Genelia D'Souza - Genelia D'Souza  Born in England, UK. Her parents originally hail from Goa and later moved to England. Genelia made her move from England to India in pursuit of her childhood dream of becoming an actress. She has acted over a dozen films in South Indian Cinema.

Career
Genelia studied at Apostolic Carmel High School in Bandra, Mumbai. After school, she joined the St. Andrews College, Bandra to pursue a Bachelor's Degree. Mumbai-based Genelia starred in the big budgeted Boys by top director Shankar. She starred opposite fellow débutante Siddharth. The film was a box-office hit and launched her career.

She left Bollywood for a while to concentrate on the Tollywood industry, starring in other successful films including, Satyam, Masti, Samba and Sye. She followed it up with a pairing with popular actor Venkatesh in Subhash Chandra Bose. She returned to the Tamil industry with the Sachein with Vijay.It bombed at the Box Office. Her film, Happy opposite Allu Arjun was a hit. Her most recent film, Bommarillu, with Siddharth Narayan, is a super hit. Chennai Kadhal, her Tamil project did average business.She was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai. Recently, she won the Filmfare Award as a Best Actress for her performance in the block buster Telugu movie Bommarillu for the year 2006.

Awards & Nominations
 Filmfare Awards
Won
2006: Fimfare Best Actress Award (Telugu); Bommarillu
Nominated
2003: Filmfare Best Female Debut (Tamil); Boys

Nandi Awards
Won
2006: Nandi Special Jury Award; Bommarillu

Santosham Film Awards
Won
2006: Santosham Best Actress Award; Bommarillu

 FNCC Awards
Won
2007: FNCC Best Actress Award; Dhee