Jennifer Winget

Infobox Actor
name = Jennifer Winget


image_size = 150px
date of birth = 30th May 1985
star sign = Gemini
religion = Christian
education = B Com
occupation = Actress
Age= 23
caste = Part-Punjabi and part-Maharashtrian Christian [ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Delhi_Times/Sarees_not_mini_skirts_for_Jennifer/articleshow/2285450.cms Sarees, not mini skirts for Jennifer-Delhi Times-Cities-The Times of India ] ]

Jennifer Winget (born 30th May, 1985) is an Indian television actress. She is currently starring as Ganga in the TV serial "Sangam". In movies, she has also starred in "Kasauti Zindagi Kay", "Shaka Laka Boom Boom" and several other minor roles.She is 23 at present.

Biography

Winget is the daughter of a Punjabi mother and a Maharashtrian Christian father, and is often mistaken for a Westerner due to her unusual name. Her acting career began when she appeared in "Raja Ko Rani Se Pyaar Ho Gaya" when she was 12,cite news | last =Mehrotra | first =Mohini | coauthors = | title = Sarees, not mini skirts for Jennifer | work = | pages = | language = | publisher =The Times of India | date =2007-08-17 | url =http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Delhi_Times/Sarees_not_mini_skirts_for_Jennifer/articleshow/2285450.cms | accessdate = 2008-02-28] and appeared with Aishwarya and Abhishek Bachchan in "Kuchh Naa Kaho" when she was 14.cite news | last =Unnithan | first =Chitra | coauthors = | title = 'I never plan things,' Jennifer| work = | pages = | language = | publisher =The Times of India | date =2007-08-14 | url =http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Ahmedabad_Times/I_never_plan_things_Jennifer/articleshow/2278472.cms | accessdate = 2008-02-28] She also appeared in the comedy show, "Shaka Laka Boom Boom".cite news | last =K| first =Prema| coauthors = | title = ‘I don’t think about tomorrow’| work = | pages = | language = | publisher =Cybernoon | date =2006-01-13 | url =http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=xtras&subsection=showbuzz&xfile=January2006_tvtrack_standard247&child=tvtrack | accessdate = 2008-02-28]

She can speak both Hindi and Punjabi fluently. When she was 17, she appeared in her first television serial "Koi Dil Mein Hain" and went on to appear in "Kkusum", "Kartika", "Kahiin To Hoga", as Sneha in "Kasauti Zindagi Kay", and in the starring role, Ganga, in "Sangam"cite news | last =K| first =Prema| coauthors = | title = Star Plus to expand primetime with launch of 'Sangam'| work = | pages = | language = | publisher =Indian Television| date =2007-07-23 | url =http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k7/july/july311.php | accessdate = 2008-02-28] cite news | last =Roy| first =Priyanka| coauthors = | title = She spreads her wings | work = | pages = | language = | publisher =The Telegraph (Calcutta)| date =2007-08-20 | url =http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070820/asp/entertainment/story_8214582.asp| accessdate = 2008-02-28]

Filmography

*"Raja Ko Rani Se Pyaar Ho Gaya" - Thanu (2000)
*"Kuchh Naa Kaho" (2003)

Television

*"Shaka Laka Boom Boom"
*"Koi Dil Mein Hain"
*"Kkusum"
*"Kartika"
*"Kahiin To Hoga"
*"Kasauti Zindagi Kay" - Sneha
*"Sangam" - Ganga
*"Kya Hoga Nimmo Ka" - Natasha
* Zara Nachke Dikha

References

External links

*imdb name|id=1764355|name=Jennifer Winget
* [http://jenniferwinget-world.co.nr Her website]