Name	Ileana D'Cruz
Height
Naionality	Indian
Date of Birth	1-November-1987
Place of Birth	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Famous for	Acting

Ileana D'Cruz is an Indian film actress, who predominantly appears in Telugu cinema. Starting her career as a model, she made her feature film debut in Y. V. S. Chowdhary's 2006 Telugu film Devadasu. She then went on to appear in blockbusters like Pokiri (2006), Jalsa (2008), Kick (2009), and Julayi (2012), establishing herself as one of Tollywood's leading actresses. D'Cruz made her Kollywood debut earlier in 2006 with Kedi and made a comeback in Shankar's Nanban (2012). In 2012, she made her Bollywood debut with critically acclaimed Barfi! and has received critical appreciation for her performance.

She made her Tamil-language film debut in Kedi (2006). Although the film did not do so well at the box-office, D'Cruz remained too busy to accept all the film roles offered to her. Her Telugu film Khatarnak (2006) in which she acted opposite Ravi Teja did not do as well as expected, which has been attributed to her glamorous appearance not going down well with the audience. She subsequently experienced a setback in her career as her following releases Rakhi (2006) and Munna (2007) opposite NTR Jr. and Prabhas respectively proved critically and financially successful. In early 2012 she marked a successful comeback to Kollywood with S. Shankar's Nanban opposite Vijay. A remake of the hugely successful and acclaimed 2009 Hindi film 3 Idiots, Ileana, in her second Tamil film, essayed the character originally played by Kareena Kapoor. The film likewise opened to critical acclaim and became a major financial success. Her next release was the Telugu film Julai opposite Allu Arjun. The film opened to positive reviews and became the third biggest hit in 2012 and Ileana's biggest hit in Telugu. She then starred in Puri Jagannadh's comedy Devudu Chesina Manushulu alongside Ravi Teja for the third time in her career. It was also the third time she starred in a Puri Jagannadh film. In this film she played the role of a taxi driver. The film received mixed reviews and eventually under-performed at the box office.

Ileana made her Hindi debut with Anurag Basu directorial Barfi!, as the role of a narrator starring alongside Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. The movie released on 14 September 2012, to highly positive reviews from critics. Ileana's portrayal won her critical acclaim, with a review on Filmfare stating "This is Ileana’s first film but her fantastic performance is just a testament why the Telugu audience consider her a superstar. Of course it also helps that she is the most visually appealing in Barfi! out shining even the scenic hills of Darjeeling". Rajeev Masand said of her performance, "Ileana leaves a lasting impression in her Hindi film debut, conveying both love and pain through those beautiful, expressive eyes". Now its hearing that Ileana latest release Barfi is going for Oscar as Indian Entry. D'Cruz later signed her second Hindi film, Phata Poster Nikla Hero opposite actor Shahid Kapoor, which is expected to start filming in November 2012 and release sometime in 2013.