Angela Jonsson Explained

Angela Jonsson
Birth Date:1990 2, df=yes[1]
Birth Place:Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation:Model, Actress
Height:5feet[2]

Angela Jonsson (born 28 February 1990) is an Icelandic model and actress of half-Indian origin who shot to fame after she won the Kingfisher Calendar Model Hunt in 2011.

Personal life

Jonsson was born on 28 February 1990 in Chennai to a father from Iceland and a mother from Mangalore.[3] Her parents are coffee exporters.[4] She has six sisters and three brothers, and spent her childhood in an estate on the mountains of Kodaikanal where she studied at an American international school.[5]

Jonsson currently lives in New York with her partner, Geoff Nelson.[6]

Career

Jonsson modelled for the Kingfisher Calendar in 2011 after winning the calendar's Calendar Girl Hunt competition that same year. She judged the Kingfisher Calendar Girl Hunt 2012.[7] [8] She has been taking Hindi diction and dance lessons to begin her career as an actress in Bollywood and other Indian film industries.[4] [9] [10]

She was voted one of Times 50 Most Desirable Women in India in 2011.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NDTV Good Times - Lifestyle Videos, Photos, Fashion, Food, Travel, Luxury, Weddings. 3 November 2012. 26 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120826145202/http://goodtimes.ndtv.com/kingfisher/finalists.aspx. dead.
  2. News: 'Ranbir dating Calendar Girl Angela Jonsson' . 3 May 2011 . https://archive.today/20130103070654/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-03/news-interviews/29499012_1_ranbir-kapoor-nargis-fakhri-krishna-raj . dead . 3 January 2013 . . 12 January 2012.
  3. News: Angela Jonsson gets candid . March 2011 . Cosmopolitan . 12 January 2012 . 22 January 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130122165501/http://cosmo.intoday.in/story/angela-jonsson-gets-candid/1/8264.html . live .
  4. News: PICS: Bikini model Angela Jonsson speaks out! . 26 May 2011 . . 10 February 2012 . 12 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120212214556/http://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-glamour-interview-with-angela-jonsson/20110526.htm . live .
  5. News: (Vi)desi girls in desi films . https://web.archive.org/web/20131105065523/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-12/news-interviews/29532792_1_indian-model-madhu-sapre-desi . dead . 5 November 2013 . . 12 May 2011.
  6. Web site: TRAVEL . REDIFF . California On Angela Jonsson's Mind . 2024-01-08 . Rediff . en . 8 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240108234620/https://www.rediff.com/getahead/report/california-on-angela-jonssons-mind/20230522.htm . live .
  7. News: La foto del giorno . 1 August 2011 . . 12 January 2012 . 21 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221161514/http://www.corriere.it/foto_del_giorno/home/11_agosto_01/moda_b070a0c0-bc11-11e0-9ecf-692ab361efb9.shtml?p . live .
  8. News: Angela Jonsson prefers good story over big names . 7 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111208205725/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Angela-Jonsson-prefers-good-story-over-big-names/Article1-779049.aspx . dead . 8 December 2011 . . 12 January 2012.
  9. News: Angela Jonsson at Maxim magazine cover launch . . 12 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120202210158/http://videos.mid-day.com/Angela-Jonsson-at-Maxim-magazine-cover-launch.htm . 2 February 2012 . dead .
  10. News: Angela Jonsson prefers good story over big names . 7 December 2011 . . 10 February 2012.
  11. News: Here's to the fab 50 . 29 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130717051234/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-29/news-interviews/30673950_1_candice-boucher-angela-jonsson-online-voting . dead . 17 July 2013 . . 31 January 2012.