Katrina Kaif Full Biography
(Katrina Kaif Profile)
Born: 16 July 1983
Height:
1.74
Parents:
Mohammed Kaif, Suzanne Turquottem
Nationality:
British
Occupation:
Atress , model
Year
Active: 2003-present
Siblings:
Isabel Kaif, Eshal Kaif, Anila Kaif, Alina Kaif, Maria Kaif, Habiba Kaif,
Ayesha Kaif, Michael Kaif
Katrina Kaif (Katrina Turquotte) born on 16 July 1983 in “Hong
Kong” to a Kashmiri Father Mohammad Kaif, and an English Mother , Susanna
Turquotte who is a British citizen. Her parents divorced when she was very
young. She is a British Indian film actress and model. From Hong Kong, she and
her family moved to China, and 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. 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 moving to Mumbai. As a British citizen, she works in India
on an employment visa.
Kaif's personal life, including her romantic relationships,
has been a great subject to the media. After years of speculations Katrina Kaif
admitted in a 2011 magazine interview that she had been in a serious
relationship with actor Salman Khan for several years, which ended in 2010. Kaif
started pursuing her engineering studies in London at age 17, but she was not
interested in that field. Instead, she wanted to be in the modeling and the
glamour industry. In an interview in The Times of India, Kaif stated that she
came to India to search for her career at the age of 17. Her philanthropic work
includes her association with an NGO her mother works for, the Relief Projects
India
Kaif first expressed interest in a modelling career at the
age of fourteen, when she won a beauty contest in Hawaii, and subsequently
received her first assignment as a model—a jewellery campaign. Kaif continued
modelling in London, where she worked for various freelance agencies. She is
primarily known for her work in Bollywood films, though has also appeared in
Telugu and Malayalam films. She is one of India’s highest paid actress, and has
achieved popularity due to her physical beauty.
The year 2007 brought about a change in Kaif's acting
career, when she appeared in four films, all of which were successful at the
box office. After a string of films in which she was cast merely for her
glamour quotient, Kaif's role in the 2009 terrorism drama New York brought her
recognition for her acting. In 2010, Kaif first appeared in Prakash Jha's
political thriller Raajneeti. In 2011, she was seen alongside Hrithik Roshan,
Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol and Kalki Koechlin in Zoya Akhtar's coming-of-age
dramedy Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.
She next featured in Yash Raj Films' hit romantic comedy
Mere Brother Ki Dulhan opposite Imran Khan. n 2012, Kaif first appeared in an
immensely popular item song for Agneepath entitled "Chikni Chameli”. he
next appeared in Kabir Khan's espionage thriller Ek Tha Tiger as Zoya, an ISI
agent who falls in love with an Indian RAW agent. Kaif's next appearance was
for Yash Chopra's swan song, the romance Jab Tak Hai Jaan, in which she
featured alongside Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma. After more than a year,
Kaif appeared in the action thriller Dhoom 3 (2013). Directed by Vijay Krishna
Acharya, the film saw Kaif star as a circus performer alongside Aamir Khan,
Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra.
After a successful modeling career, Katrina Kaif made her
acting debut in 2003, with a role in Kaizad Gustad’s box office bomb Boom,
after which she was initially written off. She consequently appeared in a
Telugu film the hit romantic comedy Malliswari. Katrina Kaif later earend
commercial Success in Bollywood with the romantic comedies “Maine Pyaar Kyun
Kiya?” and “Namastey London” of which the latter having little to do in male
centric films like “Partner (2007)” “Welcome (2007)” and “Singh Is King (2008)”
The 2009 Terrorism drama “New York” marked a turning point
in her career, earning her praise as well as a Filmfare Award for Best Actress
nomination. She subsequently featured in more prominent roles in hit films like
“Raajneeti (2010)” “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011) and Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
(2011) and Ek Tha Tiger (2012). She has also featured in the action thriller
film “Dhoom 3 (2013)” which emerged as
the highest grossing Bollywood film of all time.
