Katrina Kaif 10 Personal Facts, Biography, Wiki
Actress Born: July 16, 1983 (age 37 years), British Hong Kong Height: 1.68 m Citizenship: British Siblings: Isabelle Kaif, Christine Raphael Duran Spencer NICKNAME: Kat, Katy, Katz and Sambo FULL NAME: Katrina Turquotte PROFESSION: Actress, Model NATIONALITY: Indian AGE: 37 years old (in 2021) DATE OF BIRTH: 16 July 1983 BIRTHPLACE: Hong Kong ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer HEIGHT: 5 feet 8 inches (1.74 m) WEIGHT: 56 kg (123 lbs) BODY MEASUREMENTS: 34-26-34 inches WAIST: 26 inches HIPS: 34 inches BODYTYPE: Hourglass HAIR COLOR: Black EYE COLOR: 12 Inches
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In 2004, Katrina Kaif received ₹7.5 million for the Telugu film Malliswari which is the highest salary for a South Indian actress at that time. An Italian fashion designer, Emilio Pucci, gifted her a silver dress worth ₹2 lakh (INR) which she wore in the Bollywood film Welcome (2007). In the years 2008, 2009, and 2010, she was the most searched Indian celebrity on Google. Katrina donated all the money to her mother’s Mercy Home orphanage that she won from the game shows, 10 Ka Dum and Kaun Banega Crorepati. She is a firm believer in God, and before the release of her film, she visits Mount Mary Church and Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai. In Bollywood film industry, she considers film director Kabir Khan as her best friend. Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Pattinson, Johnny Depp, and Hrithik Roshan are her favourite actors and Penelope Cruz, Kajol, Sridevi, and Madhuri Dixit are her favourite actresses. She is a non-vegetarian, and some of her favourite dishes are steamed fish, Yorkshire pudding, cheesecake, grilled vegetables, cinnamon rolls, kheer, lamb chops with salad & baby potatoes. She likes to watch cricket, and Rahul Dravid and Irfan Pathan are her all-time favourite cricketers. Katrina loves reading during her free time, and her favourite author is Sidney Sheldon. She also loves travelling, and her favourite places are Havana, Spain, Italy, Dubai, and London. Her favourite colours are Mauve, White, and Pink. If she is not an actress, she would have been the Secretary of State or the Lord Protector of England. Katrina Kaif is the first Bollywood actress to have a Barbie doll crafted in her image. She has an Audi Q7 and Audi Q3 cars. Katrina Kaif’s zodiac sign is cancer. Her father was a Kashmiri. She is involved with her mother’s charity programs. Her 10 ka Dum Kaun Banega Crorepati were donated to get mother’s Mercy Home orphanage. She was in a relationship with Salman Khan. She recorded Rhyme Skool, an album if nursery rhymes composed by A. R. Rahman for charity purpose. She changed her surname to Kaif because she thought it was easier to pronounce. She also did a small role in a Tamil movie Allari Pidugu (2005). She lived in London only for three years before coming to India. She is an amazing dancer. Katrina was born as Katrina Turquotte on 16 July 1983 in Hong Kong. Katrina was raised by a single mother, Suzanne Turquotte along with her 7 siblings. She never attended a regular school because of frequent relocations of her family from Hongkong to China, Japan, France, Switzerland, Poland, Belgium, and many other European countries. When she was 14 years old, she won a beauty contest in Hawaii, after which she started receiving modeling assignments and they moved to England where they lived for over three years. At the age of 17, she moved to India for a modeling assignment and return back to England. And again in 2003, She came back to Mumbai because she accompanied by her sister, to audition of the film Boom. She came to Mumbai with Rs. 4 lakh, her sister Christine returned back to London but Katrina decided to stay in Mumbai to make her career in Bollywood and if she runs out of money, she would go back and re-join her college in London. In2003, She made her cinematic debut with Kaizad Gustad’s film Boom and the film failed completely at the box-office. Katrina Kaif’s original name is Katrina Turquotte, but her debut film, Boom’s director, Kaizad Gustad decided to give her a new name that could connect with the Indian audience, so he changed her surname to “Kaif”. In 2004, she received ₹75 lakh (7.5 Million) for the Telugu film Malliswari, which is the highest salary for a South Indian actress at that time. She struggled in Bollywood at the beginning but got a breakthrough with Vipul Shah’s film Namastey London opposite Akshay Kumar in 2007. Katrina appeared in superhit films such as Welcome, Partner, Singh Is King, Race, Ajab Prem Ki Gajab Kahani, Ekk Tha Tiger, Tiger Zinda Hai, Zero and many others. An Italian fashion designer, Emilio Pucci, gifted her a silver dress worth ₹2 lakh (INR) which she wore in the Bollywood film Welcome. She had an affair with Bollywood superstar, Salman Khan but their relationship ended in 2010. After that, she was in a relationship with famous Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor but later broke up. Ranbir Kapoor gave her a nickname called Sambo after she successfully climbed a ladder which placed at 200 feet height in the film Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani. Katrina Kaif was the most Googled Indian celebrity in 2008, 2009 & 2010. In 2010, She along with popular musician A. R. Rahman released a music album Rhyme Skool to raise funds for a new school in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Katrina has also participated in several charity programs along with her mother, who runs an NGO called Mercy Home Orphanage. She has walked the ramp for several fundraising events as well. She donated all the money to her mother’s Mercy Home orphanage that she won from the game shows, 10 Ka Dum, Kaun Banega Crorepati, and others. In the Bollywood film industry, she considers film director Kabir Khan as her best friend. She has a firm belief in God, and before the release of her film, she visits Mount Mary Church and Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai. She likes to watch cricket, and M.S Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, and Irfan Pathan are her all-time favorite cricketers. Katrina Kaif became the first Bollywood actress to have a Barbie doll crafted in her image. She always fears living alone and darkness, during her early days in Mumbai, she used to stay awake the whole night and wait for the sun to come up and then sleep for 5 hours. Her parents got separated when she was very young, her father has never contacted them after the separation. When asked about whether her father has ever tried to contact her after she became famous, Katrina replied: He is very decent and comes from a good family and they went their own ways because of issues that are personal. He is an affluent person, so he is not going to come back because his daughter is now famous.