Actress
Genelia
D'Sourza
Deshmukh
was
born
in
a
catholic
family
on
August
5,
1097
in
Mumbai.
The
bubbly
actress
started
her
career
at
an
early
age
of
15.
Genelia's
mother
left
her
job
to
support
her
daughter
shape
up
her
career.
The
mom-to-be
actress
is
fondly
called
as
Geenu
by
her
family
and
is
happily
married
to
actor
Ritesh
Deshmukh.
Earlier,
Genelia
had
refused
to
be
a
part
of
the
film
Tujhe
Meri
Kasam,
but
the
director
K
Vijaya
Bhaskar
managed
to
convince
her
for
the
film.
The
actress
made
her
Bollywood
debut
with
the
same
movie,
in
which
she
was
paired
opposite
her
debutant
Ritesh
Deshmukh,
who
went
on
becoming
her
husband.
After
making
her
Bollywood
debut
in
the
year
2003,
the
actress
made
her
Tamil
debut
with
the
film
Harini.
Genelia
won
the
Best
Female
Debut
Award
for
her
first
Telugu
film
Satyam
in
the
same
year.
After
getting
recognized
in
Tamil
and
Telugu
film
industry
the
actress
did
her
second
Hindi
film
Masti
in
the
year
2004,
in
which
she
shared
the
screen
space
again
with
Ritesh
Deshmukh.
The
film
Masti
received
moderate
response
at
the
box
office,
but
after
her
second
film
in
Bollywood
the
actress
was
once
again
busy
doing
films
in
South
film
industry.
Genelia,
won
the
Best
Actress
Award
for
her
Telugu
film
Bommarillu.
After
a
gap
of
four
year,
the
actress
did
her
third
Hindi
film
Mere
Baap
Pehle
Aap,
in
which
she
was
paired
against
actor
Akshay
Khanna.
In
the
same
year,
her
film
Jaane
Tu
Ya
Jaane
Na
was
released
in
which
Genelia,
essayed
the
role
of
a
bubbly
Mumbai
girl
Aditi.
The
actress
caught
audiences'
attention
for
her
role
in
the
film.
Genelia
received
three
nominations
for
the
same
film.
The
actress
was
nominated
for
Star
Screen
Best
Actress
Award,
Apsara
Best
Actress
Award
and
was
also
received
the
Stardust
Superstar
of
Tomorrow
Award.
On
her
27th
birthday
have
a
look
at
her
filmy
career.
Tujhe
Meri
Kasam
She
made
her
Bollywood
debut
with
this
film
and
romanced
with
her
husband
actor
Ritiesh
Deshmukh
in
the
film.
The
film
was
directed
by
K
Vijaya
Bhaskar
and
produced
by
Ramoji
Rao.
Modelling
Career
Genelia
did
her
first
modeling
assignment
at
the
age
of
15.
The
actress
did
her
first
commercial
for
the
Parker
Pen
with
megastar
Amitabh
Bachchan.
Genelia
worked
with
veteran
cricketer
Krishnamachari
Srikanth
in
the
Fair
&
Lovely
ad.
Telugu
Debut
Actress
received
the
Best
Debut
Female
Award
for
her
film
Satyam.
After
which
she
was
seen
in
films
like
Samba,
Sye,
Sachein.
Mere
Baap
Pehle
Aap
The
actress
made
her
comeback
into
Hindi
cinema
after
a
gap
of
four
years.
She
was
seen
opposite
actor
Akshay
Khanna
in
the
film
Mere
Baap
Pehle
Aap.
It
was
a
family
drama
directed
by
Priyadarshan.
Masti
The
actress
was
next
seen
in
the
film
Masti,
in
which
she
was
paired
opposite
actor
Ritesh
Deshmukh.
Masti
did
moderate
business
at
the
box
office.
Jaane
Tu
Ya
Jaane
Na
Genelia
played
the
role
of
a
fun
loving
girl
Aditi
in
the
film,
which
also
marked
the
debut
of
actor
Imran
Khan.
The
actress
was
nominated
for
Best
Actress
Award
for
this
film.
Force
The
actress
shared
the
screen
space
with
John
Abraham
in
the
film
Force.
Film
was
an
action
thriller
directed
by
Nishikanth
Kamat.
Force
is
a
remake
of
hit
Tamil
film
Kaakha
Kaakha.
Marriage
Genelia
tied
knot
with
Ritesh
Deshmukh
in
a
traditional
Maharashtrian
style
on
February
3,
2012.
The
actress
was
last
seen
in
the
film
Tere
Naal
Love
Ho
Gaya
opposite
husband
Ritesh
Deshmukh
which
released
in
the
same
year.