She has appeared not only in Bollywood films, but Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films as well.
And before acting she had an athletic background, being a State level sprinter and a National level Football player.
Her big screen debut was in 2003's Tujhe Meri Kasam, with Shriya Saran and Ritesh Deshmukh (his debut as well).
She followed that up with the Tamil film, Boys, and the Telugu film film Satyam both also in 2003.
So in 2003 she debuted in Bollywood, Tamil and Telugu films.
Since then, Genelia has appeared in over twenty movies.
