Jacqueline Fernandez

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Early Life

Jacqueline Fernandez was born on 11 August 1985 in Manama, Bahrain, and was raised in a multi-ethnic family. Her father, Elroy Fernandez, is a Sri Lankan burger, and her mother, Kim, is of Malaysian and Canadian descent. His maternal grandfather is from Canada and his maternal grandparents were from Goa, India. His father, who was a musician in Sri Lanka.

Education

After receiving his early education in Bahrain at the Sacred Heart School, he studied mass communication at the University of Sydney in Australia. After graduating he made a few television appearances in Sri Lanka, he also attended the Berlitz School of Languages, where he learned Spanish and improved his French and Arabic.

Jacqueline is a Sri Lankan actress and model. He has worked in Indian films, mainly in Hindi, apart from appearing in reality shows and music videos. Debut in 2009 with the movie Aladdin.

After graduating in Mass Communication from the University of Sydney and working as a television reporter in Sri Lanka, she joined the modeling industry.

According to Fernandez, she aspired to be an actress at a young age and dreamed of becoming a Hollywood movie star. He received some training at the John School of Acting.

In 2006, she was crowned the winner of the Miss Universe Sri Lanka pageant and represented Sri Lanka at the World Miss Universe 2006 pageant held in Los Angeles. In 2006, she appeared in a music video for the song "O Saathi" by music duo Bathiya and Santosh and young female singer Umaria Singhwansa.

Film career

During a modeling assignment in India in 2009, Fernandez successfully auditioned for Sujoy Ghosh's fantasy drama Aladdin, which marked her acting debut. Fernandez had his first commercial success with the psychological thriller Murder 2 (2011), his first commercial success. This was followed by glamorous roles in the commercially successful ensemble-comedy Housefull 2 (2012) and the action thriller Race 2 (2013), which earned her an IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. Fernandez starred in the highest-grossing action film Kick (2014) and the comedies Housefull 3 (2016) and Judwaa 2 (2017).

Quick Info

Age - 37 years (as of 2022)

Birthday - 11 August 1985

Height - 5'8" feet

Weight - 60kg (Approx)

Eye Color - Dark Brown

Hair - Black

Body Measurements - 34-26-34 (Approx)

Marital Status- Single

Religion - Christianity

Nationality - Srilanka

In 2009, Fernandez traveled to India for modeling assignments. She successfully auditioned for Sujoy Ghosh's fantasy film Aladdin (2009) for her acting debut. She played the love interest in the character of Riteish Deshmukh, a role based on the character of Princess Jasmine. She won the IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year - Female.

In 2010, Fernandez appeared in the science fiction romantic comedy Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai opposite Deshmukh. She was cast as a girl from Venus, who descends to Earth in search of love.

Mahesh Bhatt's thriller Murder 2 was Fernandez's first commercial success and marked a turning point in his career. She played the role of Priya, a lonely model who is in a confused relationship with Arjun Bhagwat (played by Emraan Hashmi). Fernandez was praised for his performance and the boldness and sex appeal displayed in the film.

The following year, Fernandez appeared in the comedy Housefull 2 alongside Akshay Kumar, John Abraham and Asin. It became one of India's highest-grossing productions that year and grossed ₹1.86 billion (US$23 million) worldwide.

Fernandez's first release of 2013 was Race 2, an action thriller (with Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham and Deepika Padukone), the film emerged as a commercial success with over 1.8 billion (US$23 million) worldwide. With earnings of more than $1 billion (US$13 million) domestically.

In the same year Fernandez appeared in an item number titled "Jaadu Ki Jhappi" for Prabhu Deva's romantic comedy Ramaiya Vasta Vaiya.

In 2014, Fernandez appeared in Sajid Nadiadwala's directorial debut action film Kick, a remake of the 2009 Telugu film of the same name. It did business of over ₹3.75 billion (US$47 million) worldwide, becoming the fourth highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time.

In 2015, Fernandez starred in Vicky Singh's Roy, a romantic thriller directed by Sarita A. Later that year, she made a guest appearance for the comedy-satire Bangistan.

Karan Malhotra's action drama Brothers was Fernandez's next release. Co-starring with Akshay Kumar and Sidharth Malhotra, Fernandez played the role of Jenny, a fearless mother. Later that year, she starred in the horror thriller Definition of Fear, which marked her Hollywood debut.

Fernandez began 2016 with a role in Housefull 3 which is the third installment of the Housefull series. The film was a commercial success, grossing ₹1.88 billion (US$24 million) worldwide. His next film, the action adventure Dishoom, also earned ₹1.2 billion (US$15 million) worldwide at the box-office.

Later that year, he served as a judge on the ninth season of the dance show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa.

In 2017, Fernandez appeared in Chandran Rutnam's English-Sri Lankan crime-thriller According to Mathew. The film was also his first cinematic appearance in Sri Lankan cinema. The film was released in Sri Lanka on 7 April 2017 at CEL Theaters with the title Anuragini. His next film was the action-comedy A Gentleman,

In which director duo Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. It was Siddharth Malhotra.

Appeared in David Dhawan's comedy film Judwaa 2 alongside Varun Dhawan and Taapsee Pannu. It was a sequel to the 1997 comedy film Judwaa.

In 2018, she starred opposite Salman Khan in Race 3, the third part for the Race franchise.

Fernandez worked with Sushant Singh Rajput in Tarun Mansukhani's next, Drive. She is set to star in the Netflix original film Mrs Serial Killer, directed by Shirish Kunder.

Fernandez campaigned for the fourth time in 2022 in a gangster drama Bachchan Pandey opposite Akshay Kumar.

Controversy

Since December 2021, Fernandez is being investigated in a money laundering case involving $200 million. The investigation is being conducted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which questioned Fernandez for 10 hours in connection with the case on December 9, 2021. On December 22, the ED rejected Fernandez's request to downgrade the Lookout Circular (LoC), which had been issued against him in the case, which barred him from traveling outside India.

Interesting Facts

Jacqueline's father is Sri Lankan, while her mother is of mixed Canadian and Malaysian ancestry.

She hosted her first TV show when she was just 14 years old.

He has a restaurant called Kaema Sutra, which is an island in Sri Lanka.

She was raised in Bahrain, while she studied in Australia, after which she decided to return to her native Sri Lanka and began modeling.

In the year 2006, she became Miss Sri Lanka.

Apart from English and Hindi, she also speaks Spanish, French and Arabic.

He received acting training from John School of Acting.

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