Katrina Kaif (age 33, height 1.73 m) is a British film actress and model, who was born as Katrina Turquotte on 16 July 1983 in Hong Kong. She is predominantly known for her work in Bollywood movies but has acted in Telugu and Malayalam films too. She is also one of the most famous celebrities in Bollywood.

She started her career as a fashion model, when she was just a teen. Katrina was first spotted by filmmaker Kaizad Gustad, during a fashion show and decided to cast her in his film Boom (2003). Unfortunately, the film didn't do well but she got an opportunity to work in a Telugu movie called Malliswari (2004). After this, she made her Bollywood debut with Salman Khan, in his movie Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya? (2005) and gained wide recognition with her movie Namastey London (2005), in which she featured with Akshay Kumar.

In 2010, she was nominated for the Filmfare Award - Best Actress for her role in the movie New York (2009). Kaif gained huge success in Bollywood with movies like Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009), Raajneeti (2010) and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011) etc. She received her second Filmfare nomination for her performance in Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (2011). She firmly established herself in Bollywood as one of the most successful actress, after being a part of the two highest grossing movies ever made in Bollywood i.e. Ek Tha Tiger (2012) and Dhoom 3 (2013).

 

Personal Life

Katrina Kaif was born in Hong Kong to a British businessman of Kashmiri descent, Mohammed Kaif (Father) and an English lawyer and charity worker Suzanne Turcotte (mother). According to Kaif, she has seven siblings: three elder sisters (Stephanie, Christine and Natasha), three younger sisters (Melissa, Sonia, Isabel) and an elder brother, Michael. Her younger sister Isabel is also a model and an actor, who will be seen in Bollywood soon. When she was a child, her parents got divorced and she was raised by her mother. Since her mother decided to work for social causes, it led to the family's relocation to a number of countries.

Due to frequent relocation, Katrina and her siblings did not attend a formal school and completed their studies at home. She was just 14-years-old, when she won a beauty contest in Hawaii, and received her first modeling assignment for a jewellery campaign. After coming to India she changed her surname to Kaif, because it was easy to pronounce.

 

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Acting Career

She made her acting debut with the movie Boom in 2003, which also had Amitabh Bachchan, Gulshan Grover, Jackie Shroff, Madhu Sapre and Padma Lakshmi. Although the movie didn't do well but she started receiving other offers from the modeling world. She appeared in the first Kingfisher Calendar and walked the ramp for various brands. 

In 2004, she made her Telugu debut with the movie Malliswari with Daggubati Venkatesh, in which she played the role of a princess who went far away from his dangerous caretaker. She stepped in to Bollywood with her movie Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? in 2005, alongside Salman Khan, Sushmita Sen and Sohail Khan.

Later, in 2006, she appeared with Akshay Kumar, in movie Humko Deewana Kar Gaye. In spite of being an unsuccessful movie, people found her cute and her chemistry with her co-star Akshay was well received. After which, they both came together for a new project, Namastey London in 2007. When this movie hit the screens, it became a turning point of her career and she became one of the leading ladies of Bollywood.

She has acted in various movies in her 14 years of career span, which are as following:

Title Year Role
Boom 2003 Rina Kaif alias Popdi Chinchpokli
Malliswari (Telugu film) 2004 Malliswari
Sarkar 2005 Pooja
Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? 2005 Sonia
Allari Pidugu (Telugu film) 2005 Swati
Humko Deewana Kar Gaye 2006 Jia Yashvardhan
Balram vs. Tharadas (Malayalam film) 2006 Supriya
Namastey London 2007 Jasmeet "Jazz" Malhotra Singh
Apne 2007 Nandini
Partner 2007 Priya Jaisingh
Welcome 2007 Sanjana Shankar Shetty
Race 2008 Sophia
Singh Is Kinng 2008 Sonia Singh
Hello (Cameo appearance) 2008 Storyteller
Yuvvraaj 2008 Anushka Banton
New York 2009 Maya Shaikh
Blue (Cameo appearance) 2009 Nikki
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani 2009 Jennifer "Jenny" Pinto
De Dana Dan 2009 Anjali Kakkad
Raajneeti 2010 Indu Pratap
Tees Maar Khan 2010 Anya Khan
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara 2011 Laila
Bodyguard (Small appearance) 2011 Herself
Mere Brother Ki Dulhan 2011 Dimple Dixit
Agneepath (Item Number - Chikni Chameli) 2012 Chikni Chameli
Ek Tha Tiger 2012 Zoya
Jab Tak Hai Jaan 2012 Meera Thapar
Main Krishna Hoon (Cameo appearance) 2013 Herself
Bombay Talkies 2013 Herself
Dhoom 3 2013 Aaliya
Bang Bang! 2014 Harleen Sahni
Phantom 2015 Nawaz Mistry
Fitoor 2016 Firdaus Naqvi
Baar Baar Dekho 2016 Diya Varma

 

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Awards and Nominations

Filmfare Awards - She was nominated two times for the award of Best Actress for her movies New York (2010) and Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (2012).

Screen Awards - She has earned two awards for Best Actress (Popular Choice) for her movies. One for Raajneeti and Tees Maar Khan, and one for Ek Tha Tiger and Jab Tak Hai Jaan.

Stardust Awards - For her role in the movie Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? she won an award for Breakthrough Performance - Female and for her movie New York and Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, she was awarded with the Best Actress - Popular award. 

 

Upcoming Movies

1. Jagga Jasoos -

Directed by -  Anurag Basu

Produced by - Anurag Basu and Ranbir Kapoor

Cast - Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif and Adah Sharma

Release Date - 7 April 2017

 

2. Tiger Zinda Hai - 

Directed by - Ali Abbas Zafar

Produced by - Aditya Chopra and Kabir Khan

Cast - Katrina Kaif and Salman Khan

Release date - 22 December 2017