Bollywood celebrities who were not born in India

Deepika Padukone: Despite being one of Bollywood's most popular actresses, Deepika Padukone was not born in the country. Prakash Padukone and Ujjala Padukone raised her in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her parents moved to Bengaluru, India, when she was a year old.

Sunny Leone: Sunny Leone was born in Canada and is a well-known Bollywood actress. She spent the majority of her life in Canada before coming to India to work in the film industry.

Jacqueline Fernandez: Jacqueline Fernandez belongs to Sri Lanka who has made a name for herself in Bollywood. Her parents are Malaysian and Sri Lankan, and she was born in Bahrain. Her father left Sri Lanka in the 1980s to avoid the country's civil upheaval.

Imran Khan: Imran Khan was born in Wisconsin, USA, and is the star of ‘Jaane Tu Yaa Jaane Na’. He visited his parents in the United States for a long period. He travelled to India after his parents separated and made his debut.

Katrina Kaif: Katrina Kaif is often referred to as a Middle Eastern actress, but she was born in Hong Kong to a Kashmiri father and a British mother. Her early years were spent in Hawaii and London. She moved to India and debuted as an actress in ‘Boom’.

Alia Bhatt: We're guessing you weren't aware of this one. Alia was not even born in India, despite being regarded as one of the highest-paid actors in the country and achieving fame in such a short period of time. She is a British citizen because she was born in London to filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and British-born actress Soni Razdan.

Amy Jackson: Amy Jackson is a British actress who was born in Douglas to a British couple. She finished her education in Liverpool before moving to India to pursue her dream of becoming an actress.

Evelyn Sharma: Evelyn Sharma was born in Frankfurt, Germany, to a Punjabi father and a German mother. She had a minor role in ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’. She completed her schooling in the United Kingdom before moving to India to make her Bollywood debut.

Monica Dogra: Monica Dogra is an Indian-American woman who was born in the United States. She made her Bollywood debut in Aamir Khan's 'Dhobi Ghaat'.

Nargis Fakhri: She was born in Queens, New York to a Pakistani father and a Czech mother and made her film debut with Ranbir Kapoor's 'Rockstar'. She is US citizen.