Genelia D'Souza

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Genelia

Birth name	Genelia D'Souza
Born	August 05, 1987 (age 19) England
Years active	2003 - present
Notable roles	Harini in Boys (2003, Tamil), Hasini in Bommarillu (2006)

Genelia D'Souza (Born 5 August 1987 in England) is a popular Indian actress. She has acted over a dozen films in South Indian cinema.

[edit] Career

After being born in England, Genelia studied at Apostolic Carmel High School in Bandra, Mumbai. After school, she joined the St. Andrews College, Bandra to pursue a Bachelor's Degree. Mumbai-based Genelia starred in the multi-budgeted Boys by top director Shankar. She starred opposite fellow debutant Siddharth, the film was a box-office hit. This launched her career.

She left Kollywood for a while to concentrate on the Tollywood industry, starring in other successful films including, Satyam, Masti, Samba and Sye. She followed it up with a pairing with popular actress Shriya in Subhash Chandra Bose. She returned to the Tamil industry with the hit, Sachein with Vijay. Her film, Happy opposite Allu Arjun was a hit. Her most recent film, Bommarillu, with Siddharth Narayan, is a super hit. It is the best role she got in her career, and received many praises for her acting. Chennai Kadhal, her Tamil project did average business . She was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai.akshay

[edit] Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Co-Stars	Notes
2007	Sathya In Love		Kannada	Shivarajkumar	Filming
2007	Dhee		Telugu	Vishnu Vardhan Babu	Post-Production
2006	Chennai Kadhal	Narmada	Tamil	Bharath
2006	Bommarillu	Hasini	Telugu	Siddharth Narayan, Neha Bamb
2006	Raam	Lakshmi	Telugu	Nitin, Hrishitaa Bhatt
2006	Happy	Madhumathi	Telugu	Allu Arjun, Manoj Bajpai
2005	Naa Alludu	Gagana	Telugu	Jr. NTR, Shriya Saran	Dubbed into Tamil as Madhurai Mappilai
2005	Sachein	Shalini	Tamil	Vijay, Bipasha Basu, Linda Arsenio
2005	Subhash Chandra Bose	Anitha	Telugu	Venkatesh, Shriya Saran
2005	Sye	Indhu	Telugu	Nitin, Shashank
2004	Samba	Sandhya	Telugu	Jr. NTR, Bhoomika Chawla
2004	Masti	Bindhiya	Hindi	Ajay Devgan, Vivek Oberoi, Ritesh Deshmukh
2003	Satyam	Ankitha	Telugu	Sumanth
2003	Boys	Harini	Tamil	Siddharth Narayan, Bharath	Dubbed into Telugu as Boys
2003	Tujhe Meri Kasam	Anju	Hindi	Ritesh Deshmukh, Shriya Saran