Jennifer Winget is an actress who is well known as Kumud Desai, Sneha & Maya. She is also a fashion influencer who is among the most followed television actresses. She has collaborated with many renowned designers and has many advertisements to her credit. Listed among the sexiest Asian women, Jennifer has won people’s hearts with her acting, cute smile, and beautiful looks.
Jennifer’s mother worked in a film production company, and Jennifer used to accompany her to work during summers. Once, one of the makers asked if they could hire Jennifer as one of the child artists in the film, and that’s how it began. She worked in a few films as a child artist and then entered TV via Shaka Laka Boom Boom as Piya. She has been a known face on TV ever since, with her different roles in various shows.
Working as a child actor, Jennifer was able to complete her studies parallelly. She owes her parents as they made sure that she had a normal childhood and kept her grounded. But at the same time, Jennifer feels that child actors in the industry need support for the immense pressure of work they face. They deal with things that even adults aren’t able to cope with.
Jennifer Winget is known for her stellar performance in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s SaraswatiChandra. But did you know she was dropped from the show because of her contract? Jennifer was not enthusiastic about certain specific clauses in her contract, and therefore, instead of bending down to keep working with a famous name and show, she chose to walk out. She had raised the bar with her acting so much that the makers couldn’t find her replacement. Ultimately, they sorted out the issues in her contract and got her back.
Jennifer Winget was to make her Bollywood debut with Kunal Kohli in 2014. The movie, which was much anticipated by their fans, got into legal trouble for plagiarism. For some time, it also felt like the release was going to be canceled. That left the actress extremely disheartened as she had put in a lot of hard work. But with her optimistic outlook, she hoped for other opportunities while praying for the release of her movie, which happened about four years later.
Being an antagonist as Maya, a successful doctor, or a typical daughter-in-law & daughter, she always tries to bring a different flavor of herself for her audience. On the one hand, if she’s playing a cold-hearted Maya who didn’t think twice before killing her mother. While on the other hand, she’s seen playing Zoya as timid. She consciously chooses her work and roles where there is an author-backed substantial role for her. She can make bold choices in her career, such as playing bald on the screen. Her wish is to act in a project such as Rani Mukherjee in Black or do a nice comedy show.
Jennifer’s short marriage with Karan is often called “failed.” The actress feels it’s a bit harsh to call it a failure as it just ended due to specific reasons. She is a natural at being famous & handling publicity. But talking about Karan’s cheating rumors, she says that the media should not get too privy to their personal lives.
She does not regret anything in her life, including her marriage. She feels that through that tough time in her life, she learned a lot, including who indeed are her well-wishers. She bears no ill feelings for her ex and thanks to him for all the good times.
Jennifer feels that television is nothing without women. She is happy that the industry is moving towards realistic cinema and has started to portray women as protagonists over male leads. Not only on television, but Winget is a vocal feminist off-screen as well.
She says that women’s empowerment and rights are fundamental human rights. Feminism may be cringy to many, but it is all about gender equality, and it is a men’s issue as well.
Jennifer Winget is known for her acting & fashion sense. From her stints in her acting career to her experiments in her looks. She has her audience hooked to her as she excels in everything she does. Her cute, bubbly, and down-to-earth nature has allowed her to have good friends in the industry and a huge fanbase.
