Ileana D'Cruz (born 1 November 1987) is an Indian film actress who predominantly appears in Telugu language films . She started her career as a model and made her film debut in 2006 with YVS Chowdhury's Telugu film Devadasu . She then starred in the commercially successful films Pokkiri (2006), Jalsa (2008) and Kick and established herself as one of the leading actresses of Telugu cinema.  She has worked in Badshaho in 2017.

Family
She has three siblings, the eldest sister's name is Farah, a younger brother is Reis and a younger sister named Erin. Her first name comes from the Greek mythology. In childhood, she lived in Goa for several years.

Career

Movie debut 

D'Cruz made her film debut in 2006 with the Telugu-language romance film Devadasu. It was directed by YVS Chowdhury. H had seen Ileana in the ad film Fair and Lovely directed by Rakesh Roshan.

Early reputation 
She was widely praised by critics, especially her anatomy and facial features; Idealbrain's GV wrote that Ileana "made her debut very well. She not only does well in acting, but also her physique is admirable which every woman would like to achieve. She has long legs and is physically beautiful." are", although a review by Indiaglitz stated that they have "a sculpted body and a dying texture." Devdasu's lead actor Ram also started his acting career with this, which became the first major commercial hit of the year and eventually grossed ₹14 crore, although Ileana was given the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debutant for the movie.

Pokkiri
Her next movie was the action flick Pokkiri starring Mahesh Babu. Ileana played an aerobics teacher who is harassed by a corrupt cop. The movie was a huge success. It became the highest-grossing Telugu film of all time, as well as being Ileana's biggest commercial hit of all time.

Tamil movie debut
Later in the same year she made her debut in Tamil language movie with KD (2006). Although the movie did not do as well at the box office, D'Cruz was so busy that she had to decline several offers. Her Telugu movie Dangerous (2006) in which she starred opposite Ravi Teja was not as good as was expected, yet she was credited for her glam performances and remained in the audience. Later, a major setback in his career came when his films Rakhi (2006) and Munna (2007) proved to be critically and financially unsuccessful.

Ata 
D'Cruz's career again took a turn when she starred in the 2007 movie Ata, opposite Sidharth.  She was widely thanked for her performance as Satya, a college student who runs away from the home minister's devious son and comes under attack as she marches to demand punishment for her crime.  Idlebrain describes them as "beautiful" and "a comfort to the eyes".

Jalsa
In 2008 she played the lead role in Jalsa opposite Pawan Kalyan. She is currently considered the most expensive actress in the South Indian movie industry, being paid  1.75 crore as remuneration as of 2008.

Career since 2009
Her 2009 movie with Ravi Teja titled Kick was declared a box office hit. After that in 2009, she starred in Rechipo with Vishnu Manchu and YVS Chowdhary's Salim, both of which failed at the box office. Ileana recently wrapped up shooting for Shakti, where she worked with Jr. NTR, before she worked with him in Rakhi. Puri Jagannadh has signed her for their upcoming film Nenu Na Rakshasi . This will be Ileana's second movie with Poori after the massive success of Pokkiri in 2006. She has also done an item song for the Kannada movie Huduga Hudugi with lyrics "Ileana Ileana". Currently, Ileana will begin shooting for the Telugu and Tamil adaptation of the Hindi film 3 Idiots, where she will be essaying the role of Kareena Kapoor. S. Shankar will direct it. Her next offering will be Anurag Basu's Barfi in which Ileana will be working with Ranbir Kapoor .

List of movies

Prizes

Wins 

 Filmfare Best Female Debut (South) - Devdasu (2006)
 Santosham Best Actress Award - Jalsa (2008)

Nominations 

 Filmfare Awards South

 2008: Best Telugu Actress - Jalsa
 2009: Best Telugu Actress - Kick (2009)

References

Other websites 

 
 
Personal life
Actors from Mumbai
Living people
1987 births