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Biography
Ileana D'Cruz is an Indian film actress, who predominantly appears in South Indian cinema and Bollywood. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South for the 2006 Telugu film Devadasu. In 2012, she made her Bollywood debut with Anurag Basu's critically and commercially successful Barfi!, for which she received critical appreciation and the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. D'Cruz was born to a Goan Catholic family in Mumbai, and raised partly in Mumbai and partly in Goa. Her family relocated to Parra, Goa when she was 10 years old. Her mother tongue is Konkani.
Awards & recognition
- Apsara Award — Best Female Debut · 2013
- Filmfare Award — Best Female Debut · 2013
- Screen Award — Most Promising Newcomer – Female · 2013
- Zee Cine Award — Best Female Debut · 2013
- ETC Bollywood Business Awards
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- Filmfare Award — Best Female Debut – South
- Santosham Film Awards
- Times of India Film Awards
Filmography9 titles

Pokiri
2006as Shruti
2006as Shruti

Jalsa
2008as Bhagyamathi
2008as Bhagyamathi

Kick
2009as Naina
2009as Naina

Julayi
2012as Madhu
2012as Madhu

Mubarakan
2017as Sweety
2017as Sweety

Happy Ending
2014as Aanchal Reddy
2014as Aanchal Reddy

Pagalpanti
2019as Sanjana
2019as Sanjana

Munna
2007as Nidhi
2007as Nidhi

Amar Akbar Anthony
2018as Aishwarya / Pooja
2018as Aishwarya / Pooja