The popular silver screen actor Jennifer Winget has made us fall in love with her acting skills. The pretty attractive actor, who made her TV debut in the children’s series Shaka Laka Boom Boom, has advanced significantly as a performer in the entertainment business.
Jennifer Winget Lesser-known facts & favorites
1. Jennifer Winget, was born on May 30, 1985, in the village of Gore in Mumbai.
2. Jennifer’s father is a Christian Marathi, and her mother is from Punjab. Hence, she is a two-state fusion and speaks Hindi, Marathi, and Punjabi fluently.
3. Her father, Hemant Winget works in Reliance company. Her mother’s name is Prabha Winget.
4. Jennifer Winget also has a big brother name Moses Winget who is married and has a child.
5. Jennifer is extremely close to her little nephew, Shawn.
6. Jennifer completed her education at St. Xavier’s High School and holds a degree in Commerce from KJ Somaiya College, Mumbai.
7. Jennifer started her career at the age of 12, as a child artist in Shaka Laka Boom Boom.
8. Jennifer has worked in a few movies as a child artist, including the Abhishek Bachchan–Aishwarya Rai starrer Kuch Naa Kaho and Akele Hum Akele Tum.
9. Jennifer had initially dropped out of “Saraswatichandra” due to contract issues but was later called back on board when the producers couldn’t find a suitable replacement.
10. White is Jennifer Winget‘s favorite color. The majority of the items in her wardrobe are white.
11. Her favorite fast food joints are Subway and McDonald‘s and her favorite restaurant is Peshawari at ITC.
12. Jennifer Winget hates going to the gym. Her idea of fitness is drinking vegetable juice every day.
13. If not an actor, Jennifer Winget would have preferred being an air hostess.
14. She has been named the as the 21st Sexiest Asian Woman in the year 2012.
15. Jennifer’s first big break was in the popular soap Kasautii Zindagii Kay, in which she played the role of Sneha,
16. who was the daughter of Prerna and Anurag Basu and later adopted by Mr Bajaj.
17. Drashti Dhami and Sanaya Irani are her BFFs from the Indian television industry. Drashti Dhami who teases her by calling her souten.
18. Jennifer won the Favorite Beti award for Ekta Kapoor‘s Kasautii Zindagii Kay 1.
19. Post her divorce with Karan Singh Grover, Jennifer was linked up with his close friend, Sehban Azim. The actress refuted any such progress in her relationship, though.
20. Jennifer has hosted a number of reality shows, including Comedy Circus and Zara Nachke Dikha.
21. Jennifer make her Bollywood debut with Kunal Kohli starrer, Phir Se. Winget first film did not release on the big screen.
22. She was the 3rd actor to portray the role of Dr Riddhima in the popular show Dill Mill Gayye.
23. Jennifer Winget has more than 18.1 million followers on her Instagram account.
24. Besides television serials and Bollywood movies, Jennifer has a lot of advertisements to her credit.
25. Jennifer likes to play with her pets. She is also fond of shopping.
26. She has a tattoo on her right shoulder which says “Hakuna Matata“. Furthermore, she has another tattoo on her left leg, which is of a fairy.
27. Jennifer likes to eat Mughlai paratha.
28. Her favorite actors are Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee.
29. Jenni’s dream role is that of Rani Mukerji’s in Black.
30. Not only that, but her favorite food chain is McDonald’s.
Interesting facts about Jennifer
In the year 1997, Jennifer Winget started her film career as a child artist in the Bollywood film ‘RajaKi Aayegi Baraat’. Jenni was only 10 years old at the time.
She acted in several Bollywood films as a child artist including, Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995), RajaKo Rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya (2000), and Kuch Na Kaho (2003).
Jennifer’s marriage
Jennifer Winget married Karan Singh Grover, a TV actor, on April 9, 2012.
However, they were unable to maintain their marriage for very long, and in 2014 they got divorced.
Jennifer first met her Karan Singh Grover in the year 2005 on the sets of the TV serial ‘Kasautii Zindagii Kay’.
Jennifer’s TV serials
Jennifer Winget is primarily known for her television projects. Some of her old TV serials are, Kusum (2001), Kahin To Hoga (2002), Kartika (2004), Sangam (2007) and Dil Mil Gaye (2007).
In the year 2013, she played the role of ‘Kumud’ in the Hindi TV serial Saraswatichandra“; it was show was loved by the audience. The male lead of the film, created by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Thewas Gautam Rode. The show topped the rating charts for several months.
Jennifer appeared as “Maya Mehrotra” in the Sony TV series “Beyhadh” in 2016. Audience loved her performance in this show.
Hosting reality shows
Jennifer has hosted TV reality shows like ‘Dekh India Dekh’, ‘Laughter Ke Fatke’, ‘Zara Nach KeDikha 2’, ‘Comedy Ka Maha Muqabla’aand ‘Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan‘.
She was featured on “TMM” magazine‘s cover page.
She is a very close friend of actress Drishti Dhami. Among her friends, she is known as a cheerful and reliable friend.
Her friends call her Jenny or JW.
Jennifer is very fond of her pet dogs.
She likes to buy her clothes and accessories from Doha, Qatar.
Jennifer as television’s best actress
Jennifer came in at number twenty-one on Eastern Eye’s list of the “Sexiest Asian Women” in 2012.
She was featured in the ‘35 Hottest‘ and Rediff’s ‘Top 10 Actresses in Television’ lists.
Actresses in Indian Television’ by MensXP.
Working with Kunal Kohli in ‘Phir Se’, her first film as the lead actress, was her 2017 accomplishment. Due to some reasons, the film was not released on the big screen. After a wait of three years, it was released on the OTT platform.
