Katrina Kaif
Kaif in 2015, photo by Denis Makarenko/bigstockphoto.com
Birth Name: Katrina Turquotte
Place of Birth: Victoria, British Hong Kong (now Hong Kong)
Date of Birth: 16 July, 1983
Ethnicity:
*father – Kashmiri Indian
*mother – English
Katrina Kaif is an Indian film actress and model. She mostly works in Hindi films, including Boom, Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?, Bharat, and Zero.
Her father, Mohammed Kaif, is a British businessperson, of Kahmiri Indian ethnicity. Her mother, Suzanne/Susanna Turquotte/Turcotte, is an English lawyer and charity worker. Her father is Muslim and her mother is Christian. Her sister, Isabelle Kaif, is also a model and actress. Katrina is married to actor Vicky Kaushal, with whom she has a son.
Katrina modeled in England and India, and was raised in Indonesia and England.
She is not fluent in Hindi, but this has not hindered her work in Bollywood.
*Kashmiri — not Kahmiri
Her father was born in England, to Kashmiri parents.
“According to the actress, her father, Mohammed Kaif, is a British businessman of Kashmiri descent and her mother (Suzanne, also spelt Susanna) is an English lawyer and charity worker.”