1. Amy Louise Jackson Westwick is a British actress and model known for her work in Indian films.
36 Facts About Amy Jackson
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Amy Jackson has won an Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award, a SIIMA Award, and a London Asian Film Festival award.
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In 2007, at the age of 14, Jackson began her modeling career in the UK and has since worked with designers such as Hugo Boss, Carolina Herrera, JW Anderson, Bulgari, and Cartier.
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Amy Jackson was called to London to audition for the lead role in the Tamil film Madrasapattinam, winning the role despite having had no previous acting experience and beginning her career in India.
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Amy Jackson made her Hindi debut in Ekk Deewana Tha, and Telugu debut in Yevadu.
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Amy Jackson was featured on The Times of Indias "Most Promising Female Newcomers of 2012" and "Most Desirable Women of 2014" lists.
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Amy Jackson is a patron for charities such as the Sneha Sargar Orphanage for Girls.
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Amy Jackson is a vegan and an animal rights advocate who has been an ambassador for PETA since 2016, as well as supporting Elephant Family with their mission to reduce human-animal conflict in Asia.
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Amy Louise Jackson was born in Douglas, Isle of Man on 31 January 1992, the daughter of Liverpool natives Marguerita and Alan Jackson.
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Amy Jackson has an older sister named Alicia, who is a teacher.
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Amy Jackson attended St Edward's College in the suburb of West Derby and intended to take her A-Levels in English literature, philosophy, and ethics before she was cast in her first film.
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In 2009, Amy Jackson started her modelling career with the Northern-based modelling agency, Boss Model Management, and then went on to sign with her London agency, Models 1.
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Amy Jackson competed for the Miss England title in 2010 and was crowned the runner-up to Jessica Linley.
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Amy Jackson admitted that it was very difficult to learn the Tamil dialogues.
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The film was released on 9 July 2010; it was praised by critics and performed well at the box office, with Amy Jackson gaining praise for her performance.
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Rediff wrote, "Amy Jackson is almost perfect as the wide-eyed young girl who is seeing India for the first time, fascinated by its culture".
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Amy Jackson essayed the role played by Trisha in the original, of Jessie, a Malayali Nasrani Christian who falls in love with a Hindu boy, but is prevented from pursuing the romance by her father.
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In September 2012, Amy Jackson made her return to Tamil cinema with a supporting role in Thaandavam, starring opposite Vikram and Anushka Shetty.
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Amy Jackson was signed for the film in 2011 and shooting took place in India and London, enabling Jackson to return to see her family and friends.
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Amy Jackson played the role of Sarah Vinayagam, a British-born Anglo-Indian girl who wins the Miss London title.
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Amy Jackson made her debut in Telugu cinema with the Vamshi Paidipally's Yevadu alongside Ram Charan and Shruti Haasan, playing the role of Shruti.
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Amy Jackson next starred as supermodel Diya in Shankar's romantic thriller film, whose title is simply I, the biggest project in her career.
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The film was released on 14 January 2015 and received a mixed critical response, although Amy Jackson's performance received favorable reviews.
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Amy Jackson has been shooting for a "gritty BBC drama series", on which she declined to further elaborate.
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Amy Jackson then portrayed the lead female role in Atlee's Theri, featured alongside Vijay while portraying a Malayali teacher.
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Amy Jackson's performance received positive reviews and her role as a teacher was well appreciated.
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On 25 September 2017, it was announced that Amy Jackson had been cast in her first Hollywood role as Imra Ardeen, aka Saturn Girl, in The CW's superhero drama series Supergirl.
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Amy Jackson starred as the andro-humanoid robot Nila in Shankar's film 2.0 alongside Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar.
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In 2017, Amy Jackson spoke about her observance of the Western Christian liturgical season of Lent on its first day, Ash Wednesday.
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In 2011, during the filming of Ekk Deewana Tha, Amy Jackson began a relationship with Prateik Babbar, an Indian actor.
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Amy Jackson lived in Mumbai from 2011 to 2015, then relocated to London.
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Amy Jackson began dating hotelier George Panayiotou, the son of English-Cypriot businessman Andreas Panayiotou, in December 2015.
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Amy Jackson later changed her name to Amy Jackson Westwick.
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Amy Jackson is a regular attendee at BAFTA, Cannes Film Festival, British Fashion Awards and International Fashion Weeks.
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Amy Jackson has been featured in editorials for fashion magazines like Vogue, Marie Clare, Cosmopolitan, ELLE.
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Amy Jackson is an ambassador and spokesperson for charities such as Being Human, Cash and Rocket, St Jude's Hospital in Mumbai, and the Girl Child education program in India.