Nargis was born to multi-cultural parents in Queens, New York City on 20 October 1979. She started her career as an American model, even appearing in America’s Next Top Model Cycles 2 and 3 in 2004. She also posed for the 2009 Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar. In 2011, she made her Bollywood debut with Imtiaz Ali’s Rockstar alongside Ranbir Kapoor. She gained further success for her roles in Madras Cafe (2013) and Main Tera Hero (2014). 2015 will see her make her Hollywood debut in Paul Feig’s ‘Spy’ alongside names such as Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham and Jude Law amongst others.
Nargis Fakhri
Movies
Dishoom
When India’s top batsman Viraj goes missing in Middle East, two cops Kabir Shergill and Junaid Ansari from either side of Arabian Sea team for a 36-hours man hunt before the final match between India and Pakistan.
Rockstar
The film follows Janardhan Jhakar in a series of flashbacks and flash forwards, how the small collage boy became an international rock sensation “Jordan”. To chase his dreams of a rockstar, the wanna-be singer his counseled that music and feelings only come with pain. In the process of which, he…
Madras Cafe
An Indian Intelligence agent (portrayed by John Abraham)[9] journeys into a war torn coastal island, to break a resolute rebel group. He deftly maneuvers his resources to make significant breakthroughs, amidst a scenario where the enemy has no face and the only counsel is ‘Don’t get caught.’ At various junctions,…
Main Tera Hero
Sreenath Prasad aka Seenu is the most notorious boy in Ooty. He drops out of college in Ooty in order to pursue education in a Bangalore college. Here he falls in love with Sunaina. But Sunaina is forced to marry Angad, a local police officer, who is more of a…
Azhar
Biographical sports drama based on the life of former Indian international cricketer, Mohammad Azharuddin
Housefull 3
London based business men Batuk Patel lives with his three daughters Ganga (Gracy),Jamuna (Jenny) and Saraswati (Sarah).The sisters want to get married to their boyfriends Sandy,Teddy and Bunty and speak to their father.But Aakhri Pasta a restaurant owner whose also a fortune teller to Batuk tells him that he will…
Fun Facts
Her mother is Czech and her father is a Pakistani.
Has a younger sister: Aliya Fakhri.
Fakhri was the first girl to be brought back twice on America's Next Top Model (2003) and also the first girl of Pakistani descent in the history of America's Next Top Model (2003).