Katrina Kaif.?

Katrina Kaif.


Katrina Kaif in 2008
Born 16 July 1984 (age 27)
Hong Kong
Nationality British.
Ethnicity British Indian
Occupation Model, Actress
Years active 2003 – present


Katrina Kaif (Kashmiri: क़त्रीना कैफ़ (Devanagari), قطرینہ کیف (Nastaleeq)) (born 16 July 1984 is a British Indian actress and former model who appears in Indian films, mainly in the Hindi-language film industry. She has also appeared in Telugu and Malayalam films. She was voted the sexiest Asian woman in the world by Eastern Eye in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. Being a British citizen, she works in India on an employment visa.

Kaif made her acting debut with Kaizad Gustad's box office bomb Boom. She tasted success in 2007 with Vipul Shah's Namastey London and Anees Bazmee's Welcome. She has since appeared in films like New York (2009) and Rajneeti (2010). While the former earned Kaif her first Filmfare Award for Best Actress nomination, the latter emerged as her biggest commercial success so far.
Personal life

Kaif was born in Hong Kong, to an Indian Kashmiri father, Mohammed Kaif, and an English mother, Susanna Turquotte, both of whom are British citizens. Her parents divorced when she was very young. Kaif once stated, "My dad, unfortunately, and not out of choice, has had no influence on our upbringing, on our religious or social or moral bearings." When she came to India, she changed her surname to Kaif, because it was Indian in origin. Furthermore, Ayesha Shroff has mantained that the actress' original name is Katrina Turquotte. Kaif has seven siblings; a brother and six sisters. From Hong Kong, she and her family moved to China, then to Japan. From there she went (by boat) to France when she was 8, and thereafter lived for a few months at a time in Switzerland, Kraków, Berlin, Belgium, and many other East European countries. Then she moved with her family to Hawaii, and eventually to her mother's home country of England. Although it is often assumed that Kaif is from London, she lived there only for three years before finally moving to Mumbai. In 2011, she confirmed she was single.
Career
Modeling and early film career (1998-2004)

Kaif began her modeling career at age fourteen; her first assignment was for a jewelry campaign. She continued modeling in London under a contract with the Models 1 Agency and did campaigns for houses such as La Senza and Arcadius, and even walked on the London Fashion Week.

Kaif's modeling work led to her discovery by London-based filmmaker Kaizad Gustad, who gave her a part in his film Boom (2003). The film, which starred Amitabh Bachchan and Gulshan Grover, failed to make an impact. She then moved to Mumbai and was offered a number of modeling assignments, but filmmakers were hesitant to cast Kaif due to her poor command of Hindi.



Katrina Kaif at Feltham 2007
Breakthrough (2005-2006)

In 2005, Kaif made a cameo in Ram Gopal Verma's drama Sarkar, as Abhishek Bachchan's girlfriend. The same year, she landed her first major role in David Dhawan's adaptation of Cactus Flower, Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya, where she was paired opposite Salman Khan. The film also featured Sushmita Sen, Arshad Warsi, Isha Koppikar and Sohail Khan in leading roles. Upon release, the film became a moderate success with Taran Adarsh, a prominent film critic, praising Kaif as a "complete revelation". The following year, she was paired opposite Akshay Kumar for the first time in Raj Kanwar's box-office flop Humko Deewana Kar Gaye. However, for her portrayal of Jia A. Yashvardhan, Adarsh wrote, "Taking giant strides as an actor, Katrina is, without doubt, the star of the show. It's her magnetic presence and dependable performance that you carry home once the show has ended."
Success (2007- present)

It should be noted that due to her poor knowledge of Hindi (and other Indian languages), Kaif's voice was often dubbed by another actress. However, with the exception of De Dana Dan she has used her own voice for all of her films since New York. Earlier, she had dubbed for films like Namastey London and Apne.
Awards
Filmfare Awards

Nominated

1. 2010: Filmfare Best Actress Award for New York Star Screen Awards Winner.2010: Star Screen Awards, Entertainer of the year
2. 2011: Star Screen Award for Best Actress (Popular Choice) for Raajneeti and Tees Maar Khan Zee Cine Awards Winner.
3. 2008: Zee Cine Awards, British Indian Actor Award Nominated
4. 2005: Zee Cine Award for Most Promising Debut for Sarkar
5. 2011: Zee Cine Award for Best Actor - Female for Raajneeti IIFA Awards Winner
6. 2008: Style Diva of the Year Nominated
7. 2008: IIFA Best Actress Award for Namastey London
8. 2009: IIFA Best Actress Award for Singh Is Kinng
9. 2011: IIFA Best Actress Award for Raajneeti Stardust Awards Winner
10. 2006: Stardust Breakthrough Performance Award (Female) for Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya
11. 2010: Stardust Awards, Best Actress - Popular Award for New York &Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani Nominated
12. 2009: Stardust Award for Star Of The Year for Singh Is Kinng
13. 2009: Stardust Award for Best Actress In A Negative Role for Race
14. 2010: Stardust Star of the Year Award – Female for New York &Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
15. Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards Winner
16. 2011: Apsara Awards: Hindustan Times Reader's Choice Entertainer Of The Year Award (Female) Nominated
17. 2009: Apsara Award for Best Actress In Supporting Role for Race Other awards Winner
18. 2006: Idea Zee F Awards, Fashion Diva of the Year 2008: Sabsey Favourite Kaun Awards, Sabsey Favourite Heroine for Singh Is Kinng
19. 2008: Apsara Film Producers Guild of India Awards, Style Diva of the Year
20. 2009: Rajiv Gandhi Award
21. 2009: Sabsey Favourite Kaun Awards, Sabsey Favourite Heroine
22. 2009: ASSOCHAM Award, Performing Excellence Nominated
23. 2010: Big Star Entertainment Award for BIG Star Most Entertaining Film Actor (Female) for Rajneeti
24. 2010: Big Star Entertainment Award for New Talent of the Decade (Female) Filmography
25. Year Film Role Notes
26. 2003 Boom Rina Kaif/Popdi Chinchpokli
27. 2004 Malliswari Princess Malliswari Telugu film
28. 2005 Sarkar Pooja
29. 2005 Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya Sonia
30. 2005 Allari Pidugu Shwetha Telugu film
31. 2006 Hum Ko Deewana Kar Gaye Jia A. Yashvardhan
32. 2006 Balram vs. Taradas Supriya Malayalam film
33. 2007 Namastey London Jasmeet "Jazz" Malhotra
34. 2007 Apne Nandini Sarabhai
35. 2007 Partner Priya Jaisingh
36. 2007 Welcome Sanjana Shetty
37. 2008 Race Sophia
38. 2008 Singh Is Kinng Sonia Singh
39. 2008 Hello Story-teller Cameo
40. 2008 Yuvvraaj Anushka Banton
41. 2009 New York Maya Shaikh Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
42. 2009 Blue Nikki Cameo
43. 2009 Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani Jennifer "Jenny" Pinto
44. 2009 De Dana Dan Anjali Kakkad
45. 2010 Raajneeti Indu Sakseria/Pratap
46. 2010 Tees Maar Khan Anya Khan
47. 2011 Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Laila
48. 2011 Bodyguard Herself Special appearance in song "Bodyguard"
49. 2011 Mere Brother Ki Dulhan Dimple Dixit
50. 2011 Main Krishna Hoon Radha Cameo
51. 2012 Agneepath Chikni Chameli Special appearance in song "Chikni Chameli" (Releasing on January 26, 2012)
52. 2012 Ek Tha Tiger Zoya Filming (Releasing on August 18, 2012)
53. 2012 Yash Chopra's Untitled Next Pre-production