Ileana

Ileana D’Cruz was born into a Goan Catholic family in Mahim, Mumbai, and grew up partly in Mumbai and partly in Goa. Her family moved to Parra, Goa when she was 10 years old. His mother tongue is Konkani.Meanwhile, the manager of the hotel where her mother was working, suggested that she had a bright smile and should start modeling and organizing a meeting with Marc Robinson. Although initially reluctant, she was persuaded and her first portfolio was created in January 2003, which she described as a “catastrophe.” She began to attract attention through photo shoots and ramp shows and her second portfolio was set up the following year, earning her three Electrolux, Emami Talc and Fair & Lovely commercials. The latter, in particular, which was directed by Rakesh Roshan, gave him visibility and made several offers to play in feature films.Ileana D’Cruz won the Filmfare award for Best Female Film – South for Telugu Devadasu. She has established herself in Telugu cinema with hit movies such as Pokiri (2006), Jalsa (2008), Kick (2009) and Julayi (2012). In Tamil cinema, D’Cruz played in Kedi (2006) and Shankar’s Nanban (2012).In 2012, D’Cruz made her Hindi debut with Barfi !, a critical and commercial success of Anurag Basu, for which she received critical acclaim and several accolades, including the Filmfare Award for best female debut. She then played the leading female roles in the Phata Poster Nikhla Hero (2013) and Main Tera Hero (2014) action comics, the romantic comedy Happy Ending (2014), the crime thriller Rustom (2016), the Baadshaho burglary ( 2017), and the criminal drama Raid (2018).