Genelia D'Souza

Born     August 5, 1981 (1981-08-05) (age 28)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation     Actress, Model, Television Presenter
Years active     2003 — present

Genelia D'Souza (born on August 5, 1981) is an Indian film actress, model, and host. She has appeared in Telugu and Hindi language films, as well as Tamil and Kannada language films. D'Souza first hit the limelight in a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan. She made her acting debut in the Hindi movie Tujhe Meri Kasam in 2003, which failed to propel her career in Bollywood, but soon achieved recognition in the Tamil film Boys the same year. She subsequently acted in many Telugu movies during the period from 2003 to 2005, which earned her recognition in the Telugu film industry.

D'Souza received her first Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Actress in 2006 for her performance in the romantic film, Bommarillu, which earned her critical acclaim. She made her Kannada debut in 2007 in Satya In Love. She made a comeback to Bollywood in 2008, and was appreciated for her performance in Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na. In addition to movie acting, D'Souza hosts the television show Big Switch, and is the brand ambassador of Fanta, Virgin Mobile India, FasTrack, LG Mobiles, Garnier Light and Perk in India

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes and Awards
2003	Tujhe Meri Kasam	Anjali (Anju)	Hindi	Nominated, Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female
	Boys	Harini	Tamil
	Satyam	Ankitha	Telugu
2004	Masti	Bindhiya	Hindi
	Samba	Sandhya	Telugu
	Sye	Indu	Telugu
2005	Naa Alludu	Gagana	Telugu
	Sachein	Shalini	Tamil
	Subhash Chandra Bose	Anitha	Telugu
2006	Happy	Madhumathi	Telugu
	Raam	Lakshmi	Telugu
	Bommarillu	Hasini Rao	Telugu	Winner, Nandi Special Jury Award Winner, Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Actress Winner, Santosham Award for Best Actress
	Chennai Kadhal	Narmadha	Tamil
2007	Dhee	Puja	Telugu	Winner, FNCC Best Actress Award
2008	Mr. Medhavi	Swetha	Telugu
	Satya In Love	Veda	Kannada
	Santosh Subramaniam	Hasini Govindan	Tamil	Nominated, Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Actress
	Mere Baap Pehle Aap	Shikha Kapur	Hindi
	Ready	Puja	Telugu
	Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na	Aditi Mahant	Hindi	Nominated, Star Screen Award for Best Actress Nominated, Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow – Female
	King	herself	Telugu	Cameo appearance
2009	Sasirekha Parinayam	Sasirekha	Telugu
	Life Partner	Sanjana Jugran	Hindi
	Katha	Chitra Singh	Telugu
2010	Chance Pe Dance	Tina Sharma	Hindi
	It's My Life	Natalie Chopra (Geenu)	Hindi	Filming
	Orange	Keerthi	Telugu	Filming
	Hook Ya Crook	Sonia Rai	Hindi	Filming
	Uthama Puthiran	Pooja	Tamil	Filming
	Velayudham		Tamil	Pre-production
	Urumi		Malayalam	Pre-production