Ileana D'Cruz

Ileana D'Cruz feels like a genuine discovery to me. With Mumbai roots and Portuguese heritage, she carries a cosmopolitan glamour, and her ability to thrive in both Telugu and Hindi cinema speaks to serious range. Sweeping nearly every Best Female Debut award after her 2006 breakthrough in Devadasu is no small feat; that kind of recognition signals real screen presence. Indian cinema still feels underexplored to many Western audiences, and stars like her are exactly the gateway.

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Name (English)

Ileana D'Cruz

Name (Japanese)

イリアナ・デクルーズ

Reading

いりあな・でくるーず

Born

November 1, 1986 (age 39)

Origin

Mumbai, Bombay State, India

Height

165 cm

Occupation

model / film actor / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Tiger

University

University of Mumbai

Awards & achievements

• Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South
• Santosham Film Awards
• Times of India Film Awards
• 2013 Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut
• 2013 Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female
• 2013 Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut
• 2013 Apsara Award for Best Female Debut
• ETC Bollywood Business Awards

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ileana_official/
• Xhttps://x.com/Ileana_Official
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ileana%20D'Cruz
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3629983

Tags

• Bombay State
• model
• film actor
• actor

Last updated

September 23, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.