Ileana is the latest craze among Telugu Viewers. Her full and original name is Ileana D’Cruz. She is the young crazy actress who mesmerized audience with her beauty and glamour mixed performances. The critics applauded her sensitive portrayal of a woman who fights against her father for her love in the movie Devadasu. She was born on August 19, 1987 in Mumbai and their family was shifted to Goa seven years ago and at present they are again back in Mumbai. She has three sisters and a brother. They named her name after greek mythology.

She took to modeling at a very early age and performed very well in the profession. Reading books especially Sydney Sheldon’s Novels, listening to music and swimming are her hobbies. She is pursuing her B.A degree through correspondence from the University of Mumbai. She is a very good singer; surprisingly she does not have any specific style and didn’t learn it traditionally. Her father is a christian and mother Sameera was a Muslim before marriage, after the marriage she embraced Christianity. She considers her impatience and anger to be her negative points. She is very friendly person and that is her positive strength. She is a real moody and very short tempered. She is positive in her approach towards work.

Then came immensely popular Telugu film ‘Pokiri’ with young actor Mahesh Babu, which made her the heartthrob of Tollywood. The film went on to being the biggest hit in Tollywood. ‘Pokiri’ earned her rave reviews and fame and so many offers from Tollywood. She became a huge hit with the B and C class audiences. Her success in Telugu film industry is often credited to her good chemistry with top actors like Mahesh Babu.

Ileana’s Tamil film ‘Kedi’ was also a hit. Ileana got many offers from Tamil film industry after this film. But she didn’t take up offers from Tamil, as her fluency in Tamil language is not as good as that of Telugu. After the hit of ‘Pokiri’ and ‘Khatarnak’ in Telugu, Ileana is focusing mainly in Tollywood. Ileana’s recent films include ‘Aata’ opposite Siddarth Narayan and Dil Raju’s ‘Munna’ opposite Prabhas.

Name	Ileana
Nick Name	Ili, Ilu, Liyana, Yana, Iliana
Date of Birth	August 19, 1987
Height	5′ 5″
Place of birth	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Education	B.A , Correspondence from Bombay university