Nathalia Kaur

Nathalia Pinheiro Felipe Martins, known professionally as Nathalia Kaur,^[1] is a Brazilian model and actress who works in Indian cinema.

Nathalia Kaur
Kaur at Radio City FM in April 2012
Born	Nathalia Pinheiro Felipe Martins Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Other names	Nathalia
Alma mater	Universidade Candido Mendes (dropped out)
Occupations	Actress model
Years active	2012–present

Early life

Kaur was born as Nathalia Pinheiro Felipe Martins in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 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 Portuguese.^[1][2]

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.^[3]

Kaur made her film debut in the Kannada film Dev Son of Mudde Gowda directed by Indrajit Lankesh.^[4] Before its release she was cast by Ram Gopal Varma to perform an item number in his next film Department.^[5] Earlier Varma had wanted to cast Sunny Leone, but due to her contractual obligations for Jism 2, Varma replaced her with Kaur.^[6]

Kaur played her first lead role as Hema in the Bollywood movie Guns of Banaras which was released in 2020.^[7]

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Language	Role	Notes
2012	Dev Son of Mudde Gowda	Kannada	Kavya's friend	Debut film; Item number
2012	Department	Hindi	Item song performer	Song "Dan Dan"[8]
2013	Commando-A One Man Army	Hindi	Item song performer	Special appearance[9]
2013	Dalam / Koottam	Telugu / Tamil	Item song performer	Special appearance
2013	Bhai	Telugu	Item song performer	Song "Bhai"
2016	Rocky Handsome	Hindi	Anna	credited as Nathalia Pinheiro Kaur
2020	Guns of Banaras	Hindi	Hema	lead role, credited as Nathalia

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	TV Channel	Ref.
2014	Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 6	Contestant		Colors TV	[10]