Katrina Kaif

Katrina Kaif, also known as Katrina Turquotte (born 16 July 1984) is a British Indian actress and former model who appears in Indian films, mainly in the Hindi-language film industry, also known as Bollywood. She has also appeared in Telugu and Malayalam films. She was voted the sexiest Asian woman in the world by Eastern Eye in the years 2008, 2009 and 2010. Katrina Kaif has been voted as the sexiest woman in the world yet again by the Fashion Magazine FHM. She has been honoured with this title for the fourth time. Being a British citizen, she works in India on an employment visa.

Kaif made her acting debut with Kaizad Gustad's box office bomb Boom (2003). Later, Kaif made appearances in moderately successful films such as Sarkar (2005) and Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (2005), for which she garnered recognition in the industry and outside the industry. In 2006, Kaif was largely appreciated for her role as Jia A. Yashvardhan in the film Humko Deewana Kar Gaye.

The successful phase in Kaif's career started in the year of 2007 with Vipul Shah's Namastey London becoming successful commercially. This was followed with successful films such as David Dhawan's Partner (2007), Anees Bazmee's Welcome (2007), Abbas-Mustan's Race (2008), Anees Bazmee's Singh Is Kinng (2008). She has since appeared in critically praised and commercially successful films like Kabir Khan's New York (2009), Rajkumar Santoshi's Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009), Prakash Jha's political thriller Rajneeti (2010) and Zoya Akhtar's dramedy Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011). In 2010, Kaif was nominated for her first Filmfare Best Actress Award for her portrayal of Maya, a loving wife and friend in New York, which was one of the highest grossing Bollywood films of 2009.[9] She was nominated a second time in 2012, for her depiction of Dimple, a bubbly and vivacious girl in the highly successful Mere Brother Ki Dulhan.[10] In addition to lead roles, Kaif has also garnered recognition for her item numbers such as "Zara Zara Touch Me" from Race (2008), "Sheila Ki Jawani" from Tees Maar Khan (2010) and "Chikni Chameli" from Agneepath (2012). Having done so, Kaif has thus established herself as a leading contemporary actress in Bollywood.