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Yana Gupta

 
Who2 Biography: Yana Gupta, Model
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  • Born: 23 April 1979
  • Birthplace: Brno, Czechoslovakia (now Brno, Czech Republic)
  • Best Known As: Popular model for Lakme cosmetics

Name at birth: Yana Synkova

Yana Gupta was born in Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) and began modelling in the mid-1990s. Her career took a turn toward the east when she married Indian artist Satya Gupta and changed her last name from Synkova to Gupta. In 2001 was named as the new face for Lakme cosmetics in India, replacing former Lakme model Lisa Ray.

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Yana Gupta
Born 23 April 1979 (age 30)
Occupation Actress
Spouse(s) Satyakam Gupta (Divorced)

Yana Gupta or Yaana (born Jana Synková) is a model-actress working in India.[1]

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Personal life

She married Indian painter Satyakam Gupta in Pune.[2] She divorced him.[3] In 2008 she altered her given name to Yaana.[4]

Career

Gupta appeared on numerous magazine covers, including ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Femina, and now on Maxim. 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.

Movie career

Yana made her big screen debut in the Bollywood movie "dum" for the song 'Babuji' which made her famous for cameo item numbers. She was named the new face for Lakme cosmetics in 2001. 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.

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. Yana has featured on the Dr Zeus album, Back Unda Da Influence, which was released in 2007. She featured in a cameo role in the video for the song, Chargai, released on Aman Hayer's 2008 release 'Groundshaker 2'. The song features vocals from Jazzy B & Apache Indian.She is also very famous for her song 'Kadhal yanai" from the blockbuster Tamil film Anniyan [Aparichit in Hindi (dubbed)].

She featured in a cameo role in the video for the song, Chargai, released on Aman Hayer's 2008 release 'Groundshaker 2'. The song features vocals from Jazzy B & Apache Indian.

TV Shows

Yana was one of the strongest contenders in the popular TV show Khataron Ke Khiladi hosted by Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar. Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi on Colors TV

References

  1. ^ "Czech-mate time." The Hindu. Monday 19 January 2004. Retrieved on 17 February 2009.
  2. ^ "Babuji... watch out for Yana." The Hindu. Thursday 29 May 2003. Retrieved on 17 February 2009.
  3. ^ "I’m in love with myself:Yana Gupta." The Times of India. 3 October 2007. Retrieved on 17 February 2009.
  4. ^ "Yaana is all happy!." The Times of India. 28 April 2008. Retrieved on 17 February 2009.

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