Erica Fernandes is an Indian television and film star, who rose to fame with the TV series Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi (2016). She is one of those actresses who became an actress after winning a beauty pageant crown.Check Erica Fernandes Wiki, height, weight, age, boyfriend, caste, family, biography and more
Biography/Wiki
Erica is a 25-year-old Indian television and film actress born on May 7, 1993 in Mangalore, Karnataka, India. Her full name is Erica Jennifer Fernandez. She was educated at Holy Cross High School, Kurla, Mumbai and later received her BA from SIES Institute of Arts, Science and Commerce, Sion, Mumbai. She aspired to become a model since her childhood, which led her to win the “Bombay Times New Face”, “Miss New Face 2011” and “Miss Maharashtra” beauty pageants in 2010 and 2011 respectively. Later, directors noticed her talent and beauty, and she was eventually offered the lead role on the sets of Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi.
Erica Fernandez Miss Maharashtra 2011
appearance
Erica is a slender actress with charming looks and a height of 5 feet 5 inches. ” She always dresses stylishly and has a perfect figure of 32-25-32. Her charming brown eyes and silky black hair add to her beauty. She pays great attention to her fitness and weighs around 50 kg .
family, caste
She belongs to a Mangalorean Catholic family from Karnataka, India. Her father is Ralph Fernandez (a former model and interior designer who served as Erica Fernandez’s “top manager”) and her mother is Raveena Fernandez (who worked for Air India and Bank of America). He has an older brother, Jermaine Fernandes, who works at Ernst & Young in Mumbai.
Erica Fernandez Family
According to media reports, she is dating her boyfriend Shaheer Shaikh (Roumered).
Erica Fernandez and Shaheer Shaikh
Profession
After winning three beauty pageants in 2010 and 2011, she attracted the attention of directors. She made her debut with a Tamil film “Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu” in 2013 and subsequently received offers from the Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi film and television industries. She has appeared in films such as “Galipatam” (2014), “Babloo Happy Hai” (2014) and “Ninnindale” (2014). She had her breakthrough acting career with her Hindi television debut Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi (2016). Now she is a popular face in India. In 2018, there were reports that she was planning to work with Ekta Kapoor’s Kasautii Zindagii Kay 2.
Erica Fernandes in Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu
Erica Fernandes makes her Hindi debut with Babloo Happy Hai
Erica Fernandes makes Kannada debut in Ninnindale
Erica Fernandes makes her Tamil debut with Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu
Erica Fernandes makes her Telugu debut with Galipatam
Erica Fernandes makes TV debut with Kuch Rang Pyaar Ke Aise Hi
fact
- She loves cooking and her specialty is baking cupcakes. She is also a food lover.
- Erica is very afraid of mice.
- She was one of the top 10 finalists of Pantaloons Femina “Miss India 2012”.
- She loves dance and trained at Shiamak Dance Academy as a child.
- Although she started shooting for other films, her debut film was “Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu” due to delays in the release of other films.
- She is an avid dog lover and has 16 pet dogs. She also once said that if she were given the opportunity to have a pet other than a dog, she would choose a chimpanzee or a monkey.
Erica Fernandez and her pet dog
- She is a multilingual performer; as she has done films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi.
- In 2016, she made waves with her appearance in the daily soap opera Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi.
- Erica also looks a lot like her real-life character Sona. Because many of the attributes of her on-screen characters match those of real life.
- She is a very creative person; because she likes to do a lot of random things in her free time, such as sewing, painting, sketching, etc.
Erica Fernandez Painting
- Sana Khan is her very close friend.
- In 2017, she was ranked fourth in the Times of India’s list of most popular women on television.
- In 2018, she came into the limelight when it was announced that she would be reprising her role as Prrna in Ekta Kapoor’s Kasautii Zindagii Kay 2.
- Erica shared that she had a very annoying habit of bringing home a lot of food when she was hungry, only to eat less, which often led to food waste.
- She has a tattoo on her right wrist (a swastika) and a tattoo on her left wrist (a dog paw), showing her love for dogs.
- She enjoys studying history and psychology.
- Her favorite food is Mee Kari, Laksa, Pizza.
- She is a skydiving enthusiast.
- She gets Rs 10,000 per episode.
- Her favorite celebrities are Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut and Robert Downey Jr. Downey Jr.).
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