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Updated November 1st, 2019 at 21:59 IST

Ileana D'Cruz birthday: The highs and lows of her life and career

Popular actor Ileana D'Cruz has gone through both high and low points throughout her life. Learn of her successes and the problems that she has faced.

Reported by: Siddharth Iyer
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Actor Ileana D'Cruz turns 33 on Friday, November 1, 2019. Since her debut, she has become a highly popular actor and is often considered to be one of the most beautiful female actors in the Indian film industry. However, while she has been successful, she has also had many problems throughout her life and career. On the occasion of the actor's birthday, it is important to celebrate her highs as well as appreciate the lows that she has gone through and overcome it.

The highs and lows of Illeana D'Cruz

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Her successful films 

Ileana's first movie, Devadasu, managed to be a huge success at the box office in 2006. The same year she also featured in the action thriller film Pokiri, which was at one point the highest-grossing Telugu film of all time. Her performances in these films were a breakthrough for her career and she became one of the most sought-after female actors in the southern film industry. While not all of her initial films were successful, she was well appreciated for her acting as well as beauty, which led her to be cast in several leading roles.

In 2012, Ileana D'cruz made her debut in Bollywood in the film Barfi! where she starred alongside popular actors Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. The movie was a huge success after which Ileana D'Cruz was not only a huge star in the southern film industry, but also a highly popular actor in Bollywood. She only worked in Hindi cinema after her debut in Bollywood till the year 2018, where she finally returned to Telugu films after six years by starring in the movie Amar Akbar Anthony.

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Her battle with depression

While Ileana's career has been largely successful, she has faced a lot of hardships in her personal life. In 2017, Ileana publicly spoke about her struggle with depression as well as body dysmorphic disorder during an interview. She spoke about how she constantly worried about her body and wanted to be accepted by all since her teens. She later found out that she has been suffering from body dysmorphic disorder for over 25 years. She also revealed that she fell into a depressive episode sometime around 2014. She went from happy to depressed all of a sudden and even confessed to contemplating suicide.

Ileana's separation with Andrew Kneebone

Recently Ileana faced another tough moment in her life. She had been in a long-term relationship with Australian photographer Andrew Kneebone for a long time. The exact relationship between the two was not known, but Ileana once referred to him as her husband on social media. The two allegedly separated in September of this year and even unfollowed each other on social media. Ileana also deleted her pictures with him that she had posted on Instagram.

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Published November 1st, 2019 at 14:58 IST

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