Katrina Kaif's Biography

Katrina Kaif (born Katrina Turquotte^[2]) is a British Indian actress and former model who appears in Indian films, mainly in the Hindi film industry.^[3] She has also appeared in Telugu and Malayalam films. Being a British citizen, she works in India on an employment visa.^[1]
Kaif made her acting debut in 2003 with Kaizad Gustad's box office bomb Boom. The following year, she starred in the Telugu romantic comedy Malliswari. In 2007, she earned commercial success with Vipul Shah's Namastey London and later earned recognition for playing glamorous roles in male-centric films such as Partner (2007), Race (2007) and Singh Is Kinng (2008); all of which were box office successes. Kaif subsequently played more prominent roles in films like New York (2009), Rajneeti (2010), Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), and Ek Tha Tiger (2012, the second highest-grossing Bollywood film).^[4][5] Despite earning mixed reviews from critics for her acting prowess, she has established herself as a commercially successful actress of Hindi cinema.^[6]

Background

Kaif was born in Hong Kong,^[7] to an Indian Kashmiri father,^{[8][9][10][11]} Mohammed Kaif,^{[12][13][14][15]} and an English mother, Susanna Turcotte,^[13][16] who is a British citizen. Her parents divorced when she was very young. Kaif once stated, "My dad, unfortunately, and not out of choice, has had no influence on our upbringing, on our religious or social or moral bearings."^[17] When she came to India, she changed her surname to that of her father's, Kaif, because it was Indian in origin.^[9][18][19] Furthermore, Ayesha Shroff has maintained that the actress' original name is Katrina Turquotte. She also claims that they gave her the Indian father and also the surname Kaif after cricketer Mohammad Kaif as he was on top at that time. She adds that they also had thought her naming Katrina Kazi.^[18][20] From Hong Kong, she and her family moved to China, then to Japan. From there she went to France when she was 8, and thereafter lived for a few months at a time in Switzerland, Poland, Germany, Belgium, and other European countries.^[21] Then she moved with her family to Hawaii, and eventually to her mother's home country of England. Although it is often assumed that Kaif is from London, she lived there only for three years before finally moving to Mumbai.^[21] Kaif's personal life, including her romantic relationships, has been a great subject to the media. After years of speculations Katrina Kaif admitted in an 2011 interview for a magazine that she was in a serious relationship with actor Salman Khan for several years, which ended in 2010.^[22]
Though born to a Muslim father and Christian mother, Kaif's religion is unknown. However she visit various religious places mosques, temples, churches and Sufi Shrines. Kaif once stated in an online interview that she always wear a Taweez.

Filmography

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Year	Film	Role	Notes
2003	Boom	Rina Kaif/Popdi Chinchpokli
2004	Malliswari	Princess Malliswari	Telugu film
2005	Sarkar	Pooja
2005	Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya	Sonia
2005	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 "Jazz" Malhotra
2007	Apne	Nandini Sarabhai
2007	Partner	Priya Jaisingh
2007	Welcome	Sanjana Shetty
2008	Race	Sophia
2008	Singh Is Kinng	Sonia Singh
2008	Hello	Story-teller	Cameo
2008	Yuvvraaj	Anushka Banton
2009	New York	Maya Shaikh	Nominated — Filmfare Award for Best Actress
2009	Blue	Nikki	Cameo
2009	Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani	Jennifer "Jenny" Pinto
2009	De Dana Dan	Anjali Kakkad
2010	Raajneeti	Indu Sakseria/Pratap
2010	Tees Maar Khan	Anya Khan
2011	Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara	Laila
2011	Bodyguard	Herself	Special appearance in song "Bodyguard"
2011	Mere Brother Ki Dulhan	Dimple Dixit	Nominated — Filmfare Award for Best Actress
2012	Agneepath	Chikni Chameli	Special appearance in song "Chikni Chameli"
2012	Ek Tha Tiger	Zoya
2012	Jab Tak Hai Jaan	Meera Thapar
2013	Main Krishna Hoon	Radha	Cameo
2013	Bombay Talkies	Herself	Cameo
2013	Dhoom 3: Back in Action		Filming
2014	Bang Bang		Filming