Katrina Kaif

Katrina Kaif
Born	July 16, 1984 (1984-07-16) (age 24) Hong Kong
Years active	2002 - present

Katrina Kaif (Hindi: कैटरीना कैफ; born July 16, 1984^[1]) is an Indian film actress who has appeared in Bollywood, Telugu and Malayalam films.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Personal life 1.2 Professional life 2 Awards 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links

Biography

Personal life

Born in Hong Kong^[2] on July 16, 1984, One of eight siblings, Kaif was born to an Indian Kashmiri father and British mother, was brought up in Hawaii, and started modelling at the age of 14, when she was approached for a jewellery campaign. After that she continued modeling in London.

Professional life

At the age of 14, Kaif started modeling for a jewellery campaign in London^[3], and was subsequently discovered by filmmaker Kaizad Gustad, who gave her a part in his film Boom (2003).

She moved to Mumbai and was offered a number of modelling assignments. However, filmmakers were at first hesitant to sign her because of her linguistic shortcomings ^[4]. Films that did feature her usually had her voice dubbed over by a native speaker of the film's language.

Awards

• 2008: Sabsay Favourite Heroine Award^[5]
• 2006: Stardust Breakthrough Performance Award (Female), Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?
• 2008: British-Indian Actor award, Zee Cine Awards
• 2008: IIFA Awards: Best Female Style Icon [1]
• 2008: Voted at the No. 1 spot in FHM India's 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll^[6]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
2003	Boom	Rina Kaif
2004	Malliswari	Princess Malliswari	Telugu film
2005	Sarkar	Pooja
	Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya	Sonia
	Allari Pidugu	Shwetha	Telugu film
2006	Hum Ko Deewana Kar Gaye	Jia A. Yashvardhan
	Balram vs. Taradas	Supriya	Malayalam film
2007	Namastey London	Jasmeet Malhotra/Singh
	Apne	Nandini
	Partner	Priya Jaisingh
	Nanhe Jaisalmer		Special appearance
	Welcome	Sanjana Shetty
2008	Race	Sophia
	Singh Is Kinng	Sonia
	Hello		Special appearance
2009	Yuvraaj		Post-production
	Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani	Sonia	Filming
	Blue		Filming
	New York		Filming

References

External links

• Katrina Kaif at the Internet Movie Database

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