Actor · Telugu cinema
Ileana D'Cruz
Ileana D'Cruz movies: 17 Telugu films on file, 2006–2018. Earliest on file: Devadasu (2006). Latest release: Amar Akbar Anthony (16 November 2018).
- Films on file
- 17 (17 as actor)
- Years on file
- 2006–2018
- Born
- 1 November 1986 · November birthdays (Wikidata)
- Record
- Q3629983 on Wikidata
Ileana D’Cruz is an actress who works mainly in Hindi and Telugu films. Born in India, she took Portuguese nationality in 2014. She became one of Telugu cinema’s leading actresses in the late 2000s with Pokiri, Jalsa, Kick and Julai, then moved into Hindi films with Barfi! (2012). She has won a Filmfare Award and a Filmfare Award South.
She was born on 1 November 1986 in Mahim, Bombay (now Mumbai), according to Wikipedia and Wikidata. Her family moved to Goa when she was ten. She modelled for advertisements before her first film.
Career
Her debut was the Telugu romance Devadasu (2006), opposite Ram Pothineni. It was a commercial success and won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South. The same year Puri Jagannadh’s Pokiri, opposite Mahesh Babu, became the highest-grossing Telugu film up to that time and brought her first Filmfare Best Actress – Telugu nomination. She ended 2006 with Krishna Vamsi’s Rakhi opposite N. T. Rama Rao Jr., a box-office success. In 2007 she starred in Munna opposite Prabhas.
In Trivikram Srinivas’s Jalsa (2008), opposite Pawan Kalyan, she played a college student. The film was one of the year’s top grossers and won her the Santosham Award for Best Actress. She also starred in Bhale Dongalu (2008). Surender Reddy’s Kick (2009), with Ravi Teja, was one of the year’s highest-grossing films and brought her third Filmfare nomination. Shakti (2011), in which she played a minister’s daughter, was a box-office failure. In 2012 she starred in the Tamil hit Nanban, Trivikram’s Julai with Allu Arjun, and Devudu Chesina Manushulu.
Anurag Basu’s Barfi! (2012) was her Hindi debut and won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Her Hindi films since include Rustom (2016), Raid (2018), The Big Bull (2021) and Do Aur Do Pyaar (2024). She returned to Telugu after six years in Sreenu Vaitla’s Amar Akbar Anthony (2018), again with Ravi Teja.
Awards
- Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South for Devadasu (Filmfare).
- Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for Barfi!.
- Santosham Award for Best Actress for Jalsa.
- Filmfare nominations for Best Actress – Telugu for Pokiri, Jalsa and Kick, according to Wikipedia.
The full record is on Wikipedia’s awards page for Ileana D’Cruz.
Upcoming films
No upcoming Telugu film is on our records for her. New films appear on upcoming Telugu movies as they are recorded.
Where to watch her films
Among her Telugu films, the only streaming record we hold is for Nenu Naa Rakshasi (2011), which is listed on Aha. No platform is on file for Pokiri, Jalsa, Kick or Julai. Catalogues change, so check the platform first.
Personal life
She married Michael Dolan on 13 May 2023, according to Wikipedia, citing DNA India; they have two sons.
Sources: Wikipedia and the references it cites (linked above), Wikidata, and Tollywood Desk’s film records.
Career on file
Ileana D'Cruz appears in 17 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2006 to 2018. The earliest of them is Devadasu (2006), and the most recent release is Amar Akbar Anthony (2018). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Pokiri (2006), Julai (2012) and Devadasu (2006). Other recent releases on file are Kick 2 (2015), Devudu Chesina Manushulu (2012) and Nenu Naa Rakshasi (2011).
Brahmanandam is the most frequent co-star, sharing ten films with Ileana D'Cruz, followed by Ravi Teja (5) and Kota Srinivasa Rao (5). Among directors, Puri Jagannadh cast Ileana D'Cruz most often, in three films; next are YVS Chowdary (2) and Trivikram Srinivas (2). Music on four of them is by Devi Sri Prasad, with Mani Sharma (3) and S. Thaman (3) next. Across these films the credits on file name 13 different directors, 12 music directors and 50 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 15 of them; they average 159 minutes, and the longest is Munna at 174 minutes. Two of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 2000s (11) and 2010s (6). 2006 is the busiest single year, with four films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.