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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

2006: Stardust Breakthrough Performance Award (Female), Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya
2008: British Actor award, Zee Cine Awards
2008: IIFA Awards: Best Female Style Icon
2008: Sabsey Favourite Kaun Awards, Best actress award, Singh Is Kinng

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
2006	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