Ileana D'Cruz

Ileana DCruz 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 Chowdarys 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 Srinivass Jalsa 2008 Kick 2009 and Shankars Tamil film Nanban 2012 She also reunited with Trivikram Srinivas for the romantic action film Julayi 2012 Her Hindi debut came with Anurag Basus romantic comedydrama Barfi 2012 in which she played Shruti Ghosh and received the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut and a nomination for Best Supporting Actress Her later Hindi films include Rajkumar Santoshis Phata Poster Nikhla Hero 2013 David Dhawans Main Tera Hero 2014 Dharmendra Suresh Desais crime thriller Rustom 2016 Anees Bazmees Mubarakan 2017 Raj Kumar Guptas Raid 2018 and Kookie Gulatis financial thriller The Big Bull 2021 She returned to Telugu cinema with Sreenu Vaitlas Amar Akbar Anthony 2018 and later appeared in the social comedy Unfair Lovely 2024 and Shirsha Guha Thakurtas romantic comedydrama Do Aur Do Pyaar 2024