Bollywood Actors Not Born In India

Some Bollywood celebrities have placed India on the globe in Hollywood while some are acclaimed in every corner of the world for their perfection in craft. However, not every one of our beloved Bollywood celebrities were born Indians. In fact, many of these popular names were born on foreign soil. You will be surprised to see some of these names.

1. Sunny Leone

Bollywood actress Sunny Leone was born in Canada. In fact, she spent most of her time in Canada before moving to India to join Indian film industry.

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2. Jacqueline Fernandez

Jacqueline Fernandez who has found her permanent place in Bollywood, actually belongs to Sri Lanka. However, she was born in Bahrain to Malaysian-Sri Lankan parents. Her father escaped Sri Lanka in 1980s to evade the civic unrest in the country.

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3. Imran Khan

The cutie from Jaane Tu Yaa Jaane Na was born in Wisconsin, USA. He spent a considerable time in the US with his parents. After his parents were separated, he moved to India and made his debut with JTYJN.

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4. Katrina Kaif

Katrina Kaif is often touted as a middle-eastern actress; however, she was born in Hong Kong to a Kashmiri father and British mother. She lived in Hawaii and London when she was young. She moved to India and made her acting debut with Boom.

Katrina Kaif was born in Hong Kong
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5. Amy Jackson

The 2.0 actress is British and was born in Douglas to a British couple. She completed her schooling in Liverpool and moved to India to find her calling in acting.

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6. Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone, despite being one of the most loved actresses in Bollywood, wasn’t born in India. She was born in Copenhagen, Denmark to Prakash Padukone and Ujjala Padukone. When she was a year old, her parents moved to Bengaluru, India.

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7. Evelyn Sharma

Evelyn Sharma, who did a brief role in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani was born in Frankfurt, Germany to a Punjabi father and German mother. She completed her studies in the UK and then moved to India to make her debut in Bollywood.

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8. Yana Gupta

Yana Gupta, who made headlines for her item song Babuji Zara Dheere Chalo, was born in Czechoslovakia. She did around 11 movies in Bollywood after vanishing into oblivion.

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9. Monica Dogra

Monica Dogra is an Indian-American who was born in the US. She made her debut in Bollywood with Aamir Khan’s film Dhobi Ghaat.

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10. Sasha Agha

The actress who made her debut with Aurangzeb was born in London. However, after her debut, she didn’t make it big in the industry. She was last seen in 2017 film Khoj.

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11. Elli Avram

The gorgeous actress and former Bigg Boss contestant Elli Avram was born in Stockholm, Sweden to a Greek father and Swede mother.

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12. Nargis Fakhri

The actress who made her debut with Ranbir Kapoor starrer Rockstar was born in Queens, New York to a Pakistani father and Czech mother.

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13. Sarah Jane Dias

Sarah Jane Dias was born and raised in Oman. She was found by chance by Suresh Natrajan in Mumbai and began her career as a television host for Channel V.

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