Jacqueline Fernandez

It became one of the top grossing productions of India that year and earned inr 1860000000 worldwide.

Her father, who was a musician in Sri Lanka, moved to Bahrain in the 1980s to escape civil unrest between the Sinhalese and Tamils and subsequently met her mother, who was an air hostess.

She is the youngest of four children with one elder sister and two elder brothers.

After receiving her early education in Bahrain at Sacred Heart School, she studied mass communication at the University of Sydney in Australia.

After graduating she did a couple of television shows in Sri Lanka.

She also attended the Berlitz school of languages, where she learned Spanish and improved her French and Arabic.

According to Fernandez, she had aspired to become an actress at a young age and fantasized about becoming a Hollywood movie star.

She received some training at the John School of Acting.

Although, she was a television reporter, she accepted offers in the modeling industry, which came as a result of her pageant success.

Jacqueline Genevieve Fernandez (born 11 August 1985) is a Sri Lankan actress and model based in India.

She has worked in Indian films, predominantly in Hindi, besides appearing in reality shows and music videos.

Fernandez was born and raised in Bahrain.

After graduating in mass communication from the University of Sydney and working as a television reporter in Sri Lanka, she joined the modeling industry.

Jacqueline Fernandez was born on 11 August 1985, in Manama, Bahrain, and was raised in a multi-ethnic family.

Her father, Elroy Fernandez, is a Sri Lankan Burgher, and her mother, Kim, is of Malaysian and Canadian descent.

Her maternal grandfather is Canadian and her great-grandparents were from Goa in India.

She was crowned Miss Universe Sri Lanka in 2006, and represented her country at Miss Universe 2006.

In 2006, she was crowned the winner of the Miss Universe Sri Lanka pageant and represented Sri Lanka at the world Miss Universe 2006 pageant held in Los Angeles.

In 2006, she appeared in a music video for the song "O Sathi" by music duo Bathiya and Santhush and young female singer Umaria Sinhawansa.

While on a modelling assignment in India in 2009, Fernandez successfully auditioned for Sujoy Ghosh's fantasy drama Aladin, which marked her acting debut and won her the IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female.

In 2009, Fernandez traveled to India for a modeling assignment.

She successfully auditioned for Sujoy Ghosh's fantasy film Aladin (2009) her acting debut.

She played the love interest of Riteish Deshmukh's character, a role based on the character of Princess Jasmine.

and Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN felt that she was: "easy on the eyes and appears confident but has precious little to do".

Although the film was a critical and commercial failure, she won the IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female.

In 2010, Fernandez appeared opposite Deshmukh in the science fiction romantic comedy Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai.

She was cast as a girl from Venus, who lands on Earth in search of love.

The film, along with Fernandez's performance, received poor reviews; Rediff.com's Sukanya Verma noted: "She gamely makes a fool of herself whilst aping the actions of movie stars, ranging from Sridevi's Naagin dance, Mithun Chakravarthy's Disco Dancer moves, to Big B's violent headshake in Hum. Her Tara could be a keeper if only Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai wasn't so intent on turning her into a love-struck Barbie."

Critic Anupama Chopra also criticized Fernandez, calling her "a pin-prick on a balloon".

Later that year, she made a special appearance in the song "Dhanno" for Sajid Khan's comedy Housefull.

Mahesh Bhatt's thriller Murder 2 was Fernandez's first commercial success and marked a turning point in her career.

She took on the role of Priya, a lonely model who is in a confused relationship with Arjun Bhagwat (played by Emraan Hashmi).

Fernandez was praised for her performance, and for the boldness and sex appeal she displayed in the film.

Gaurav Malini of The Times of India stated that she was "tastefully tempting" but noted that her romance with Hashmi was "literally half-baked".

The following year, Fernandez appeared in the ensemble comedy Housefull 2 alongside Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, and Asin.

Fernandez had her breakthrough role with the psychological thriller Murder 2 (2011), her first commercial success.

This was followed by glamorous roles in the commercially successful ensemble-comedy Housefull 2 (2012) and the action thriller Race 2 (2013), the former garnered her an IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination.

Fernandez went on to star in the top-grossing action films Kick (2014) and Vikrant Rona (2022), and the comedies Housefull 3 (2016) and Judwaa 2 (2017).

In a 2015 interview, Fernandez described the modeling industry as "a good training ground" and said: "It is a medium that is about shedding your inhibitions, knowing your body, confidence".

Alongside her screen acting career, Fernandez has worked as a judge in the ninth season of the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (2016–2017), is a popular celebrity endorser for various brands and products, has participated in stage shows, and is active in humanitarian work.