Krystle D'Souza (born 1 March 1990) is an Indian actress who mainly works in

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television. She made her acting debut in 2007 with the role of Kinjal Pandey in ''

Kahe Naa Kahe ''Kahe Naa Kahe'' is a Hindi Indian soap opera created by Ekta Kapoor for the network 9X. The show premiered on 12 November 2007 and stars Krystal D'Souza and Karan Hukku. The show ended on 3 July 2008 and was replaced by ''Kahaani Hamaaray Ma ...

'' and had her breakthrough with ''

Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai ''Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai'' (transl: ''My sister is one in a thousand'', international title: ''The Inseparables'') is an Indian Hindi-language soap opera that aired on StarPlus during weekdays from 3 October 2011 to 13 September 2013. ...

'' where she portrayed Jeevika Vadhera. D'Souza is best known for her portrayal of Sakshi Modi in ''

Ek Nayi Pehchaan ''Ekk Nayi Pehchaan'' (in English ''A New Identity'') is an Indian television drama series which premiered on Sony TV on 23 December 2013. The series cast veteran Bollywood actresses Poonam Dhillon and Padmini Kolhapure along with Krystle D'Souz ...

'', Raina Sharma in ''

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'' and Roopa Awasthi in ''

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''. She made her web debut with ''

Fittrat ''Fittrat'' is an Indian romantic drama web series produced by Ekta Kapoor for ALTBalaji. It stars Krystle D'Souza, Aditya Seal and Anushka Ranjan. It started streaming simultaneously on ALT Balaji & ZEE5 on 18 October 2019. Tarini Bisht is ...

'' in 2019 and film debut with ''

Chehre ''Chehre'' () is a 2021 Hindi mystery thriller film directed by Rumi Jaffery and produced by Anand Pandit with Saraswati Entertainment Private Limited. Starring Amitabh Bachchan and Emraan Hashmi in lead roles, the film features Krystle D'Souz ...

'' in 2021.

Early life

D'Souza was born on 1 March 1990 in

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into a

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family. She considers herself deeply religious.

Career

D'Souza started her acting career in college, and then was cast for ''

'' in 2007. She then appeared in ''

Kya Dill Mein Hai Kya Dill Mein Hai is a Hindi language Indian drama television series which premiered on 1 December 2007 on 9X. The series stars Aamir Ali, Sanjeeda Sheikh and Abigail Jain. Plot The story centers around the life of an 18-year-old girl, Kaku ...

'' as Tamanna. In 2008, she appeared in

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's '' Kasturi'' as Navneet and ''

Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil ''Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil'' (''In Which Country Does My Heart Live'') is an Indian drama television series that aired on Star Plus. It starred Additi Gupta, Harshad Chopda, Sushant Singh Rajput and Meher Vij as Prem, Heer, Preet and Meher. ...

'' as Veera. In 2010, D'Souza appeared in Sony TV's ''

Baat Hamari Pakki Hai ''Baat Hamari Pakki Hai'' is an Indian television drama series which premiered on Sony Entertainment Television on 31 May 2010 and went off air on 25 February 2011. Plot ''Baat Hamaari Pakki Hai'' is the story of Sanchi, an orphan who lives wi ...

'' as Tara. She also had a cameo appearance in Sony TV's ''

Aahat ''Aahat'' (English: ''An approaching sound'') is an Indian thriller/ horror television anthology series created by B. P. Singh for Sony Entertainment Television. The series premiered on 5 October 1995. The episodes of first, second and fift ...

'' and played Yamini in the same year. In 2011, she portrayed Jeevika Vadhera in ''

'' opposite

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. The show went off air on 13 September 2013. In December 2013, she signed

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's ''

Ekk Nayi Pehchaan ''Ekk Nayi Pehchaan'' (in English ''A New Identity'') is an Indian television drama series which premiered on Sony TV on 23 December 2013. The series cast veteran Bollywood actresses Poonam Dhillon and Padmini Kolhapure along with Krystle D'Souz ...

'', playing Sakshi opposite Karan Sharma. The show went off the air in September 2014. In 2016, she returned to television playing Raina in

Ekta Kapoor Ekta Kapoor (born 7 June 1975) is an Indian television producer, film producer and director who works in Hindi cinema and soap opera. She is the joint managing director and creative head of Balaji Telefilms Limited, which was founded in 1994. ...

's ''

'' which aired on

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. The show went off air in February 2017. In February 2017, she appeared in

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. In 2018, D'Souza played Roopa in

Colors TV Colors TV is an Indian general entertainment broadcast network owned by Viacom18. The network's programming consists of family dramas, comedies, youth-oriented reality shows, shows on crime and television films. History It was launched on 2 ...

's ''

''. For her performance, she won the Gold Award for Best Actress in Comic Role. Currently, she is seen in

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's ''Fittrat''. She also appeared in Colors TV's ''Mirchi Top 20'' opposite

in 2015, 2016 & 2017.

In the media

D'Souza was ranked 19th in the 50 Sexiest Asian Women List by ''

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'' in 2013. She was also listed 5th in the Top 20 Most Desirable Women on Indian Television 2017 by ''

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.''

Filmography

Television

Films

Web series

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:D'Souza, Krystle Living people 1987 births Indian soap opera actresses Indian television actresses Actresses from Mumbai Actresses in Hindi television 21st-century Indian actresses Indian Christians