What is Jacqueline Fernandez?
{{Infobox person | name = Jacqueline Fernandez | image = Jacqueline FBA_2017.jpg | alt = Femina Beauty Awards 2017 | caption = Femina Beauty Awards 2017 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|8|11}} | birth_place = [[Manama]], [[Bahrain]] | nationality = [[Sri Lanka]] | education = The University of Sydney | alma_mater = [[University of Sydney]] | occupation = [[Actress]], [[Model (person)|Model]] | years_active = 2009 - present }} '''Jacqueline Fernandez''' is a Sri Lankan actress, former model, and the winner of the 2006 [[Miss Universe Sri Lanka]] pageant. Jacqueline Fernandez was born on 11 August 1985, in Manama, Bahrain,[5][6] and was raised in a multi-ethnic family. Her father, Elroy Fernandez, is a Sri Lankan Burgher, and her mother, Kim, is of Malaysian and Canadian descent.[7] Her maternal grandfather is Canadian and her great-grandparents were from Goa in India.[6] Her father, who was a musician in Sri Lanka, moved to Bahrain in the 1980s to escape civil unrest between the Sinhalese and Tamils and subsequently met her mother, who was an air hostess.[6] She is the youngest of four children with one elder sister and two elder brothers.[8][6] After receiving her early education in Bahrain at Sacred Heart School,[9][10][11] she studied mass communication at the University of Sydney in Australia.[12][13] After graduating she did a couple of television shows in Sri Lanka.[6] She also attended the Berlitz school of languages, where she learned Spanish and improved her French and Arabic.[14] Jacqueline Fernandez was named after iconic U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. In an interview, Jacqueline revealed that her mother Kim was a huge admirer of Jackie Kennedy's style, intelligence and cultural contributions and decided to name her daughter after the iconic First Lady. Jacqueline said she feels deeply honored to share her name with someone her mother looked up to for her courage, intellig