Ileana D'Cruz is a South Indian actress. The 21-year-old actress was born in 1987 in Mumbai. Before joining film industry, she came into limelight as an aspiring model. Her first modeling assignment was a Fair and Lovely ad which was directed by Rakesh Roshan.
Birth
Ileana D'Cruz was born in Mumbai on 19 August 1987 to lawyer father Ronaldo Leo and mother Sameera. She has several nick names including Ili, Ilu, Iiyana,
Profession
Ileana D'Cruz has taken modeling and acting as her profession at this moment.
Education
B.A. Ileana knows a number of languages including English, Hindi and Telegu.
Family
Ileana D'Cruz’s father Ronaldo Leo is Christian (Roman Catholic) and mother Sameera is Muslim by religion. After their marriage, Sameera converted to Christian.
Ileana D'Cruz is a talented actress. Her height is 5 feet 5 inches. Singing, dancing, swimming and reading English novels are her hobbies. She learned sketching very well from her father.
Ileana D'Cruz has three sisters and two brothers. She grew up in Mumbai and now she resides in
Favorite Things
Her favorite actor is Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan. Among the actresses, Ileana D'Cruz likes Kajol most.
Ileana D'Cruz’s favorite writer is Sidney Sheldon. Her favorite drink is mango juice, and she likes Chinese. Blue and black are favorite colors of Ileana D'Cruz.
Ileana D'Cruz stepped in acting with 2006 Telegu film Devadasu. She did not need long time to get into limelight and earn popularity. With her acting talent and skill, Ileana D'Cruz became one of the popular actresses of Tollywood and Killywood. Her first Tamil movie was Kedi which was released in 2006. Ileana D'Cruz broke into Hindi movie industry Bollywood in the same year with the movie Ek- The Power of One.
Ileana shot to fame with her second Telegu language movie Pokiri which was a box office hit in 2006. The movie Pokiri got International Indian film academy award in 2006.
Ileana D'Cruz’s notable Telegu language films include Bhale Dongalu which also features Tarun Kumar, Jagapati Babu in important roles. 2008 movie Jalsa casts Pawan Kalian, Ali, Prakash Raj, Kamalinee Mukherji, Pravati Melton alongside Ileana D'Cruz. Her 2007 Telegu film Aata features Siddharth Narayan, Sunil, Munna.
The movie Rakhi (2007) casts Jr. Ntr, Charmme Karu, Ravi Varma, Suhasini in different roles and Ileana plays the role of Tripura. Pokiri is Ileana D'Cruz’s most successful movie so far in her career. 2006 Tamil movie Kedi features Ravi Krishna, Rameshkhnna, Tamanna, Suman Shetty, Adithy, Atul Kulkarni and M.s.Baskar.
Ileana D'Cruz is now busy with shooting for the movies which will be released in 2009. At this moment, she is shooting for three Telegu language films: Saleem, Kick and Local, and she is also working for a Tamil movie Vettaikaran.
Ileana D'Cruz’s first movie Devadasu was directed by YVS Chowdary. As her first movie, she gained a lot of experience while shooting for the movie. Ileana was very much delighted with her first film.
Ileana D'Cruz said that she enjoyed working with director YVS Chowdary whom, she thinks, was very helpful and wanted everything perfect. Terming YVS Chowdary an excellent director, Ileana D'Cruz termed YVS Chowdary as her Guru.
In the film Devadasu, Ileana is seen opposite Ram. She said that Ram was more experienced and was very helpful. Ileana D'Cruz likes to act in different types of character.
Ileana D'Cruz’s most successful movie is Pokiri. She said that she learned a lot of things while working for the movie. Ileana achieved more experience while filming the movie.
At this moment, Ileana D'Cruz is working in several Tamil and Telegu language movies. Ileana likes romantic comedy movies most.
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