**Ileana D'Cruz** (born 1 November 1986) is an Indian film actress who mostly appears in Telugu language films. She started 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* established herself as one of the leading actresses of Telugu cinema. She had been working in **Badshaho** at 2017.

Family
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She has an older sister named Farah, a young brother named Reis, and a young sister named Erin. Her first name comes from Greek mythology meaning "torch" or "bright." In childhood, she lived in Goa for many years.

Career
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### Early reputation

She was widely praised by critics, especially for 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." Devdasu was the first major commercial hit of the year and eventually grossed ₹14 crore. Ileana was given the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debutant for the movie. 

### Pokkiri

Her next movie was the action movie Pokkiri starring Mahesh Babu. Ileana played an aerobics teacher who is harassed by a corrupt policeman. 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 a Tamil language movie with Kedi (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.

### 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 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 Puri after the massive success of Pokkiri in 2006. She has also done an item song for the Kannada movie Huduga Hudugi with the 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
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| The year | Movies | Role | Language | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2006 | *devdasu* | Bhanumati Katmaraju | telugu | **Winner**, Filmfare Best Female Debut (South) |
| *pokkiri* | Shruti | telugu |  |
| *KD* | Arti | Tamil |  |
| *Dangerous* | Nakshatra | telugu |  |
| *Rakhi* | Tripura | telugu |  |
| 2007 | Munna | Nidhi | telugu |  |
| *atta* | Satya | telugu |  |
| 2008 | *Jalsa* | Bhagyamati | telugu | **Winner**, Santhosham Best Actress Award</br> Nominated, Telugu Filmfare Best Actress Award |
| Bhale Dongalu | Jyoti | telugu |  |
| 2009 | *kick* | Naina | telugu | Nominated, Telugu Filmfare Best Actress Award |
| *Rechipo* | Krishna Veni | telugu |  |
| *Salim* | Satyavati | telugu |  |
| 2010 | *hooduga hoodoogi* | Self | Kannada | special appearance |
| 2011 | *Nenu na rakshasi* |  | telugu |  |
| *Power* |  | telugu | filming |
| 2012 | *Nanban* |  | Tamil |  |
| *July* |  | telugu |  |
| *Devudu Chesina Manushulu* |  | telugu |  |
| *Barfi!* |  | Hindi |  |
| 2013 | Phata Poster Nikla Hero |  | Hindi |  |
| Main Tera Hero |  | Hindi |  |
| 2016 | *Rustom* |  | Hindi |  |

Prizes
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### 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)

Other websites
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* Ileana D'Cruz on IMDb
* D'Cruz's Video at YouTube

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