Jacqueline Fernandez

Sri Lankan actress

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Acting · Manama, Bahrain

Jacqueline Fernandez is a Bahraini-born Sri Lankan actress and model. She's the winner of the 2006 Miss Universe Sri Lanka pageant and represented her country at the 2006 world Miss Universe pageant. She graduated with a degree in Mass Communication from the University of Sydney, Australia, and worked as a television reporter in Sri Lanka. While on a modelling assignment in India in 2009,…

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Kill 'em All 2 — Vanessa2024
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Jacqueline Genevieve Fernandez (born 11 August 1985) is a Sri Lankan actress based in India. She has worked in Indian films, predominantly in Hindi, besides appearing in reality shows and music videos. Fernandez was born and raised in Bahrain. After graduating in mass communication from the University of Sydney and working as a television reporter in Sri Lanka, she joined the modelling industry. She was crowned Miss Universe Sri Lanka in 2006, and represented her country at Miss Universe 2006.

While on a modelling assignment in India in 2009, Fernandez successfully auditioned for Sujoy Ghosh's fantasy drama Aladin, which marked her acting debut and won her the IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female. Fernandez had her breakthrough role with the psychological thriller Murder 2 (2011), her first commercial success. This was followed by glamorous roles in the commercially successful ensemble-comedy Housefull 2 (2012) and the action thriller Race 2 (2013), the former garnered her an IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. Fernandez went on to star in the top-grossing action films Kick (2014) and Vikrant Rona (2022), and the comedies Housefull 3 (2016) and Judwaa 2 (2017).