Giselli Monteiro

Giselli Monteiro is a Brazilian model and Bollywood actress. She made her filmdebut playing the role of Harleen Kaur in the 2009 Bollywood film Love Aaj Kal, directed by Imtiaz Ali.

Monteiro was born in Espirito Santo, Brazil. She started her modeling career at the age of seventeen and has travelled to Italy, Germany, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Philippines. She came to Mumbai, India in 2008. She began her acting career in Bollywood, portraying the role of the oldfashioned Punjabi girl, Harleen Kaur, in Imtiaz Alis Love Aaj Kal which also stars Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone. She was purposely kept under wraps during the films promotion. Following the films release, her identity was revealed, and it was also revealed that she had approached Ali through designer Anaita Shroff Adajania to audition for the role of Jo, Saif Ali Khans Caucasian girlfriend in the secondhalf of the film, but, on his wifes suggestion Ali took her for Harleens part, especially since he had not been able to cast for that role despite auditioning girls from all over India. She was featured on the covers of Indian edition of Harpers Bazaar, ELLE, Marie Clarie and Fe

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