Ileana Profile

Ileana D'Cruz (born in August 19, 1987[1] in Mumbai [2]) is a South Indian film actress.She made her Telugu language début through Y.V.S. Chowdhary's Devadasu opposite newcomer, Ram but has also done a Tamil language film and has recently signed a Hindi language film.D'Cruz, who originally hails from Mumbai, India, had grown up in Mumbai and currently resides in Goa. Before films, Ileana was modelling for quite some time and doing ads. She has three sisters and two brothers. Her father named her Ileana, a Greek name. Her mother was a Muslim before marriage and they are all now Christians[citation needed]She debuted in the Telugu language film Devadasu in 2006 directed by Y.V.S. Chowdhary who spotted her in a Fair and Lovely ad film directed by Rakesh Roshan [2].The film did not get good reviews from the critics,but it was a success at the box-office and Ileana attracted a lot of attention for her charm and beauty.Her breakthrough came with her second Telugu film where she essayed the role of Shruti opposite Mahesh Babu in the immensely successful Pokiri. The film not only gained her good reviews but also gave her terrific reach and penetration among audiences in B and C stations. Her chemistry with Mahesh was the cynosure of all eyes. The film went on to being the biggest hit in Tollywood history [3]. She then made her Tamil language film debut alongside Ravi Krishna in Kedi. Although the film did not do so well at the box-office, Ileana was sought after by many directors an actors in Tamil for films which she eventually rejected due to her commitments in Telugu [4][5].Recetnly she acted with pawan kalyan in the movie jalsaa which turned out to be a big hit.