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Katrina Kaif was born in Hongkong and she moved with her family to several countries till she and her family finally settled in London. It is believed that her father is a British Businessman of Kashmir descent and her mother Susanna is an English lawyer and used to work for Social cause and charity. Her sister Isabel Kaif is also a model and actress. Katrina Kaif’s parents were divorced when she was a child and her father Mohammed Kaif moved to the United States of America while her mother continued to live in London with the eight children including Katrina. She in one of her interviews is said to have mentioned that her father had no influence on her or her siblings while they were growing up and were raised by the mother. She also quoted that she missed the father’s support , guidance during her early growing years. She has not been in touch with her father . Her mother is said to have dedicated her life to social causes which led the family to relocate to number of countries.

Katrina Kaif born to Muslim and English parents was a British Film actress and a Model. She received her first modelling assignment as a teenager who pursued her career in fashion modelling. At a fashion show in London filmmaker Kaizad Gustad noticed her for the first time and decided to cast her in his film Boom in 2003. While in India when she moved to do the film which was a critical and commercial failure at the Box Office, she also took up assignments in modelling and established herself as the Model . The transition during her growing years from based in Hongkong where she was born to her move with her mother to China , to Japan wherein the family of 8 siblings is said to have travelled by boat to France. From France they travelled to Switzerland and to few other European countries where their journey was only for a few months every time. Their next halt was at Poland in Krakow followed by Belgium and then to Hawaii till finally they made their London their permanent base. Due to their frequent move Katrina and her siblings had a disrupted education and had to resort to home school with a series of tutors. Over the years with the frequent changes in her life, she is said to have stayed in London only for three years before she moved to India and that’s when she decided to adopt her father’s surname Kaif as it seemed much easier to pronounce. Katrina Kaif personal life has been subject to a lot of speculation with her various affairs and relationships whether it was Salman Khan or Ranbir Kapoor, she has been tightlipped about her personal life. As a British Citizen she owns a property in London and has bought a house and works in Indian on a visa. She is a part of a close-knit family circle .

Start of a career in the Hindi Films Katrina Kaif appeared in Telugu and Malayalam films but is primarily known for her work in Hindi films . She is today considered to be one of the India’s most attractive celebrities and is also one among the highest paid actresses. Though due to her poor command over Hindi language film makers initially were hesitant to cast her in their films but she has come a long way since then. After her first appearance in the Telugu film Malliswari in 2004 , she earned her commercial success in Bollywood with her entry in the romantic comedies Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya in the year 2004 and Namastey London in 2007.. She did a series of Box office hits but her acting was not appreciated and she only did repetitive roles in a male dominated films for a while. Never the less with a series of not so much of happening films that she did her role in the terrorism film New York in 2009 was well received by the audience and she earned her first nomination for the Best Actress by Film fare Awards. Followed by her role in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani in 2009, Raajneeti in 2010, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara in 2011 , her roles were good and she was accepted by the Hindi Film Cinema. She received her 2nd nomination for her role in Mere Brother Ki Dulhan in 2011, she featured in the thriller film Ek Tha Tiger in 2012, and in Dhoom 3 in 2013 which was ranked among one of the highest grossing Bollywood films of that year. Despite mixed reviews on the films from the critics questioned her ability to carry on a film and she still went further to establish herself as one of the commercially successful actress of the Indian Cinema particularly for the Hindi Films. After the failure of her first Bollywood project, Kaif appeared in the Telegu film Malliswari in 2004 with Daggu bati Venkatesh wherein she plays the role of a Princess forced to flee from her vicious and cruel caretaker. It is said that Katrina received 7.5 millions (US$ 110,000 ) for this film and was one of the highest grossing films in the South despite her receiving negative comments for her acting. The following year Katrina acted in Ram Gopal Varma’s political thriller Sarkar though her role was brief as Abhishek Bachchan’s girl frined she was next featured with Salman Khan , Sushmita Sen and Sohail Khan in the film Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya , a film which took a turn in her life and a step forward in the Bollywood cinema. Directed by David Dhawan, the film was a successful remake of the romantic film Cactus Flower . She received the Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance Female for her role in this film. In 2006 Katrina appeared with Akshay Kumar for the Raj Kanwar’s film Humko Deewana Kar Gaye a film that was not a success . Later in the same year she appeared in a few more films out of which one was with Mammootty in the Malayalam crime thriller film Balram vs Thargdas in which the Hindu newspaper claims her performance as marvelous. Commercial success 2007 onwards Katrina Kaif’s career took to a rise with her films in 2007 when she appeared in four super hits one after another. Starting with Vipul Amrutlal Shah’s romantic comedy film Namastey London which was a milestone in her career and for the first time it was a role that dominated with a woman’s character which she played very confidently. She plays a spoilt British Indian girl. Followed by this film was the film Welcome once again teamed with Akshay Kumar as well as with Nana Patekar, Mallika Sherawat and Anil Kapoor. Although the film generated negative reviews it proved to be one of the highest grossing films of that year and was a superhit film . She did a supporting role as a Doctor in the sports drama film Apne. The film marked the first appearance of the legendary actor Dharmendra with his two sons Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol. After Apne, she once again did a role in a comedy film Partner a remake of Hitch which was starred Govinda and Lara Dutta and the film was a super hit with a worldwide revenue of 10.3 billion (US$ 15 million) , the film was a major success . In 2008 the actress had three more releases out of which the first one was by Abbas Mustan, an action thriller film Race, a story of two step brothers turned rivals and Katrina plays the role of a secretary to Saif Ali Khan and a lover to Akshaye Khanna is his step brother.. Katrina Kaif no matter what the role is has always looked super cool and a stunning actress. She then acted in the film by Anees Bazmee’s action comedy film Singh is Kinng. The film earned 1.25 billion (US$ 19 million) worldwide revenue and it was the sixth box office success for Katrina Kaif. Her most recent film thereafter was Subhash Ghai’s drama Yuvvraaj which was a box office failure . Despite the film not doing too well at the Box office, her performance was noticed in the male dominated film. It is said that most of her films have been dubbed by voice artists due to her lack of fluency in Hindi and other regional languages she has acted in. . New York and other roles (2009–11) After a series of films that she acted in Katrina Kaif once again acted in Kabir Khan’s terrorism film New York in 2009. Featuring with John Abraham and Neil Nitin Mukesh. She plays the role of a wife to the John Abraham who is wrongly detained and charged after the 9/11 attacks. A very strong film that gave her a scope to do some serious acting besides just being the glamorous heroine in previous films that she acted in. New York brought to her the First Filmfare Award nomination for the role of a young anguished wife ... The other films that she acted in were with Ranbir Kapoor in RajKumar Santoshi’s comedy film Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, a romantic comedy film in 2009, followed by her film with Priyadarshan’s comedy De Dana Dan . In 2010 she also appeared in the political thriller film Raajneeti with Ranbir Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, and Arjun Rampal , Nana Patekar and Manoj Bajpayee with Sarah Thompson.. The film was an inspiration of the English film The Godfather . The film received positive reviews from critics and the film grossed at 1.4 billions ( US$ 21 millions) with a success at the box office . She did a few more films like slapstick comedy Tees Maar Khan in 2010, with her item number Sheila Ki Jawani being one of the super hit dance numbers.. the item number was well received by the audience making it one of the most popular songs of that year. Katrina Kaif was trained by Veronica D’souza with the choreography for this dance number. The following year once again saw Katrina Kaif in a super hit film a multi star film with coming of age drama Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (ZNMD) . Her role is of Laila . The film received commercial success . ZNMD was one of the most awarded films of that year and her co-stars were Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, and Abhay Deol. Katrina further featured in Yash Raj Romantic comedy film Mere Brother Ki Dulhan in 2011 ,which earned her mixed reviews as her role of an unpredictable and talkative Dimple Dixit. A role that is so contrast to her real self. The film was based on the book Mother Maiden Mistress. And for this role she received her second nomination for the Best Actress Category by Filmfare Awards. Recent work In 2012 she once again appeared in an item number for the song ‘ Chikni Chameli’ for the film Agneepath wherein her dance steps incorporated with the Maharashtra folk dance called the Lavni which was well appreciated and well received by the audience. She later appeared in the Kabir Khan’s thriller film Ek Tha Tiger as a Pakistani ISI Agent who falls with love with the Foreign Intelligence Agent. Katrina is known to be one of the most stylish actress , with a poise. In 2012 she appeared in a film with Shahrukh Khan and Anushka Sharma in Yash Chopra’s romantic film Jab Tak Hai Jaan. Commercially successful film with a worldwide revenue of 2.11 Billion (US #31 million) In 2013 she appeared in a small role with Aamir Khan for the film Dhoom 3 by Vijay Krishna Acharya, an action thriller film and in this film she plays the role of a Circus performer for which she undertook a yearlong training. Followed by this film was her role in PK in 2014 and Siddharth Anand’s Bang Bang in 2014 with Hrithik Roshan and Fitoor in 2016 with Aditya Roy Kapur and also featured in the love story film Baar Baar Dekho with Sidharth Malhotra. Both films were a failure at the Box office. Her last film of 2016 was Anurag Basu’s Jagga Jasoos with Ranbir Kapoor . She has a few more films in the pipeline like Ali Abbas Zafar’s Tiger Zinda Hai opposite to Salman Khan.