ETimes BFFs: Did you know Katrina Kaif’s sister is a Mathematics scholar who’s won the prestigious Laing O’ Rourke Award? | Hindi Movie News

Katrina Kaifis inarguably one of the top actresses in Bollywood today. She is one of the most followed actresses of B-Town with a fan following of over 77 millions on Instagram alone. Beauty certainly runs the genes of the Turquotte family, but there’s also loads of talent and brains that come along. Katrina’s seven siblings, including one brother, have diverse skillsets and are excelling in their respective areas of expertise.Did you know one of Katrina’s sisters is a highly regarded mathematician in the UK and has even won he prestigious Laing O’ Rourke Award? Find this out and a lot more about Katrina’s family in this edition of ETimes BFFs (Big Filmy Families).

Mohammed Kaif
Katrina Kaif’s father, Mohammed Kaif, is a British businessman of Kashmiri descent. He got divorced from his wife Suzanne Turquotte when Katrina was very young. Following which he moved to the United States. They have eight kids together – Stephanie, Sebastien, Christine, Natacha, Katrina, Melissa, Isabelle, and Sonia.

Suzanne Turquotte
Katrina’s mother is an English lawyer and a charity worker. She brought up her children after her divorce and the children missed a father figure all their lives. Which is also the reason why all her kids took up her last name instead of Kaif’s. Katrina and Isabelle changed their last name to Kaif after entering Bollywood reportedly for ease of pronunciation.

Stephanie Turquotte
Katrina’s eldest sister Stephanie is 45 and she prefers to keep a low profile. She avoids media attention which is also the reason why little is known about her. She was recently papped during Kat’s wedding and also appeared on her Instagram feed thereafter.

Sebastien Laurent Michel
Kat’s brother Sebastien Laurent Michel is a furniture designer. He’s studied Furniture Design and Craftsmanship at the Buckinghamshire New University. Sebastian also has a blog where he posts about designer cabinets. Besides, he’s also an adventure junkie.

Christine Raphael Duran Spencer
Katrina’s third sibling Christine is 41 and is married to Nat Spencer. She is a homemaker and apparently loves watching Bollywood movies. Salman Khan is apparently her favourite actor.

Natacha Turquotte O’Gorman
Katrina’s third elder sister, Natacha Turcotte O’Gorman, 40, is a jewellery designer. She is reportedly quite good at designing gold accessories encrusted with semi-precious stones.

Katrina Kaif
Next in line of siblings is Katrina was a model who was spotted by filmmaker Kaizad Gustad who cast her in Boom in 2003. While the film was a failure, Katrina continued to do films like Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya, Namastey London, New York, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, Rajneeti, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and more. It was with action thrillers like Ek Tha Tiger, Dhoom 3, and Bang Bang! that she tasted commercial success. Thereafter she was seen in high grossing films like Tiger Zinda Hai, Sooryavanshi, Bharat, Zero and many more.

Katrina married Vicky Kaushal in December 2021. Vicky is the son of renowned stunt choreographer Sham Kaushal. His brother Sunny Kaushal is also an actor.
Melissa Turquotte Roberts
38-year-old Melissa Turcotte is a mathematics scholar. She did her Masters in Mathematics at Imperial College and was awarded the prestigious Laing O’ Rourke Mathematics Award for her dissertation. It is the one of the most prestigious awards in Mathematics (in the UK).

Isabelle Kaif
32-year-old Isabelle Kaif is a model and actor. She was seen in films like Suswagatam Khushamadeed, Time to Dance and Dr Cabbie. She will soon be seen in Kwatha alongside Aayush Sharma.

Sonia Turquotte
The youngest Turqotte, Sonia, is a photographer and a designer. She studied Graphic Designing at the University For Creative Arts at Surrey, UK. She shares some of her work on her photo blog. Reportedly, she is also adept in magazine layout design, creative book binding and webpage layouts.