Get a closer look at some of Hollywood's perfect pairs.

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Get a closer look at some of Hollywood&#39;s perfect pairs.

"The Gentlemen" and "Slow Horses" return this fall, while the "Reacher" spin-off series "Neagley" makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

2026 Fall TV and Streaming Watch Guide

&quot;The Gentlemen&quot; and &quot;Slow Horses&quot; return this fall, while the &quot;Reacher&quot; spin-off series &quot;Neagley&quot; makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

Get a closer look at these actors from their many TV and streaming series roles.

Streaming Stars, Then and Now

Celina Jaitly was born at Shimla, India to a Punjabi Indian father and an Afghan Hindu mother. Her father Colonel V.K. Jaitly, is a retired Indian Army colonel, and her mother, Meeta, an Afghan is a child psychologist, as well as a beauty queen. Celina has one brother, who is serving the Indian Army Special Force.

Due to her army background, Celina grew up in several cities in India, like Lucknow, where she attended City Montessori School. However most of her life was spent in the Kashmir valley and the north eastern states of India She also spent some years of her childhood in Berhampur, Orissa. She has, however, spent most of her time in Kolkata, India.

During her teenage years, Celina aspired to be a part of the Indian the army, either as a doctor or a pilot. However, fate had something else in store for her. She started modeling alongside studies at the age of 16 Celina, given her natural beauty and stunning looks, was encouraged to take part in the 2001 Ms India pageant. She won the crown and then went on to become a runner up at Ms Universe the same year.

In the year 2003, Celina - the actress was discovered by noted actor & director Feroz Khan who offered her the lead role in her debut film 'Janasheen'. Since then, there has been no looking back for this young, talented actress. For her recent comedy film Golmaal Returns, Celina won several awards for her performance in the film.

Celina is an vehement activist and spokesperson for the LGBT movement in India. She has been involved in various activities concerning human rights, women and children health, and sex workers rehabilitation in India for the past 10 years.

Celina was one of the esteemed jury at Cairo Film festival 2010

I&#39;m young right now; I have a lot of time in the future to de-glam myself. Now I want to do roles of my age which are glamorous; because I have that image - I&#39;m a glamorous woman. I wanted to be called a good and a good-looking actress.

About her cameo in Silsiilay (2005): &quot;In Sisilay I have a special
appearance; it was a strange experience because I can never imagine
being a woman like the one I&#39;ve portrayed. I&#39;m in love with a married
man, much older to me and who has a son her own age. It&#39;s a complex
character, and I loved it.&quot;

When asked which character she would like to play in a remake: &quot;I would
like to play Meena Kumari&#39;s role in Pakeezah, Waheeda Rehmanji&#39;s role
from `Chaudavi Ka Chand&#39; and Rekha&#39;s role in `Umrao Jaan&#39;.&quot;
(erosentertainment.com interview, 2005)

&quot;I think Fardeen and I have a special chemistry on-screen, I don&#39;t deny
that. At the same time I think Hrithik and I will be great together.
Our physical features will work well to create that chemistry -
especially the combination of our height, the light eyes; together
we&#39;ll have a good screen presence.&quot; (erosentertainment.com interview,
2005)

On turning down the lead in <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0421277/?ref_=nmqu_qu">Julie (2004)</a>: &quot;I turned down Julie because I
didn&#39;t agree with the reasoning of the protagonist in the story, who
resorts to prostitution because her man ditches her. I didn&#39;t see why
any educated girl would take such a drastic step. I take up roles that
I mentally agree with, and this was not such a role.&quot; (Stardust, April
2005)

When I intend to settle down, I&#39;m just gonna tell my parents to find someone for me. I have lost faith in myself to make the right decision as far as a man is concerned. Sean (her ex-boyfriend) was a big lapse in judgment.

It&#39;s scary, if you think of it. You read these stories all the time in the magazines, how someone got duped in a relationship. You think, this could never happen to me, except, it does. Until you&#39;re a part of that statistic, you never believe that this could be you.

I rate myself 8 as an actor...but everybody doesn&#39;t share the same viewpoint.

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Celina Jaitly

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