Jacqueline Fernandez (Sri Lankan Actress ) Biography

Jacqueline Fernandez is a well-known Indian actress who has primarily worked in the Bollywood sector. The well-known films Judwaa 2, Kick, and Roy In 2006, Jacqueline represented Sri Lanka as Miss Universe. Jacqueline had always dreamed of being a Hollywood star, which is why she enrolled at the John School of Acting. He has also worked on television as a reporter. Jacky had traveled to India to model, and as soon as she arrived, she went to the audition for the film Aladdin and was cast in it.

At the age of 37, Fernandez was born in Manama, Bahrain, in August 1985. She conducted her schooling at Sacred Heart School, Bahrain. She later completed additional coursework in mass communication at Australia’s University of Sydney. She also completed some language instruction at the Berlitz School of Languages in Arabic, French, and Spanish.

Jacqueline Fernandez Biography

Name	Jacqueline Fernandez
Date of Birth	11 August 1985
Age	38 years ( as of 2024)
Birthplace	Manama, Bahrain
Hometown	Colombo, Sri Lanka
Current Residence	Mumbai, India
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Profession	Actress, Model, Restaurateur
Martial Status	Unmarried
Boyfriend  / Affairs	Sheikh Hassan Bin Rashid Al Khalifa ( Bahraini Prince)
Religion	Christianity
Zodiac sign	Leo
Food Habit	Fruits, eggs and fish, idle, quinoa, rice noodles and brown rice

Education, Family, Ethnicity  

School Name	Sacred Heart School, Bahrain
College / University	University of Sydney, Sydney
Educational Qualification	Graduate in Mass Communication
Ethnicity	Hinduism
Father  Name	Elroy Fernandez (Businessman)
Mother Name	Kim Fernandez
Brother Name	Farren Fernandez
Sister Name	Warren Fernandez,

Favourite Things

Favorite  Food	French cuisine
Favorite Actor	Shahrukh Khan and Leonardo DiCaprio
Favorite Actress	Angelina Jolie
Favorite Color	pink
Favorite Hobbies	Travelling, Gymnastics, Swimming, Dancing
Favorite Cricketer	Virat Kohli
Favourite Destination	Italy
Favourite Singer	Arijit Singh
Favorite Film	Kick, Race2

Jacqueline Net Worth, House And Cars

Net Worth	9 Crore million
Monthly Salary / Income	2-3 Crore/film (INR)
House Address	Colombo, Sri Lanka
Residence Address	Mumbai, India

Personal Life

In Sri Lanka, Jacqueline Fernandez was born into a Sinhalese family. She attended Holy Crest Girls School in Manama, Bahrain. After that, she finished her degree at Melbourne, Australia’s Murrey University. She then started modeling.

Career

2009- 2013:

• In 2009, Fernandez auditioned for Sujoy Ghosh’s film Aladin while traveling to India for a modeling assignment. 
• This went on to become her debut. She starred opposite Riteish Deshmukh as his love interest, and played a character whose role was inspired by Princess Jasmine. 
• The film went on to be a critical and a commercial failure even with the starring of Amitabh Bachachan in it. However, Jacqueline Fernandez managed to bag the IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year- Female.
• In 2010, she starred opposite Riteish Deshmukh again in the science fiction romantic comedy titled Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai. The plot revolves around her as the main protagonist who is originally from Venus and lands on Earth in search of love. 
• 2011 was the year Fernandez had her first commercial success, a whole two years after her debut in the form of the movie Murder 2, starring Emraan Hashmi. The film went on to become a turning point in her career. 
• 2012 brought Fernandez immense success with her starring in the comedy Housefull 2, starring Akshay Kumar, John Abhraham and Asin. The film went on to become one of the highest grossing productions in India that year and managed to earn a whooping 1.86 billion rupees worldwide. 
•  Despite the movie’s success Fernandez received negative reviews for her performance.
• However, despite these negative reviews albeit shockingly, Fernandez went on to receive a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the IIFA Awards for her performance.
• Her first and only release of 2013, Race 2, starring Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham and Deepika Padukone emerged as a commercial success. It grossed more than 1.8 billion rupees worldwide.
• However, just like all her films Fernandez was again criticized for her performance.

2014-2022:

• 2014 started with her appearing in the action film Kick which was also Sajid Nadiadwala’s directorial debut, opposite Salman Khan. The film was a remake of a 2009 Telugu film of the same name. 
• The film and Fernandez herself both received mixed reviews from the critics but managed to gross a massive worldwide revenue of 3.75 billion rupees and went on to become the fourth highest grossing Bollywood movie of that time.
• In 2015, Fernandez appeared in two films; Roy and Brothers. 
• Firstly, she starred in the film Roy opposite Arjun Rampal and Ranbir Kapoor. She played dual roles of both Ayesha Amir; a filmmaker in a relationship with another filmmaker (Arjun Rampal), and that of Tia Desai; a girl who is in love with a thief (Ranbir Kapoor).
• The film received negative reviews and was a commercial failure. 
• Fernandez’s acting, though, received mixed reviews with some calling it her “best act till date” and others disagreeing with this fact.
• Secondly, she appeared in the drama film Brothers starring opposite, Akshay Kumar and Sidharth Malhotra. 
• She played the role of a fearless mother who is struggling for her child. Fernandez later went on to describe this role as challenging, intense and difficult to perform. 
• Fernandez’s performance received relatively positive reviews from most of the critics, with many defining her as “promising”. 
• The film was a commercial success and grossed 140 crore rupees. It also went on to become the second highest Weekend Grosser of the Year. 
• She began her year 2016 with the film Housefull 3, starring opposite Akshay Kumar as his love interest. The film was a critical failure. 
• Despite this, the film went on to be a commercial success and grossed 1.88 billion rupees worldwide. 
• Her next film of the year, Dishoom starring John Abraham and Varun Dhawan was a cop-action comedy film. 
• It was a commercial success with the film grossing a massive 1.2 billion rupees worldwide.
• The same year, she served as a judge on the ninth season of the dance show Jhalak Dikhla Jaa.
• 2017 started with her appearing in Chandran Rutnam’s crime thriller According to Matthew. It was her maiden cinematic appearance in the Sri Lanka cinema as well. 
• Her next film was A Gentleman, an action-comedy film opposite Sidharth Malhotra. The film was received poorly by the critics and was a commercial failure or a box-office flop.
• She went on to appear in David Dhawan’s Judwaa 2, opposite Varun Dhawan and Taapsee Pannu. The film was a commercial success and earned a massive 2.26 billion rupees worldwide. 
• In 2018, she starred in Race 3 opposite Salman Khan, the third installment in the Race Franchise. It was a commercial success or a box-office success grossing a massive 3 billion rupees worldwide despite the mixed reviews by the critics as well as the audience. 
• She appeared in Drive opposite Sushant Singh Rajput in 2019. The film was a commercial and a critical failure and was also the last film of Sushant Singh Rajput before his death. 
•  She since then has appeared in the Netflix original film Mrs. Serial Killer and the film Bachchan Pandey a gangster drama opposite Akshay Kumar.

Assets:

• According to a variety of sources, it has been reported that Jacqueline Fernandez has many assets. 
• She reportedly has a designer luxury house in Juhu, Mumbai.  The estimated value of the house is about 7 Crores and is a stunning 5-BHK duplex home. 
• The Sri Lankan actress loves beaches and sun which translates in her next asset, i.e., a private island located on the South Coast of Sri Lanka.
• In addition to this, the actress also has her own fitness clothing line called Just F.
•  She has also dabbled into the hospitality industry with being the owner of two restaurants. She owns an upscale restaurant in Bandra in partnership with her close friend Mishali Singhania, named Pali Village Café.  
• She also owns a restaurant in Colombo, Sri Lanka named Kaema Sutra which in collaboration with the celebrity chef Dharshan Munidasa. 
• The actress also has a remarkable collection of luxury cars.

Reporting & Modelling Career

• Jacqueline Fernandez recalls her days as a reporter for a Sri Lankan news channel with nostalgia. She had studied investigative journalism at university, therefore she was genuinely happy working at the news channel. Although it was “adventure every day, coming to work, finding out what the latest news is, working with the team,” she has said that she occasionally still misses her reporting days. It resembled playing detective.
• While she was still engaged as a reporter, she started accepting modelling gigs. She represented Sri Lanka at the global Miss Universe 2006 pageant in Los Angeles after winning the Miss Universe Sri Lanka competition in 2006. For the next three years, she worked as a professional model and took part in a number of advertising projects.

Career Timeline

Year	Jacqueline Fernandez Movies	Jacqueline Fernandez Characters
2022	Bachchhan Paandey	Sophie
2022	Attack	Ayesha
2022	Vikrant Rona	Racquel D’Coasta aka Gadang Rakkamma
2022	Cirkus	To Be Announce
2022	Ram Setu	To Be Announce
2021	Radhe	Herself
2021	Bhoot Police	Kanika (Kanu) Kulbhushan
2020	Mrs. Serial Killer	Sona Mukherjee
2019	Saaho	Herself
2019	Drive	Tara
2018	Baaghi 2	Herself
2018	Race 3	Jessica Gomes
2017	According to Mathew	Daphne Reynolds
2017	A Gentleman	Kavya Chetwani
2017	Judwaa 2	Alishka Bakshi
2016	Housefull 3	Ganga (Gracy) Patel
2016	Dishoom	Meera Balraj (Ishika) Behl
2016	A Flying Jatt	Kirti
2015	Roy	Ayesha Aamir/Tia Desai
2015	Bangistan	Rosanna (Rosie)
2015	Brothers	Jenny Fernandes
2015	Definition of Fear	Sarah Fording
2014	Kick	Shaina Mehra
2013	Race 2	Omisha
2013	Ramaiya Vastavaiya	Herself
2012	Housefull 2	Bobby Kapoor
2011	Murder 2	Priya
2010	Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai	Tara
2010	Housefull	Dhanno
2009	Aladin	Jasmine

Top 10 Hits

• Kick- 231.8 Crore 
• Race 3- 169.5 Crore 
• Judwaa 2 – 138.5 Crore 
• Housefull 2- 112 Crore 
• Housefull 3- 110.2 Crore 
• Race 2- 101.45 Crore 
• Brothers- 82.49 Crore 
• Dishoom- 70.03 Crore 
• Bachchhan Pandey-  50.54 Crore 
• Murder 2- 47.65 Crore 

Awards

• 2010- Won IIFA Awards- Debut Female of the Year- Aladdin
• 2012- Stardust Awards- Exciting New Face- Aladdin
• 2013- Won 15th Asianet Film Awards- Most Stylish Bollywood Actress
• 2015- Won Big Star Entertainment Award-  Big Star Entertaining Dancer- Kick
• 2015- Won Stardust Awards- Style Diva- Kick
• 2016- Ada Derana Sri Lankan of The Year- Global Entertainer
• 2014-PETA India named women of the year in 2014.
• 2016-HT Most Stylish Award
• 2017- Asian Voice Charity Awards awarded the International Humanitarian Award.
• 2019-According to Forbes’ India’s ranking of the top 100 celebrities, she is rated 32nd.

Boyfreinds

• Sajid Khan

When Jacqueline joined the Housefull series, her relationship with director Sajid Khan was well-known inside the film business. The director discussed their connection candidly even after they split up. It appears that Sajid’s overbearing possessiveness was one of the reasons they broke up.

• Siddharth Malhotra

We’ve now worked on two movies together. We want to collaborate once more in the future. We’ve only been friends, but he’s an amazing person. I learned that our upbringings are comparable, stated Jacqueline.

• Sheikh Hasan Bin Rashid Al Khalifa

Jacqueline gained notoriety in Sri Lanka after winning a beauty pageant long before she traveled to India and made it big in Bollywood. Sheikh Hassan, who served as Bahrain’s crown prince, and had a long-term relationship. The two reportedly split up when she opted to concentrate on her work and their priorities also changed.

Controversies

• Money Laundering Controversy

Sukesh Chandrashekhar was rumored to be Jacqueline Fernandez’s boyfriend for a very long period. Jacqueline Fernandez isn’t bothered by the controversy, even if her alleged relationship with scammer Sukesh Chandrasekhar is causing her a lot of trouble. After Sukesh’s private images were leaked online, Jacqueline previously changed who she was online. She took a break from Instagram posting for a bit. This time, though, the actress doesn’t seem to be worried by the reports that her property has been confiscated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in relation to the about Rs 7 crore Sukesh Chandrashekar money laundering case.

According to the agency’s calculations, conman Sukesh gave the actress gifts valued at Rs. 5.71 crores and gave Jacqueline’s family members loans of over US$173,000 and approximately AU$27,000.

Fernandez has been the focus of an inquiry into a $200 million money laundering case since December 2021. The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is conducting the inquiry, questioned Fernandez about the case on December 9, 2021, for a total of 10 hours. Fernandez’s request to have the Lookout Circular (LOC) issued against her in the case that prevents her from traveling outside of India downgraded was denied by the ED on December 22.

Brands endorsed by Jacqueline Fernandez

Bollywood’s most beautiful and flawless actress Jacqueline Fernandez has endorsed many brands over the years. In no time Jaqueline managed to make a room for herself in B-town and after successful movies like Kick and Houseful, she got many offers to promote brands. Following are a few brands she has worked with :

• TRESemme 

TRESemme is a unisex brand for hair care that manufactures keratin-rich shampoo and conditioners. And Bollywood actress Jaqueline Fernandez is endorsing TRESemme as the main brand ambassador since the year 2016. Jacqueline Fernandez has shot many television advertising films for Tresemme.

• The Body Shop

The body shop is a British brand for skincare and wellness of the body, deals in all essential stuff for hair care, skincare, bathing necessities. Jacqueline Fernandez has been promoting the brands since the year 2014 and The Body Shop was established in India in 2006 in Hyderabad.

• Magic Moments

Magic moments is an alcoholic brand that produces vodka in different flavors with a twist of orange, green apple, and lemon. Jaqueline Fernandez featured this brand in a television advertisement alongside  Kartik Aryan in October 2018. It was a soft romantic advertisement in retro street roaming at midnight.

• Van Heusen 

Van Heusen a clothing brand that broadly deals in sports and activewear, Van Heusen is an Indian brand especially for men marketed by the Aditya Birla group. Jacqueline Fernandez tied with Van Huesen in 2021 and promoted many stylish handbags from Van Huesen.

Some Unknown Facts about Jacqueline Fernandez

• Jacqueline Fernandez was born on 11 August 1985 in Manama, Bahrain to a Sri Lankan father and a Malaysian mother.
• She holds a degree in Mass Communication from the University of Sydney, Australia.
• Jacqueline Fernandez won the title of Miss Universe Sri Lanka in 2006.
• Before entering Bollywood, she worked as a model and appeared in various television commercials.
• Jacqueline Fernandez made her acting debut in the Sri Lankan film industry with the movie “Aladin” in 2008.
• Her Bollywood debut was in the film “Aladin” in 2009, where she starred alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Riteish Deshmukh.
• Jacqueline is a trained ballet dancer and has incorporated her dancing skills into her Bollywood performances.
• She has appeared in several music videos, including “GF BF” and “Mere Angne Mein.”
• She has won several awards for her performances, including the IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress for “Kick” (2014).
• Jacqueline had a cameo appearance in the Hollywood film “Definition of Fear” (2015).
• She became the first female Bollywood celebrity to have her wax statue at Madame Tussauds Sri Lanka.
• Jacqueline co-owns a fitness studio in Mumbai called “Just F.”
• She gained popularity on social media for her entertaining Dubsmash videos.
• She served as a judge on the dance reality show “Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa” in 2016.
• She was appointed as the brand ambassador for Sri Lankan tourism, promoting her home country on the international stage.