Ileana D'Cruz (born 1
November 1987) is an Indian film actress, who appears in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi
films. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South for the 2006 Telugu film Devadasu.
She has appeared in films like Pokiri
(2006), Jalsa
(2008), Kick (2009), and Julayi (2012), establishing herself as
one of Telugu cinema leading actresses. D'Cruz made her Kollywood debut with Kedi
and made a comeback in Shankar's Nanban (2012).
In 2012, she made her Bollywood
debut with Anurag Basu's critically and commercially successful Barfi!,
for which she received critical appreciation and the Filmfare Award for Best
Female Debut.