Sunny Leone's birthday special: From a porn star to a Bollywood star (see pics)

Sunny Leone is now a house hold name in India but she too has a past which is not known to many people. Sunny Leone aka Karenjit Kaur Vohra is an Indo Canadian actress and model. The actress was known to make it big with her pornographic career and was born on 13th May 1981.The adult film actress who has many feathers in her hat including businesswoman, model and now Bollywood heroine, turns 33 today. She has acted in Bollywood movies like 'Jism 2' and 'Ragini MMS' and has grabbed all the lime light due to her bold scenes in the movie. The actress has won many awards such as “Web Babe of the Year”, “Cross Over Star of the Year”, “Web Starlet of the Year” and many more. Before she entered into the adult-entertainment industry, Sunny Leone worked at a German bakery and later, a tax and retirement firm. She was also studying to be a pediatric nurse, when she was introduced to a photographer for Penthouse.When Leone signed her first contract for working in pornographic films, she maintained that she would only perform with women but that did not satisfy her so she decided to do hardcore pornography acts with men. In 2004 Sunny Leone was part of “No More Bush Girls”, in which she and several other popular adult actresses shaved off their pubic hair in protest of the Bush presidency. Sunny Leone studied in a Catholic school and revealed that she had her first kiss at the age of 11.Sunny was to do a cameo in 'Kalyug' but due to her $1 Million fee demand director Mohit Suri dropped the idea.In 2005, Leone made her first mainstream appearance for the MTV Awards on MTV India.In 2010, she was adjudged as one of the 12 top female stars in porn by leading men's magazine, Maxim.Sunny Leone is currently married to Daniel Weber. Prior to that, she was engaged to Matt Erikson, vice-president of marketing at Playboy Enterprises but they broke up in 2008. She has also been romantically involved with stand-up comedian Russell Peters for a brief period in 2008.Sunny Leone was not a known name in every Indian household before. She was first introduced to Indians in 'Bigg Boss' Season 5 way back in 2011. With her sensuous looks, poll dancing and link ups inside the house, Sunny Leone became news in the Indian media and after that there was no looking back for her. During her stay in the Bigg Boss house, Sunny was approached by Bollywood film-maker Mahesh Bhatt who entered the house briefly to offer her the lead role in Jism 2 and she accepted it. Sunny Leone signed her second Bollywood film which is Ekta Kapoor's 'Ragini MMS' sequel, "Ragini MMS 2".'Ragini MMS2' turned out a milestone in Sunny's career. The actress also featured in an item number in the Sanjay Gupta and Ekta Kapoor's 2013 film 'Shootout at Wadala'.She further started filming for Kaizad Gustad's Jackpot in which she plays a femme fatale.She will be making her Tamil film debut in 'Vadacurry' in which she would dance for one song.She even has an iPhone application on her name, and she is the first pornographic actress to release an iPhone application.Her second movie, titled ‘Virtual Vivid Girl Sunny Leone', fetched her first AVN Award, which is considered to be the “Oscars of porn.”Sunny Leone loves paranthas and her favourite food is Italian. She is also a total dog-person and has two dogs of her own.

Sunny Leone's birthday special: From a porn star to a Bollywood star (see pics)

Sunny Leone is now a house hold name in India but she too has a past which is not known to many people. Sunny Leone aka Karenjit Kaur Vohra is an Indo Canadian actress and

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