Nathalia Pinheiro Felipe Martins, known professionally as Nathalia Kaur, is a Brazilian model and actress who works in

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Early life

Kaur was born as Nathalia Pinheiro Felipe Martins in

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. Her mother has Portuguese ancestry, while the exact ancestry of her father is little known; in an interview, Kaur said that she is "half Punjabi", and that her father is half Indian, being her paternal grandfather of the Punjabi and her paternal grandmother of

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. Kaur worked as a model since she was 14 and continued to do so while studying law at

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before quitting to work as full-time model when receiving an offer in India. She is also known to be an opera singer.

Career

Kaur modelled in Brazil and other countries until moving to India upon receiving an offer. There she won the Kingfisher Calendar Model Hunt in 2012 and appeared in the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar that year. Kaur made her film debut in the Kannada film '' Dev Son of Mudde Gowda'' directed by

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. Before its release she was cast by

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to perform an item number in his next film '' Department''. Earlier Varma had wanted to cast

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, but due to her contractual obligations for ''

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'', Varma replaced her with Kaur. In 2015, she participated in Colors TV's stunt show '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 6''.

Personal life

Kaur was Miss Mundo

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2015 and she participated at the Miss Brazil World 2015 (Miss Mundo Brasil) pageant, where she finished in the top 10.. Later, she was Miss Rio de Janeiro Be Emotion 2015 and had participated in

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where she finished in the top 15.

Filmography

;Television * 2014 - '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 6'' (Contestant)

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* * * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian female models Brazilian film actresses Universidade Candido Mendes alumni Brazilian people of Indian descent Brazilian people of Portuguese descent Brazilian expatriate actresses in India Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Kannada cinema 21st-century Brazilian actresses Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi participants {{Brazil-model-stub