Jacqueline Fernandez

Jacqueline Fernandez

actress

Jacqueline Fernandez was born on Aug 11, 1985 in Bahrain. Jacqueline Fernandez's big-screen debut came with Aladin directed by Sujoy Ghosh in 2009.

Jacqueline Fernandez is a Sri Lankan actress from Manama, Bahrain and was raised in a multi-ethnic family. Jacqueline's father Elroy Fernandez is from Sri Lanka (Sinhalese - Catholic)and her mother Kim is a Malaysian. She has two brothers and an older sister. Her parents moved to Bahrain in 1980s due to the Lankan civil unrest and hence she was born and raised in Bahrain.After her schooling in Bahrain, she was awarded a Scholarship to study at the University of Sydney, where she pursued a degree in Media and Communications in Sydney, Australia. Having a passion for cultures and languages she also joined the Berlitz school of languages, where she learned to speak Spanish and improve her French and Arabic.In 2006, she was crowned the Miss Sri Lanka for Miss Universe 2006 in March, 2006 and also competed in Miss Universe 2006. After winning Miss Sri Lanka title in 2006, she entered the world of television and anchored a show on Sri Lanka's business called Lanka Business Report.She came to Mumbai on a modeling contract and landed a role in Bollywood movie Aladin (2009) directed by Sujoy Ghosh along with well known Indian stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, and Riteish Deshmukh. After the success of her first film, she got signed on by Milap Zaveri for his directorial debut movie Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai (2010) in which she plays the part of an alien who comes to earth in search of love. Her co-star from her first movie, Riteish Deshmukh was her leading-man again. The director recommended her to well-known director Farah Khan who guest-starred in this movie. She made a cameo appearance (in a song) in the movie Housefull (2010) which was directed by Farah Khan's younger brother, Sajid Khan

  • Birthday

    Aug 11, 1985
  • Place of Birth

    Manama, Bahrain
  • Also known

    जैकलिन फर्नांडीस, ज्याकलिन फर्नान्डिज, జాక్వెలిన్ ఫెర్నాండేజ్, ஜாக்குலின் பெர்னாண்டஸ், ਜੈਕਲਿਨ ਫ਼ਰਨਾਂਡਿਜ਼, जैकलिन फर्नांडीज, জ্যাকুলিন ফার্নান্দেজ, Jaqueline Fernandes, जैकलीन फर्नांडीस, جیکولین فرنینڈز, ජැකලීන් ෆර්නැන්ඩස්

Awards

12 wins & 12 nominations

Filmfare Glamour And Style Awards
2017
Hotstepper Of The Year (Female)
Winner - Filmfare Glamour and Style Award
2016
Hotstepper of the Year
Winner - Filmfare Glamour and Style Award
2015
Emerging Face of Fashion (Female)
Winner - Filmfare Glamour and Style Award
Vogue Beauty Awards
2017
Fitspiration of the Year
Winner - Vogue Beauty Award
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Movies & TV Shows

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