Katrina Kaif

Katrina was born on 16 July 1983 in Hong Kong. Her real name is Katrina Turquotte. Her Nickname is Kat. Katrina is 39 years old as of 2023.

Initially, She was using the surname of her mother but when she moved out in India she started using her father’s surname. She thought that the pronunciation of that will be easier.

Family

Katrina’s father, Mohammad Kaif who is a British Businessman of Kashmiri descent. Her Mother Suzanne Turquotte who is a Lawyer and Charity Worker.

She has one brother and six sisters whose name are Michael, Stephanie, Christine, Natasha, Melissa, Sonia, Isabelle. Isabelle is also an actress and model.

Education

Katrina was homeschool by her mother and tutors. Because her mother is a social activist that’s why they have to move to several countries. She also dropped out her college in London for pursuing her career in acting in Bollywood.

Katrina has started her career as a model at the age of 17. She walked fashion show Kaif attracted the attention of London-based filmmaker Kaizad Gustad.

Debut

She debuts with Boom, a 2003 Kaizad Gustad directed film. She shared screen with Amitabh Bachchan, Gulshan Grover and Jackie Shroff. This film performed very poorly in the in the box office.

Highest Grossing

Katrina’s highest grossing film can be both Dhoom 3 and Tiger Zinda Hai because their box office collection is not confirmed. Their box office collection is around 550 + crores.

Katrina Kaif is one of the highest-paid actresses in India. Her major earnings are from movies, brand endorsements, stage shows, and from her own makeup brand Kay.

As per trade analysts, Kaif charges Rs. 10 crores approx per movie. She endorses a number of brands such as Slice, Nakshatra, Lux, Panasonic, Lakme, Oppo, etc.

Recently she was signed by Reebok for which she is being paid 40% more than what she was being paid earlier.