Kristina Akheeva

Kristina Akheeva

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Kristina Akheeva Profile

  • Name:
  • Kristina Akheeva
  • Born:
  • November 1, 1986

Kristina Akheeva Biography

Kristina Akheeva is an Australian actress and model who appears in Indian movies. She made her Bollywood debut through the movie - Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 in 2013. She made her south Indian film debut through Telugu film Galipatam in 2014, followed by her Kannada debut - Uppi 2 in 2015. Till now she has appeared in three movies, one each in Hindi, Telugu and Kannada languages. In all these movies she played either main lead or parallel lead.

 

She was born on 1st November 1986 in Khabarovsk, Russia to Russian parents. At the age of 7, she moved to Australia where she completed her school education. She started her modelling career in Singapore at the age of 21 and she reached India as a part of a modelling contract. By then, she had already spent 6 years in 6 different countries in her modelling career. She has endorsed several leading brands, apart from jewellery shops during her modelling career. Prior to entering modelling field, she did an acting course from Film and TV Academy in Melbourne Australia.

 

While she was in India as a contract model, she did audition for Sangeeth Sivan's action comedy Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 (2013). The producers were in search of a foreign face to play female lead opposite Sunny Deol and she got her first break. Though her role was appreciated, the movie received mixed response from critics. Also her pairing with much older Sunny Deol was also criticized. In 2014, she made her south Indian debut through Galipatam, where she shared screen space with Aadi and Erica Fernandes. Uppi 2 was her next release, where she played female lead opposite Upendra and the movie became one of the biggest hits of the year despite getting mixed reviews for its confused script.

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Updated: May 28, 2018

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