Jacqueline Fernandez

Jacqueline Fernandez Biography

Personal Details

• Full Name: Jacqueline Genevieve Fernandez
• Date of Birth: 11 August 1985
• Place of Birth: Manama, Bahrain
• Citizenship: Sri Lanka
• Based in: India
• Years Active: 2009–present
• Profession: Actress and model
• Title: Miss Universe Sri Lanka 2006

Family Background

• Father: Elroy Fernandez, a Sri Lankan Burgher who was a musician in Sri Lanka before the family left during the civil unrest between the Sinhalese and Tamils.
• Mother: Kim Fernandez, of Malaysian and Canadian descent, who worked as an air hostess.
• Siblings: She is the youngest of four children, with one elder sister and two elder brothers.
• Other ancestry: Her maternal grandfather is Canadian and her great-grandparents were from Goa, then part of Portuguese India.

Education and Early Career

• She was born and raised in Bahrain.
• She graduated in mass communication from the University of Sydney, Australia.
• She worked as a television reporter in Sri Lanka before joining the modelling industry.
• She was crowned Miss Universe Sri Lanka in 2006 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2006.
• While on a modelling assignment in India in 2009, she auditioned successfully for Sujoy Ghosh’s fantasy drama Aladin, which became her acting debut.

Jacqueline Fernandez – Career Highlights

• 2009 – Bollywood debut with Aladin, which won her the IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female.
• 2011 – Her breakthrough came with the psychological thriller Murder 2, her first commercial success.
• 2012 – Housefull 2, which earned her an IIFA Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
• 2013 – The action thriller Race 2.
• 2014 – Kick, one of her top-grossing films.
• 2015 – The horror thriller Definition of Fear marked her Hollywood debut.
• 2016–2017 – Housefull 3, Judwaa 2, and a judging role on the ninth season of the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa.
• 2022 – The Kannada film Vikrant Rona, another top-grossing release.
• 2024 – She released the single “Stormrider” as a singer.
• 2025 – Housefull 5, opposite Abhishek Bachchan, released in two versions (Housefull 5A and 5B) with different endings.

Jacqueline Fernandez Filmography

Television

• 2016 – Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (judge)
• 2020–present – Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives (guest appearance)
• 2025 – Hai Junoon! as Pearl Saldanha

Music Videos

• 2016 – “GF BF” (Gurinder Seagal)
• 2020 – “Mere Angne Mein” (Neha Kakkar, Raja Hasan), “Genda Phool” (Payal Dev, Badshah), “Tere Bina” (Salman Khan)
• 2021 – “Paani Paani” (Aastha Gill, Badshah)
• 2022 – “Mud Mud Ke” (Neha Kakkar, Tony Kakkar)
• 2024 – “Yimmy Yimmy” (Shreya Ghoshal, Tayc)
• 2025 – “Besos”, “Tik Tik”, “DUM DUM”, “Stormrider”, “Ek Main Aur Ek Tu Hai”
• 2026 – “Jugni” (Sonu Thukral, B Praak)

Jacqueline Fernandez Awards List