timesKatrina Kaif (Hindi: कैटरीना कैफ; born July 16, 1984[1]) is an Indian film actress who has appeared in Bollywood, Telugu and Malayalam films.
Kaif started off her career as a model and later made her Bollywood debut with Boom (2003)which starred famous actors like Amitabh Bachchan and Gulshan Grover.
She had her first commercial success with the comedy film Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (2005), that included a superb cast of actors like, Salman Khan, Sushmita Sen and Arshad Warsi. Later due to its tremendous success at the box office, both in India and overseas, Katrina became famous with the audience.
Her regional films include Malliswari, Balram vs. Taradas and Allari Pidugu, opposite South Indian superstars Venkatesh, Mammootty and Balakrishna respectively.
She received immense praise for her performance in Vipul Amrutlal Shah's commercially and critically successful Namastey London (2007). The same year was the most memorable in her career as she starred in the blockbusters Partner and Welcome.
Thus, the string of successes that followed later, established Katrina Kaif as one most popular of the present generation actresses in Bollywood