Actor • Born 1987

Ileana D'Cruz

About

Ileana D'Cruz (born 1 November 1986) is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in Telugu and Hindi cinema, as well as Tamil films. She began her career through print modeling and television commercials before moving into acting. She made her acting debut in Y. V. S. Chowdary's Telugu romantic action drama *Devadasu* (2006), for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South. She made her Tamil debut in *Kedi* (2006) and later appeared in *Pokiri* (2006), *Rakhi* (2006), *Munna* (2007), *Aata* (2007), Trivikram Srinivas's *Jalsa* (2008), *Kick* (2009), and Shankar's Tamil film *Nanban* (2012). She also reunited with Trivikram Srinivas for the romantic action film *Julayi* (2012). Her Hindi debut came with Anurag Basu's romantic comedy-drama *Barfi!* (2012), in which she played Shruti Ghosh and received the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut and a...