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Abigail Eames is a British child actress born on October 5, 2003,and first appeared on British television and most recently the Bollywood movie Shivaay. She is best known for being her roles in Mr Selfridge (2013), Crimson Fields (2014), Lawless (2013), Harry and Paul's of 2s (2014), Doctor Who and The Interceptor.She made her Bollywood debut alongside Ajay Devgan in his movie Shivaay (2016). Abigail got positive response for her performance as a daughter of Ajay Devgn in Shivaay.

Abigail Eames started off in English television serials. Abigail was seen in Lawless and Harry and Paul's of 2s and the action-thriller Alleycats. Her performance as Maebh Arden, the Standard Defenceless Little Girl, in the English tele series Doctor Who has won her accolades.She made her TV debut from the Hollywood crime TV movie Lawless (2013), and her Bollywood film debut from the movie Shivaay (2016).

Amanda Rosario is a British-Indian actress, who has appeared in Hindi and Tamil films. After appearing in small roles in Hindi films, Amanda made her debut as a lead actress with the Tamil film, Saagasam (2016), starring alongside Prashanth.  Born in Ilford, London to an English father and an Indian mother, Amanda Rosario enrolled at The Centre Performing Arts College in 2006 after becoming interest in dance and acting. Rosario began a career in performing arts by working as a dance teacher at Arts Educational Schools, London in 2008, before moving on to work as a model in commercial assignments. She subsequently represented brands including Perfect Asian and Pizza Hut, while also working on television commercials for Heart FM and ITV's Magic Numbers.

Rosario made her acting debut by portraying a supporting role as Deepika Padukone's friend in Love Aaj Kal (2009), before working as a choreographer for the BBC Asian Network and as a freelance dancer for shows.

In 2013, Amanda appeared in an item number alongside Akshay Kumar in the Hindi gangster film, Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara! (2013). In 2015, she worked as the lead actress in the Tamil film Saagasam (2016) and shot for the film in India, Malaysia and Japan. The team had initially kept her identity secret, before introducing her at a press conference during April 2015.

Featuring alongside actor Prashanth, Saagasam opened to mixed reviews in February 2016.

Sana Saeed is an Indian actress, born on 22nd September 1988 in Leeds, UK. She marked her early debut as a child artist in the film 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai' playing Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee's little daughter. For this film, she was chosen amongst 200 children in an audition. It is said that makers were so impressed with her that they shot the film during the summer vacation specially for her, as she had earlier dumped Rahul Gupta's 'Hum Panchi Ek Daal Ke' due to her studying issues. She appeared next in 'Badal' and 'Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega'.

Sana's parents wanted to keep studies as her priority; therefore she was there on and off following her acting passion. In her growing up days, she debuted in famous kids show 'Fox Kids' aired on Star Plus. Later, she appeared in TV serials 'Babul Ka Aangann Chootey Na' and 'Lo Ho Gayio Pooja Iss Ghar Ki'.

In 2012, Sana came back to the big screen with Karan Johar's 'Student Of The Year' in a supporting role. Though she was acting for the same production house, Sana has completely transformed herself from cutie Anjali of 'KKHH' to hottie Tanya Ishrani of 'SOTY'.

After gaining enough of sex appeal, she appeared in her sizzling avatar in the projects like 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Season-6', 'MTV Splitsvilla Sexy Sana' and 'Yeh Hai Aashiqui'. Being praised for her dancing skills, she gained an item song in 'Fugly', which rightly displayed her bold body with those explicit dancing moves.

Nikesha Patel is a British Indian model and film actress. Born in the United Kingdom, she was part of several BBC TV shows, before moving to India and entering the film industry. She debuted in the 2010 Telugu film Puli and later went on to work in Kannada and Tamil cinema.


Nikesha Patel was born to a Gujarati family in the United Kingdom and raised there. She was a finalist in the 2006 Miss Wales beauty pageant. She called herself "a terrible actor" and said that she was rejected six times by Peter Woolridge’s acting school in three years, but she finally made a diploma in acting.Since she was 15, she has been part of BBC TV shows like Casualty, Tracy Beaker and Doctor Who.


Patel then moved to India planning to work in Bollywood. She got an offer from actor and filmmaker Dev Anand, who was a friend of her father, to act in his film Beauty Queen, but it was shelved. made her film debut in the 2010 Indian Telugu language film, Puli, playing the lead female role. The film was a critical and financial failure  and she moved to the Kannada film industry. Her next three releases were Kannada films: Narasimha, for which she was nominated for SIIMA Award for Best Female Debutant, Dakota Picture and Varadhanayaka, a remake of the Telugu film Lakshyam (2007). Although Narasimha and Varadanayaka were successful at the box office, she said that these films "were unsatisfying for me as an actress".[4] 2013 she was seen in her second Telugu film Om 3D too, which she called "the most satisfying so far". She had stated in 2012 that she would make her Malayalam debut in Newsmaker opposite Mammootty, playing a reporter. She was also reported to have been signed for Rosshan Andrrews' Malayalam film Mumbai Police.[8] While the former did not materialize, the latter film did not feature her.


Patel started working in the Tamil film industry too. Her first Tamil offer was Amali Thumali (initially titled as Nanba) opposite Nakul which she said "did not come through", but she was signed for another Tamil film opposite Nakul titled Narathan. She has been signed for two more Tamil projects besides Narathan, Yennamo Yedho co-starring Gautham Karthik and Rakul Preet Singh and Thalaivan. She has signed her next films in Kannada, Namaste Madam opposite Srinagar Kitty  and in Telugu, RUM, directed and produced by MS Raju.

Katrina Kaif is a British Indian actress and former model who appears in Indian films, mainly in the Hindi-language film industry. She has also appeared in Telugu and Malayalam films. She was voted the sexiest Asian woman in the world by Eastern Eye in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. Being a British citizen, she works in India on an employment visa.

Geeta Basra is a stunning Punjabi kudi born in a Punjabi family. She was born on 13th March 1984 in Portsmouth, England. The tall dusky beauty has learnt acting from the famous Kishore Namit Kapoor's acting school in Mumbai.

Geeta started her film career with Emraan Hashmi starer 'Dil Diya Hai' along with Ashmit Patel directed by Aaditya Datt in 2006. After his film, she was seen in the thriller flick 'The Train' again with Emraan Hashmi, Sayali Bhagat, Aseem Merchant and Rajat Bedi. The film was directed by Hasnain Hyderabadwala and Raksha Mistry. She played a role of a woman who gets trapped in the extramarital affair.

Besides this, she was recently seen in the multi starer film 'Zila Ghaziabad' along with Sanjay Dutt, Vivek Oberoi and many more. The movie narrates the story of a gang war. Geeta was also seen in a music album by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Sukshinder Shinda named 'Ghum Sum Ghum Sum' etc.

Geeta Basra is a stunning Punjabi kudi born in a Punjabi family. She was born on 13th March 1984 in Portsmouth, England. The tall dusky beauty has learnt acting from the famous Kishore Namit Kapoor's acting school in Mumbai.

Geeta started her film career with Emraan Hashmi starer 'Dil Diya Hai' along with Ashmit Patel directed by Aaditya Datt in 2006. After his film, she was seen in the thriller flick 'The Train' again with Emraan Hashmi, Sayali Bhagat, Aseem Merchant and Rajat Bedi. The film was directed by Hasnain Hyderabadwala and Raksha Mistry. She played a role of a woman who gets trapped in the extramarital affair.

Besides this, she was recently seen in the multi starer film 'Zila Ghaziabad' along with Sanjay Dutt, Vivek Oberoi and many more. The movie narrates the story of a gang war. Geeta was also seen in a music album by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Sukshinder Shinda named 'Ghum Sum Ghum Sum' etc.

Aruna Shields is a famous model from the United Kingdom. She was noticed by an casting agent in one theatrical workshop. She used to do theatre before appearing in films. She has done a few independent films and feature films.

Aruna is active in the acting profession since 2002. She made her debut in the Hindi film Industry with one action thriller 'Prince' by Kookie Gulati starring Vivek Oberoi. The film went unnoticed. She then appeared in 'Mr. Singh Mrs. Khanna' released in 2010. Some of the other films in which Aruna has featured are 'Mission Improbable' ,'Private Moments' , 'Live Bait' , 'Ao The Last Neanderthal' ,'Dhaha' and 'Vanilla Sundae'.

Besides acting, Aruna is a choreographer and a trained belly dancer as well. She has worked in few television serials and commercial advertisements.

Hazel Crowney also spelled as Hazel Croney is a British model and film actress who has appeared in many ad campaigns and some Bollywood films.

Crowney was born in the London, United Kingdom to English parents Karin and Phil Crowney. she has two younger sisters (one named Robyn). Crowney grew up in Grosvenor Park, Chester, England, she completed her schooling from Bennett Memorial School in Tunbridge Wells, UK. Later, she studied fashion and textiles at West Kent College.

Career

Crowney's entry Bollywood came by chance in 2004 when she was backpacking in Thailand and stumbled upon an Indian film being shot there. So came her first appearance in a Bollywood film was in the item song Leke Pehla Pehla Pyaar. She was an extra in the film Janasheen.  With little prior knowledge of the sub-continent, she was attracted by the music and dance, and decided to try her luck in Mumbai.

She went on to do few advertisements for Ponds, Nokia, HSBC and Samsung before landing with her first proper role in the film MP3 - Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar in 2007. She also worked in shows, for which she got highly paid.

In 2010, Crowney along with other non-Indian actresses like Alice Patten were asked to leave Bollywood by Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), a Mumbai based political party. They campaigned for a ban on the estimated 1,000 British and other foreign actors who regularly appear in Bollywood films accusing them of stealing jobs from local girls.

Crowney is going to perform in an item song named 'Reshma Ki Jawani' for the film Kaash Tum Hote which is due for release in 2013.  She will also appear in an item song in the upcoming Telugu action-drama Shankara.

A British movie actress and singer, Sophie Choudry was also ex-MTV India VJ. She has also been an occasional anchor and model. Sophie is mainly seen in Indian movies. The artist has been born and brought up in England. She was a student of London School of Economics. Sophie graduated in French and European politics. She was born on 8 February, 1981.

London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art conferred her gold medal. She even studied at a prestigious political institute in Paris called as 'Sciences Po' for around two years. Many French politicians have been the students of this institute. Sophie Choudhary is connoisseur of several languages including French, English, Urdu, Hindi, Italian, Punjabi, Spanish and Arabic. Sophie bagged three awards - Best Female Newcomer from UK Asian Pop Award in 2001, Most Stylish Female in Music from Lycra MTV Style Award in 2004 and in the year 2005, Sophie received Bollywood Music Award for Best Female Pop Artist.

The multi-talented actress is a professional Bharatanatyam dancer. She learned this style of dance in London for almost four years. Sophie learned Kathak and Salsa in Mumbai. Helena Shenel taught western classical music to Sophie. Pandit Askaran Sharma trained Sophie in the field of Indian classical music.

After finishing her education, Sophie thought of making her dream turn into reality and so she commenced with her singing career. Music director Biddu noted her talent and decided to give it a right direction. Initially, Sophie sang as back-up for the other playback singers like Alisha Chinoy and Shweta Shetty. 'Sansara', an all girls band was starting of pop singing career of Sophie. Eventually, the band got separated and she began with her solo singing in videos like 'Le Le Mera Dil' and 'Habibi'.

In the year 2002, Sophie shifted to Mumbai and became MTV India's VJ. She started anchoring the famous show 'MTV Loveline' and accomplished much popularity from it. 'Sophie & Dr. Love' was her first remix album. The album topped UK Asian Pop charts for almost twelve weeks and broke the records. Eminent personalities like Salma Agha, Runa Laila and Nazia Hassan sang in that album. The year 2009 saw the launch of her album 'Sound of Sophie'. This album was devoid of any remixes and included only original tracks. The Indian brand of fashion, 'Madame' sponsored the album. Sophie turned the brand ambassador for the same brand. In this album, Sophie worked with famous music composers, such as Rishi Rich, Biddu, Bappi Lahiri and Gaurav Gupta.

This leggy lass was seen in Bollywood movies like 'Shaadi No. 1', 'Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiya', 'I See You', 'Pyaar Ke Side Effects', 'Speed', 'Heyy Babyy', 'Money Hain To Honey Hain', 'Daddy Cool', 'Kidnap', 'Aa Dekhen Zara', 'Chintu Ji' and will soon be seen in 'Shootout At Wadala'.