Happy Birthday to Genelia D’Souza Deshmukh, Indian actress, model and host, born on August 5, 1987, in Mumbai. She earned a bachelor’s degree in management studies from St. Andrew’s College, Bandra. Genelia was active in state-level athletics and national level football. Genelia first came to the public’s attention in a Parker Pen commercial that she appeared in with Amitabh Bachchan. She made her debut in ‘Tujhe Meri Kasam’ (Hindi), and two South Indian films, ‘Boys’ (Tamil) and ‘Satyam’ (Telugu), all in 2003. Since then, Genelia has appeared in over thirty movies, winning a Limca world record for doing four super hit films in four different languages in 2008. These include ‘Santosh Subramaniam’ in Tamil, ‘Satya in Love’ in Kannada, ‘Ready’ in Telugu, and ‘Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na’ in Hindi. Other films of note: ‘Masti’, ‘Happy’, ‘Sye’, ‘Bommarillu’ winning a Filmfare Award – Telugu Best Actress, ‘Santosh Subramaniam’, ‘Katha’, ‘Ready’, ‘Force’, ‘Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na’, and ‘Life Partner’. Genelia plays sweet, cute, bubbly characters with ease. She married Ritesh Deshmukh in 2012, and they are the proud parents of two boys. She took a hiatus from films post-marriage, later returning with Marathi cinema successes like ‘Ved’ and ‘Mister Mummy’ in 2022. She was last seen in Aamir Khan’s ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’ and ‘Junior’ in 2025.