissioned to represent us, called Supernova. Oh yes, and my rebirth after a stem cell transplant. Diagnosed in 2009 and still here and thriving. Life is a gift.

Favourite accessory
My wedding ring and my Rado Esenza touch watch

What food items do you like to shop for?
I'm obsessed with tea and tea accessories. Mariage Freres used to be my favourite tea. I came across it when I lived in Paris.

Newspaper and TV channels and websites you prefer
I prefer vintage wisdom. I do a news detox and am very selective about the news I consume. My father sends me the round up of the day and I get a lot of headlines from Twitter

Where do you like to sit when being driven? Upfront with driver or back seat like a memsahib?
At the back

What do you cook on your day off?
Either Neeta Aunty's secret dal recipe or a killer wild-caught salmon with baked broccoli

Are you a beach or mountain person?
Both. Again if you can combine the two - like in Nelson BC where I have a cottage, or Hong Kong

Favourite perfume?
Miller et Bertaux - artisanal parfumiers from Paris. I love 'A Quiet Morning', which is inspired by their trips to India

You get your work clothes from
I like a few online sites like THII and Closet Label. Otherwise I have a fab stylist, Nisha Kundnani, who kits me out for 'work'

Your favourite evening wear
Sari, if I have time and someone to help drape it, or a long dress, though I'm currently obsessed with my Isabel Marant pallazzos and a well-cut shirt

What's your weekday breakfast like? And weekend?
A green smoothie and coffee or tea, handful of almonds. Weekends, I love doing a huge brunch with omelettes and salads

Your current set of wheels
Range Rover in Toronto. Public transport in Hong Kong. And Mumbai, I'm in the middle of setting up home again, so I'm undecided

Favourite restaurant
I have been the host and judge on Top Chef Canada for four years, so answering this is not worth the trouble it gets me into with chef friends from around the world

Your workout regime
Pilates with Samir at the Pilates Studio, yoga with Twinkle and circuit training at Waterstones. It's challenging when I am on the go, but I love outdoor walks, hikes and kayaking, whenever possible. Yoga travels well.

Lisa Ray
Actor, model