From Merseyside to Mumbai – meet AMY JACKSON (aka Mrs Ed Westwick), the accidental Bollywood sensation By Maddy Fletcher For You Magazine Published: 08:01, 2 November 2024 | Updated: 08:01, 2 November 2024 e-mail View comments At the end of Amy Jackson’s first film audition, the director asked her a question: ‘Can you dance?’ Jackson – a then 16-year-old model from Liverpool who at that point had never acted and, let’s be clear, never danced professionally – was used to the modelling industry where everything was, in her words, ‘a whole blag’. So she said yes, of course she could dance. ‘It just rolled out of my mouth! I didn’t think I’d actually have to dance!’ Dress, £795, Roland Mouret.
Bag, £4,860, and necklaces, from a selection, Bulgari Most actors would have probably got away with it. Jackson, however, was auditioning for Madrasapattinam , a huge Indian film, made and set in Chennai. ‘And little did I know that Indian cinema is all about dance!’ Jackson, now 32, who announced on Thursday she is expecting a baby with her husband, Gossip Girl actor Ed Westwick, is arguably the biggest British actress in Indian cinema.
I mean really, truly big. That first film of hers, Madrasapattinam , spent 15 weeks at number one at the Chennai box office. Since then, she has starred in 17 Indian films – including 2.
0 in 2018, which then had the biggest budget (£58 million) in Indian film history. She has 13.6 million followers on Instagram.
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