Erica Fernandes

Erica Jennifer Fernandes (born 7 May 1993) is an Indian actress and model known for her portrayal of Dr. Sonakshi Bose in the two seasons of Sony Entertainment Television's "Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi" (2016–2017) and Prerna Sharma in Star Plus's "Kasautii Zindagii Kay" (2018–2020).
Early life.
Erica was born on 7 May 1993 in Mumbai to Ralph Fernandes and Lavina Fernandes, in a Konkani Mangalorean Catholic family. She has an elder brother, Jermaine Fernandes.
Career.
Since 2010, Fernandes has taken part in pageants like Pantaloons Femina Miss Maharashtra 2011 amongst other titles.
She was selected to play the lead role in the bilingual "Virattu/Dega", featuring newcomer Sujiv, son of the director Kumar.
Director Sasi had seen pictures of her at Meera Kathiravan's office, with whom she was shooting another film, when he was casting for "Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu". Sasi offered her a role of a software engineer in the film alongside Bharath, who plays her love interest. Due to the delay of her other films, "Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu" became her first release. In 2014, she made her debut in Kannada with the film "Ninnindale", featuring alongside Puneeth Rajkumar, which was followed by her debut Hindi film, "Babloo Happy Hai", directed by Nila Madhab Panda. In February 2014, "Virattu" eventually released. Its Telugu version, however, was pushed to late 2014 and "Galipatam" became her first Telugu release. The film received decent reviews from critics, who also noted that Erica "does a good job" and "shows maturity".
Her delayed film with Kathiravan, "Vizhithiru", released on 6 October 2017 and saw her feature amongst an ensemble cast including Krishna, Venkat Prabhu and Sara Arjun.
In 2016, Fernandes made her television debut with Sony TV's "Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi" where she portrayed Dr. Sonakshi Bose, opposite Shaheer Sheikh. Her onscreen chemistry with Shaheer Sheikh was appreciated.
From 2018 to 2020, she portrayed Prerna Sharma in Star Plus's "Kasautii Zindagii Kay", opposite Parth Samthaan.
Media.
In 2017, Fernandes was ranked 4th in "Times of India"s Most Desirable Women on Indian Television List.
In 2018, she was placed 15th in "Biz Asia"s TV Personality List. She was also listed 3rd in "Times of India"s Most Desirable Women on Indian Television List 2018.
Fernandes was placed 13th in "Eastern Eye"s 50 Sexiest Asian Women of 2019 List and 4th in "Times of India"s Most Desirable Women On Television List 2019.