- Name: Katrina Kaif (Katrina Turquotte)
- Date Of Birth: 07/16/1984
- Occupation: Model, Actress
- Place Of Birth: Hong Kong (British Citizen)
- Zodiac Sign: Cancer
- First Onscreen: Boom (2003)
- Marital Status:
Single, (alleged to be in relationship with Salman Khan) - Achievements :
2012: Zee Cine Awards, International Icon Female
2012: People's Choice Awards India - Favourite Actress - Ek Tha Tiger
2012: Big Star Entertainment Awards - Best Actress in Romantic Role for Jab Tak Hai Jaan
2012: Big Star Entertainment Awards - Best Actress in Action Role for Ek Tha Tiger
2012: Hello! Hall Of Fame Awards - Best Entertainer of the year 2012
2012: Big Star Entertainment Awards - Best Jodi (Shah Rukh Khan-Katrina Kaif for Jab Tak Hai Jaan)
2011: Star Screen Award for Best Actress (Popular Choice) for Raajneeti and Tees Maar Khan
2010: Star Screen Awards, Entertainer of the year
2010: Stardust Awards, Best Actress – Popular Award for New York &Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
2009: Rajiv Gandhi Award
2009: ASSOCHAM Award, Performing Excellence
2008: Zee Cine Awards, British Indian Actor Award
2008: Style Diva of the Year, IIFA
2008: Sabsey Favourite Kaun Awards, Sabsey Favourite Heroine for Singh Is Kinng
2008: Sexiest Asian Woman(also in 2009 and 2010)
2006: Idea Zee F Awards, Fashion Diva of the Year
- Height : 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
- Films (From Wikipedia):
Year Film Role Notes 2003 Boom Rina Kaif/Popdi Chinchpokli 2004 Malliswari Princess Malliswari Telugu film 2005 Sarkar Pooja 2005 Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya Sonia 2005 Allari Pidugu Shwetha Telugu film 2006 Hum Ko Deewana Kar Gaye Jia A. Yashvardhan 2006 Balram vs. Taradas Supriya Malayalam film 2007 Namastey London Jasmeet "Jazz" Malhotra 2007 Apne Nandini Sarabhai 2007 Partner Priya Jaisingh 2007 Welcome Sanjana Shetty 2008 Race Sophia 2008 Singh Is Kinng Sonia Singh 2008 Hello Story-teller Cameo 2008 Yuvvraaj Anushka Banton 2009 New York Maya Shaikh Nominated — Filmfare Award for Best Actress 2009 Blue Nikki Cameo 2009 Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani Jennifer "Jenny" Pinto 2009 De Dana Dan Anjali Kakkad 2010 Raajneeti Indu Sakseria/Pratap 2010 Tees Maar Khan Anya Khan Also an item number in the song "Sheila Ki Jawani" 2011 Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Laila 2011 Bodyguard Herself Special appearance in song "Bodyguard" 2011 Mere Brother Ki Dulhan Dimple Dixit Nominated — Filmfare Award for Best Actress 2012 Agneepath Chikni Chameli Special appearance in song "Chikni Chameli" 2012 Ek Tha Tiger Zoya 2012 Main Krishna Hoon Radha Cameo 2012 Jab Tak Hai Jaan Meera Thapar 2013 Dhoom 3: Back in Action Filming 2013 Bang Bang (2013 film) Pre-production (Filming begins February 14, 2013) 2013 Dostana 2 2013 Kick (2013 film) 2014 Rajneeti 2 Announced
Short Bio
Early Life
Kaif was born in Hong Kong, to an Indian Kashmiri father, Mohammed Kaif, and an English mother, Susanna Turquotte, who is a British citizen. 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 that of her father's, Kaif, because it was Indian in origin. Furthermore, Ayesha Shroff has maintained 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 to France when she was 8, and thereafter lived for a few months at a time in Switzerland, Poland, Germany, Belgium, and other 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.
Katrina Personal life including her relationships has been a great subject to the media. After years of speculations Katrina Kaif admitted in an 2011 interview for a magazine that she was in a serious relationship with actor Salman Khan for several years, which ended in 2010.
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.
First Movie
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.
Launch Of Successful Career
Katrina saw moderate success with the 2005 film Sarkar and Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (2005), where she was paired opposite Salman Khan. She co-starred with Akshay Kumar in Humko Deewana Kar Gaye, in 2006; the movie flopped but her pairing with Kumar became a super hit jodi.
Five releases marked 2007 for Katrina. Namastey London with Akshay Kumar was one of the year’s top hits, for which Katrina did her own dubbing for the first time. The other three movies were Apne with the Deols, David Dhawan’s Partner and Welcome, all of which performed well at the box office.
In 2008, we caught her in two blockbusters- Race and Singh Is Kinng, both of which did well. Her first release for 2009, New York, was also a commercial success. At the year’s end, she appeared in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, with Ranbir Kapoor, and in De Dana Dan. Both films were did well at the box-office.
Katrina’s first film of 2010 was the Prakash Jha directed political thriller, Raajneeti, where she appeared opposite Ranbir Kapoor. The film did extremely well at the box-office.Katrina also starred in Tees Maar Khan with Akshay Kumar in which her item song, Sheila Ki Jawani, was a huge hit.
In 2011, Katrina Kaif was seen in Zoya Akhtar’s Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Yash Raj Films’ Mere Brother Ki Dulhan. Both these films did well at the box-office.
Katrina Kaif will next be seen in two Yash Raj Films’ projects: opposite Salman Khan in Ek Tha Tiger and opposite Shah Rukh Khan in another film.
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