Talking of beautiful, young, wealthy, and multitalented international stars who are originally coming from Bollywood, she is definitely at the top list satisfying all criteria. She is an actress, a mannequin, an artist, and she had the title of Miss Universe Sri Lanka in 2006. Follow the article and find out more details about the life, background, and achievements of this celebrity.
Early Life
Jacqueline Fernandez (nickname Jacky) was born on the 11th of August 1985 in sign star of Leo. Her birthplace was Manama, Bahrain, in a Christian family. Her roots are mixed. Her father, Elroy Fernandez, is from Sri Lanka, and her mother, Kim Fernandez, is Malaysian-Canadian. Elroy was an entertainer in the music field, and Kim was working as a cabin crew. Once they got married, they settled in Bahrein, where a young celebrity spent her childhood. She has three siblings. Her dream was to become a Hollywood star since she was a small girl. She was talented indeed, and by the age of 14, she was already active on television as a host of the TV show. Her elementary education was completed in Bahrain at the Sacred Heart School, but later she started the University of Sydney to study electronic media. After graduation, she decided to go to Sri Lanka, where she got the job as a TV journalist. She was into languages, so she learned Spanish and renewed her knowledge of Arabic and French.
Career
While she was still dedicated to the job of a journalist, she started getting offers for the fashion world. Her beauty could not be unnoticed. In 2006 she was representing Sri Lanka on the massive event, Miss Universe, in Los Angeles, and she took the first place. Following three years, she was devoted to the fashion career and was involved with many advertisement campaigns. In 2009, she spent some time in India due to her modeling tasks. Her spare time she spent in acting classes in British-Indian theatre. Soon, she applied for an audition for the movie “Aladin,” and she got one of the leading roles – youngJasmine. This film was showed in 2009 and got very bad critics. However, the young actress earned the award of IIFA for the Star Debut of the Year-Female. Soon, new offers for roles in film projects were coming. Finally, in 2011 she had a successful film called “Murder 2”. This film had great comments and this is the movie with her best performance that the audience could see so far. Her central role in “Housefull 2” was commented in a very positive manner, so it appeared in “Housefull 3” as well in 2016. In the meantime, she acted in many remakes based in India and for Bollywood production. All her movies were good commercially bringing magnificent income to the box-office.
Personal Life
The relationship status of the famous actress is – single. She had few partners for the past ten years, and there were even rumors that she is getting married in 2013 to Sajid Khan, her old boyfriend, but later they broke up.
The interesting fact we know about her that she is a massive food lover, mainly of French cuisine. She believes that preparing food is relaxing for the mind and good for the soul.
Jacqueline Fernandez Net Worth 2024
As of 2024, Bollywood diva has an estimated net worth of $9.5 million. The majority of her bank account was built from acting. Tabloids named her house in Mumbai mini Paris because of the theme that furniture and entire style follows. Besides, she is the owner of an island in Sri Lanka, where she spends most of her days.
