HAZEL CROWNEY

HAZEL CROWNEY – Film Actress

Hazel Crowney also spelled as Hazel Croney was born in the London, United Kingdom to English parents Karin and Phil Crowney.  She has two younger sisters. Crowney grew up in Grosvenor Park, Chester, England. She completed her schooling from Bennett Memorial School in Tunbridge Wells, UK. Later, she studied fashion and textiles at West Kent College.

Crowney's entry in Bollywood came by chance in 2004 when she was backpacking in Thailand and stumbled upon an Indian film being shot there. Her first appearance in a Bollywood film was in the item song Leke Pehla Pehla Pyaar. She was an extra in the film Janasheen. With little prior knowledge of the sub-continent, she was attracted by the music and dance, and decided to try her luck in Mumbai. 

She went on to do few advertisements for Ponds, Nokia, HSBC and Samsung before landing with her first proper role in the film MP3 - Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar in 2007. She also worked in shows, for which she got highly paid. 

In 2010, Crowney along with other non-Indian actresses like Alice Patten were asked to leave Bollywood by Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), a Mumbai based political party. They campaigned for a ban on the estimated 1,000 British and other foreign actors who regularly appear in Bollywood films accusing them of stealing jobs from local girls. 

Crowney is going to perform in an item song named 'Reshma Ki Jawani' for the film Kaash Tum Hote which is due for release in 2013. She will also in appear an item song in the upcoming Telugu action-drama Shankara.

Her works include:

Films

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
2003	Janasheen
2006	Ho Sakta Hai	Claire
2007	MP3 - Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar	Ayesha	credited as Hazel
2008	U, Me aur Hum	Girlfriend of Ajay's son	credited as Hazel
2010	Mittal v/s Mittal	Item song	credited as Hazel
	Dunno Y... Na Jaane Kyon		credited as Hazel
	A Flat	Gitika D. Singh	credited as Hezal Crony/Hazel
2012	Jeena Hai Toh Thok Daal	Shrishti
2013	Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara	Belly dancer	Tu Hi Khwahish
2013	Kyun Hua Achanak		Filming
	Kaash Tum Hote		Filming
	Shankara	Telugu film debut,Special appearance
2014	Jilla	Tamil film debut,Special appearance	Jingunamani song

Television appearances

Year	Television Series	Role	Other notes
2009-10	Fear Factor	Herself	Contestant
2010	Zara Nachke Dikha	Herself	Contestant