
Ileana D'Cruz
Biography
Ileana D'Cruz (born 1 November 1986) is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in Telugu and Hindi cinema, as well as Tamil films. She began her career through print modeling and television commercials before moving into acting. She made her acting debut in Y. V. S. Chowdary's Telugu romantic action drama *Devadasu* (2006), for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South. She made her Tamil debut in *Kedi* (2006) and later appeared in *Pokiri* (2006), *Rakhi* (2006), *Munna* (2007), *Aata* (2007), Trivikram Srinivas's *Jalsa* (2008), *Kick* (2009), and Shankar's Tamil film *Nanban* (2012). She also reunited with Trivikram Srinivas for the romantic action film *Julayi* (2012). Her Hindi debut came with Anurag Basu's romantic comedy-drama *Barfi!* (2012), in which she played Shruti Ghosh and received the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut and a nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her later Hindi films include Rajkumar Santoshi's *Phata Poster Nikhla Hero* (2013), David Dhawan's *Main Tera Hero* (2014), Dharmendra Suresh Desai's crime thriller *Rustom* (2016), Anees Bazmee's *Mubarakan* (2017), Raj Kumar Gupta's *Raid* (2018), and Kookie Gulati's financial thriller *The Big Bull* (2021). She returned to Telugu cinema with Sreenu Vaitla's *Amar Akbar Anthony* (2018) and later appeared in the social comedy *Unfair & Lovely* (2024) and Shirsha Guha Thakurta's romantic comedy-drama *Do Aur Do Pyaar* (2024).
Filmografi
Raid2018 · Malini Patnayak
The Big Bull2021 · Meera Rao
Happy Ending2014 · Aanchal Reddy
Baadshaho2017 · Rani Gitanjali Devi
Barfi!2012 · Shruti Ghosh Sengupta
Devudu Chesina Manushulu2012 · Ileana
Munna2007 · Nidhi
Main Tera Hero2014 · Sunaina Jasvir Kaur
Bhale Dongalu2008 · Jyothi
Pagalpanti2019 · Sanjana
Pokiri2006 · Shruti
Nanban2012 · Ria Santhanam
Julayi2012 · Madhu
Rustom2016 · Cynthia Rustom Pavri
Do Aur Do Pyaar2024 · Nora
Shakti2011 · Aishwarya Mahadevaraya
Jalsa2008 · Bhagyamathi
Rakhi2006 · Tripura Sundari
Kick 22015 · Naina
Kick2009 · Naina
Phata Poster Nikhla Hero2013 · Kajal
Amar Akbar Anthony2018 · Aishwarya / Pooja
Mubarakan2017 · Sweety
Khatarnak2006 · Nakshtra
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