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Katrina Kaif

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Katrina Kaif



Katrina Kaif at the Nakshatra jewelery launch (2008)

Born

16 July 1984 (1984-07-16) (age 24)

Hong Kong

Occupation

Model, Actress

Years active

2002 – present

Katrina Kaif (Hindi: कत्रिना कैफ़; born 16 July 1984) is a Hong Kong-born British-Indian actress and model who has appeared in Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam films. Since 2007 she has starred in several commercially successful films, making her one of the most popular actresses in Bollywood.

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Early life

Katrina Kaif was born in Hong Kong to a Kashmiri Muslim father, Mohammed Kaif, and a British Christian mother, Suzzane. Her mother, a Harvard graduate, was a lawyer but later became involved in charity work. Her parents separated when Kaif was very young. Kaif has seven siblings. She was raised in Hawaii and later moved to her mother's home country, England. At age fourteen she was approached by an agent and began modeling; her first job was for a jewelry campaign. She continued modeling in London.

Career

Kaif's London modeling work led to her discovery by filmmaker Kaizad Gustad, who gave her a part in his film Boom (2003). She moved to Mumbai and was offered a number of modeling assignments. However, filmmakers were at first hesitant to sign her because she was not able to speak Hindi.[1]

Katrina saw success with the 2005 film Sarkar where she played the brief role of Abhishek Bachchan's. Her next release,Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (2005), where she was paired opposite Salman Khan, earned her an award at the Stardust Award for breakthrough female performance.

In 2007 Katrina appeared in the hit movie Namastey London, wherein she starred as a British girl alongside Akshay Kumar for the second time after the box office dud Humko Deewana Kar Gaye. She then worked on a series of box office hits that include Apne, Partner and Welcome.

2008 saw her play a negative role for the first time in Abbas-Mustan's hit action thriller Race. She played the role of Saif Ali Khan's secretary who is secretly in love with his hostile stepbrother played by Akshay Khanna. She appeared next in Anees Bazmee's box office super-hit Singh Is Kinng alongside Akshay Kumar for the fourth time. Kaif's final release of the year, Subhash Ghai's Yuvvraaj, was a surprise critical and commercial failure. Kaif is the model for Mattel's Bollywood Barbie, which will be released in September 2009.[2]

Kaif's first release for 2009, New York, with John Abraham was a critical and commercial success.[3]

Awards

Filmography

Year

Film

Role

Notes

2003

Boom

Rina Kaif / Popdi Chinchpokli

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 (Jazz)

Apne

Nandini

Partner

Priya Jaisingh

Welcome

Sanjana Shetty

2008

Race

Sophia

First villain role

Singh Is Kinng

Sonia

Hello

The Storyteller/God

Special appearance

Yuvvraaj

Anushka Banton

2009

New York

Maya

Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

Sonia / Lisa Singh Rathod

Releasing on September 18, 2009

Blue

Lauren

Releasing on October 10, 2009

De Dana Dan

Not releasing due to mutiplex strike

Padosan Remake

Pre-production

7 Days In Paris

Pre-production

2010

Rajneeti

Filming

References

1. ^ "Katrina Kaif Profile - Sify.com". http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=14488878&page=3.

2. ^ Van Deven, Mandy (May 5, 2009). "Bollywood Barbie". Bitch Magazine. http://bitchmagazine.org/post/bollywood-barbie%C2%AE. Retrieved on June 3, 2009.

3. ^ Tuteja, Joginder (2009-07-01). "New York's super-success has surprised me" - Kabir Khan". Bollywood Hungama. http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2009/07/01/5277/index.html. Retrieved on 2009-07-01.

External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katrina_Kaif"

Categories: 1984 births | Anglo-Indians | British people of South Asian descent | British people of Indian descent | Indian female models | Indian Muslims | Indian film actors | Kashmiri people | Living people





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