Nora Fatehi

**Nora Fatehi** (born on 6 February 1992) is a dancer and actress from Canada who works in India. She has acted in Hindi, Telugu, and Malayalam movies. She started her acting career with the Hindi movie Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans.

Fatehi became popular in Telugu movies for her special dance performances in films like Temper, Baahubali: The Beginning, and Kick 2. She also acted in two Malayalam movies, Double Barrel and Kayamkulam Kochunni. In 2015, she joined the reality TV show Bigg Boss as a contestant. In 2016, she took part in the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. She appeared in the Bollywood movie Satyameva Jayate, where she danced in the remake of the song Dilbar. This song got over 20 million views on YouTube in just 24 hours, making it the first Hindi song in India to reach that number. She also worked with a Moroccan hip-hop group called Fnaïre to release an Arabic version of Dilbar.

In 2019, she worked with Tanzanian singer and songwriter Rayvanny to release her first international English song called Pepeta. In October 2022, she was selected to be part of the song Light The Sky for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, along with artists RedOne, Manal, Balqees, and Rahma Riad. After that, she played supporting roles in the Hindi movies Street Dancer 3D (2020) and Bhuj: The Pride of India (2021). She has also been a judge on TV shows like Dance Deewane Juniors and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10.

## Early life

Fatehi was born and grew up in Toronto, Canada, Her family is originally from Morocco on both her father’s and mother’s side. She finished school at Westview Centennial Secondary School in Toronto. She studied political science and international relations at York University. In interviews, she has said that she feels like "an Indian at heart."

### Movies

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role(s)|scope="col"|Language(s)|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Ref.|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2014|_Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans_|CJ|Hindi|||||||||
|2015|_Crazy Cukkad Family_|Amy||||||||||
|_Temper_|Herself|Telugu|Special appearance in song "Ittage Rechchipodam"|||||||||
|_Mr. X_|Herself|Hindi|Special appearance in song "Alif Se"|||||||||
|_Double Barrel_|Herself|Malayalam|Special appearance|||||||||
|_Baahubali: The Beginning_|Unnamed|Telugu / Tamil|Special appearance in song "Manohari"|||||||||
|_Kick 2_|Herself|Telugu|Special appearance in song "Kiruku Kick"|||||||||
|_Sher_|Herself|Special appearance in song "Napere Pinky"||||||||||
|_Loafer_|Herself|Special appearance in song "Nokkey Dochey"||||||||||
|2016|_Rocky Handsome_|Herself|Hindi|Special appearance in song "Rock Tha Party"||||||||
|_Oopiri_ / _Thozha_|Nemali|Telugu / Tamil|Special appearance in song "Door Number"|||||||||
|2018|_My Birthday Song_|Sandy|Hindi|||||||||
|_Satyameva Jayate_|Unnamed|Special appearance in song "Dilbar"||||||||||
|_Stree_|Unnamed|Special appearance in song "Kamariya"||||||||||
|_Kayamkulam Kochuni_|Herself|Malayalam|Special appearance in song "Nrithageethikalennum"|||||||||
|rowspan="3"|2019|_Bharat_|Suzan Vilayati Khan|Hindi||||||||
|_Batla House_|Huma / Victoria|Special appearance in song "O Saki O Saki"||||||||||
|_Marjaavaan_|Herself|Special appearance in song "Ek Toh Kum Zindagani"||||||||||
|2020|_Street Dancer 3D_|Mia||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2021|_Bhuj: The Pride of India_|Heena Rehman|||||||||
|_Satyameva Jayate 2_|Dilruba|Special appearance in song "Kusu Kusu"||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2022|_Thank God_|Herself|Special appearance in song "Manike"||||||||
|_An Action Hero_|Herself|Special appearance in song "Jehda Nasha"||||||||||
|rowspan="3"|2024|_Crakk_|Alia|||||||||
|_Madgaon Express_|Tasha|||||||||||
|_Matka_|Sofia|Telugu||||||||||
|2025|_Be Happy_|Maggi|Hindi|||||||||
|rowspan="2"|TBA|||Tamil|Filming|||||||
|TBA! scope="row"||Kannada|Kannada debut|||||||||

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|Ref.||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2015–2016|_Bigg Boss 9_|rowspan="2"|Contestant|9th place||||
|2016|_Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9_|10th place||||||
|2018|_MTV Dating in the Dark_|Host||||||
|rowspan="2"|2022|_Dance Deewane Juniors 1_|rowspan="3"|Herself|rowspan="3"|Judge||
|_Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10_||||||||
|2023|_Hip Hop India 1_|||||||

### Web series

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|Ref.||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2021|_Star vs Food (Season 2)_|rowspan="2"|Herself|Episode 5||
|2022|_Moving In With Malaika_|Episode 7||||
|2025|_The Royals_|||||

### Music videos

|Year|Title|Singer(s)|Ref.||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=3|2017|_Pop The Bottle_|Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani, Akasa Singh, Badshah||
|_Naah_|Harrdy Sandhu|__|||
|_Baby Marvake Maanegi_|Raftaar|__|||
|2018|_Dilbar Arabic Version_|Herself, Fnaïre|__||
|rowspan=2|2019|_Pachtaoge_|Arijit Singh|__|
|_Pepeta_|Herself, Rayvanny|__|||
|rowspan="3"|2020|_Pachtaoge_ _<small>(Female version)</small>_|Asees Kaur||
|_Naach Meri Rani_|Guru Randhawa, Nikhita Gandhi||||
|_Body_ _<small>(Dance Cover)</small>_|Megan Thee Stallion||||
|rowspan="2"|2021|_Chhor Denge_|Parampara Tandon|__|
|_Dance Meri Rani_|Guru Randhawa, Zahrah S Khan||||
|2023|_Achha Sila Diya_|B Praak|||
|rowspan="3"|2024|_Zaalim_|Payal Dev, Badshah||
|_Payal_|Yo Yo Honey Singh, Paradox||||
|_Aaye Haaye_|Karan Aujla, Neha Kakkar||||

## Discography

|Year|Title|Co-singer|Ref.||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2018|_Dilbar Arabic Version_|Fnaïre|||
|2019|_Pepeta_|Rayvanny|||
|rowspan="2"|2022|_Dirty Little Secret_|Zack Knight||
|_Light The Sky_|Balqees, Rahma Riad, Manal||||
|rowspan="2"|2023|_Sexy In My Dress_|||
|_Im Bossy_|||||
|rowspan="4"|2024|_Who's Your Mommy_|Srushti Tawade, Sameer Uddin||
|_Body On Me_|Badshah||||
|_NORA_|||||
|_It's True_|CKay||||
|2025|_Snake_|Jason Derulo|||

## Awards

|Year|Award|Category|Result|Ref.||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|2023|Pinkvilla Style Icons Awards|Fashion Trailblazer|||
|Bollywood Hungama Style Icons|Most Stylish Glam Star|||||

## Infobox (model)

- **name**: Nora Fatehi
- **image**:
- **caption**: Nora Fathei at Manish Malhotra Diwali Bash on 2024
- **birth place**: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **years active**: 2014–present