Ileana D’Cruz the beautiful face of south film industry

Ileana D’Cruz born on 1 November 1987 is an Indian film actress, who appears in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films.

D’Cruz was born in Mumbai, and was brought up partly in Mumbai and partly in Goa. Her first name comes from Greek mythology, meaning Helen of Troy

Though initially reluctant, she was persuaded and her first portfolio was created in January 2003, which she described as a “disaster”.

In 2005, D’Cruz was called for an audition by director Teja, but the project was cancelled. She instead made her feature film debut in the Telugu language romance film Devadasu (2006), directed by Y. V. S. Chowdhary.

She made her Tamil-language film debut in Kedi (2006). Although the film did not do so well at the box-office

D’Cruz made her Hindi debut with Anurag Basu’s Barfi. In addition to playing the role of the narrator, she portrayed the character of Shruti Ghosh, a girl who leaves her true love for material comforts.

She next appeared in the Rajkumar Santoshi action comedy film Phata Poster Nikhla Hero opposite Shahid Kapoor.

In 2014, D’Cruz posed backless for PETA’s anti-fur campaign