Angela Jonsson
Icelandic model and actress
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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.
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Angela Jonsson | |
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Angela Jonsson at the Lakmé Fashion Week 2011 | |
| Born | 28 February 1990[1] |
| Citizenship | Iceland |
| Occupations | Model, Actress |
| Modeling information | |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2] |
| Website | angelajonsson |
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] As of 2012, she shared that she had been taking Hindi diction and dance lessons with the goal of beginning 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]
