Jacqueline Fernandez

Jacqueline Fernandez (born 11 August 1985) is a Sri Lankan actress and model.  She has worked in Indian films, predominantly in Hindi, besides appearing in reality shows and music videos. Debuting with Aladin in 2009 she has since then established a career in the Hindi film industry. Fernandez was born and raised in Bahrain to a multiracial Eurasian family of Sri Lankan, Canadian, and Malaysian descent. After graduating in mass communication from the University of Sydney and working as a television reporter in Sri Lanka, she joined the modeling industry. She was crowned Miss Universe Sri Lanka in 2006, and represented her country at Miss Universe 2006.

While on a modelling assignment in India in 2009, Fernandez successfully auditioned for Sujoy Ghosh’s fantasy drama Aladin, which marked her acting debut. Fernandez had her breakthrough role with the psychological thriller Murder 2 (2011), her first commercial success. This was followed by glamorous roles in the commercially successful ensemble-comedy Housefull 2 (2012) and the action thriller Race 2 (2013), which garnered her an IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. Fernandez went on to star in the top-grossing action film Kick (2014) and the comedies Housefull 3 (2016) and Judwaa 2 (2017).

Alongside her screen acting career, Fernandez has worked as a judge in the ninth season of the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (2016–2017), is a popular celebrity endorser for various brands and products, has participated in stage shows, and is active in humanitarian work.

Money laundering case

Since December 2021, Fernandez has been subjected to an investigation into a money laundering case involving $200 million. The investigation is being carried out by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) who questioned Fernandez for 10 hours in relation to the case on 9 December, 2021. On 22 December, ED rejected Fernandez’s request to downgrade the Lookout Circular (LOC) which was issued against her in the case which blocks her to travel outside India.

Fernandez was removed from the upcoming movie The Ghost which will star Nagarjuna. It is speculated that the eviction from the movie happened due to the money laundering case.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Aladin	Jasmine	Debut film
2010	Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai	Tara
	Housefull	Dhanno	Special appearance in song “Aapka Kya Hoga (Dhanno)”
2011	Murder 2	Priya
2012	Housefull 2	Bobby Kapoor
2013	Race 2	Omisha
	Ramaiya Vastavaiya	Herself	Special appearance in song “Jadoo Ki Jhappi”
2014	Kick	Shaina Mehra
2015	Roy	Ayesha Aamir/Tia Desai
	Bangistan	Rosanna (Rosie)	Cameo appearance
	Brothers	Jenny Fernandes
	Definition of Fear	Sarah Fording	British film
2016	Housefull 3	Ganga “Gracy” Patel
	Dishoom	Meera Balraj “Ishika” Behl
	A Flying Jatt	Kirti
2017	According to Mathew	Daphne Reynolds	Sri Lankan film
	A Gentleman	Kavya Chetwani
	Judwaa 2	Alishka Bakshi
2018	Baaghi 2	Herself	Special appearance in song “Ek Do Teen”
	Race 3	Jessica Gomes
2019	Saaho	Herself	Trilingual film (Hindi, Tamil and Telugu); special appearance in song “Bad Boy’
	Drive	Tara	Netflix film
2020	Mrs. Serial Killer	Sona Mukherjee	Netflix film
2021	Radhe	Herself	Special appearance in the song “Dil De Diya”
	Bhoot Police	Kanika “Kanu” Kulbhushan	Disney+ Hotstar release
2022	Bachchhan Paandey	Sophie
	Attack	Ayesha
	Vikrant Rona	Racquel D’Coasta aka Gadang Rakkamma	Cameo appearance; Kannada film
	Cirkus	TBA	Filming
	Ram Setu	TBA	Filming

Television

Music videos

Awards and nominations

Fernandez has won numerous awards mainly for her works in Housefull 2, its sequel Housefull 3, Murder 2, and Race 3.