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Yana Gupta
  • Birth Name:
    Yana Synkova
  • Date of Birth:
    April 23, 1979
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Taurus
  • Place of Birth:
    Brno, Czech Republic
  • Height:
    5' 8"
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Hair Color:
    Brown
  • Eye Color:
    Brown
  • Nationality:
    Indian
  • Religion:
    Hinduism

Family

Yana Gupta
  • Spouse:
    Satyakam Gupta - Divorced

Career

Yana Gupta

Trivia

Yana Gupta
  • Before her career in Bollywood, she modeled for international clients like Calvin Klein and Victoria's Secret.
  • Gupta appeared on numerous magazine covers, including ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Femina, and now on Maxim.
  • Was eliminated in episode 7 and then reinstated in episode 8, and eliminated again in episode 14 (Jetski and Helicopter).
  • Was a player the second season of a show called 'Khatron Ke Khiladi', an Indian version of Fear Factor.
  • Has been taking dance lessons since she was fourteen years old.
  • Is the first Western Caucasian woman to successfully crossover into the Indian film industry.
  • Replaced Bipasha Basu in the movie Dum (2003) as the item number girl for the song 'Bijli Giri', which turned her into a star in the Bollywood film industry.
  • Besides her native Czech language, she can also speak Spanish, Japanese, English, and a little Hindi and Urdu.
  • Was named the new face for Lakme cosmetics in 2001, replacing its former model Lisa Ray.

Quotes

Yana Gupta
  • I enjoyed working everywhere. I began with modeling. Then I shifted to movies. Now, I want to be a full-fledged actress. I think the people recognize me because of my work in movies.
  • I am happy with what I am today. I thank all my fans who have given me so much love and affection and always appreciated my work.
  • "I have not strutted my stuff yet. If I start showing off and try to look sexy, many actresses will not get a sound sleep. Till now, whatever I did was just the tip of the iceberg. The day I will show the whole iceberg, no one will stand any competition against me." (March 2007)
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Biography

Yana Gupta
Last Updated: Saturday, August 01, 2009

yana guptaYana Gupta is an Indian model-actress of Czech-origin currently working in India. She was married to Indian painter Satyakam Gupta, although they formally separated on 18th May 2005. Yana Gupta modeled for the premier Kingfisher's calendar and has performed dance numbers in three films including the remix of babuji zara dheere chalo. Before her career in Bollywood, she modeled for international clients like Calvin Klein and Victoria's Secret. She drew much attention in Europe. Gupta made her big screen debut in the Bollywood movie "Dum" for the song 'Babuji' which made her famous for cameo item numbers. Her recent appearances have been in Tamil film cameo item numbers. They are Film Manmadhan - Song thathai thathai, Film Anniyan - Song Remo and Telugu film Gharshana - Song "Aadathanamaa"She was named the new face for Lakme cosmetics in 2001, replacing its former model Lisa Ray.

yana guptaBesides her native Czech language, she can also speak Spanish, Japanese, English and some Hindi. She is also a vegetarian, is a member of PETA, and has been featured in its campaigns. She has also appeared in a Kannada movie named Jogi. She played the role of a TV anchor on the countdown show "Mirch Masala" on ZoomTV where she danced to famous dance numbers, however the show is currently off the air. She spends her free time in the gym.Now she is planning to launch her own music album, and she will write, compose the music and sing the songs. All the songs will be in English, and she won't be accepting any other offers until she is done with this project. Yana recently signed up with a leading mobile and PC games company Indiagames as brand ambassador and will be featured in several interesting games and applications related to fitness, puzzles etc. Earlier she was dating Aftab Shivdasani until they both called it quit this year May 2007.
  

Filmography

Yana Gupta

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