Top actresses who were not born in India: Deepika Padukone to Alia Bhatt - In Pics
Written ByRitika Handoo
Published: Oct 15, 2026, 05:10 PM IST|Updated: Oct 15, 2026, 05:20 PM IST
Actresses who were not born in India: Here's a rundown of the leading ladies whose life stories start well outside India.
Many A-lister Bollywood actresses who dominate India's biggest screens were actually not born in India. Surprised? Well, yes, today in this feature, we shall take a look at their journeys into the industry that made them household. Here's a rundown of the leading ladies whose life stories start well outside India — and how each of them found her way to Bollywood stardom anyway.
1/6Monica Dogra
Talented actress Monica Dogra made her big screen debut with Kiran Rao's Dhobi Ghat. She was born in New York. Monica is the daughter of Indian immigrants and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland.
2/6Sunny Leone
Actress was born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, holding Canadian-American citizenship before transitioning to Indian showbiz world.
3/6Jacqueline Fernandez
Jacqueline was crowned Miss Universe Sri Lanka in 2006, and represented her country at Miss Universe 2006. She was born in Manama, Bahrain and moved to India in 2009 on a modelling assignment. She holds a Sri Lankan passport.
4/6Alia Bhatt
Alia Bhatt is filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and Soni Razdan's daughter. She holds a British citizenship through her mother, Soni Razdan - who is of British descent and holds a British passport. Alia was born in Mumbai, but she has a UK passport because her mother. Although some conflicting reports also suggest that she was born in London but it is not confirmed.
5/6Katrina Kaif
Katrina was born to Kashmiri and English parents in Hong Kong. Kat has holds the British citizenship due to her mother's British heritage.
6/6Deepika Padukone
The dimpled beauty was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, where her father was undergoing sports training, before moving to India as a child, reportedly.Trending
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