Joined by world healer Bono, Ashley Judd was in McLean, VA last night for a gala fundraiser called Faces of India.

Decked out in a sari, she posed for pics with Queen Noor and model Frederique van del Wal; urged “Namaste” to all; and danced to the music of her “neighbour” from Nashville, Michael McDonald.

The star-studded eve also offered a preview of Ashley’s November 30 National Geographic special, India’s Hidden Plague, that chronicles her three-week trip to the brothels of India exploring the AIDS epidemic in her job as ambassador.

“It’s the role of a lifetime,” she said. She hasn’t given up her day job, however. She’s flying out today to Vancouver for more filming of her next movie, Helen, about a professor battling depression.