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{{short description|Polish-born German actress and model}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox model
| name = Claudia Ciesla
| image = Claudia Ciesla jewelry Calcutta.jpg
| caption = Ciesla in 2008
| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|18|2005|1|4}}<ref name="bx"/>
| birth_place = [[Wodzisław Śląski]], [[Katowice Voivodeship]], [[Polish People's Republic]]
| nationality = [[Poland|Polish]]<br/>[[Germany|German]]
| occupation = [[Actress]], [[Model (person)|model]]
| website = {{url|http://www.cclaudia.net/}}
}}

'''Claudia Ciesla''' is a Polish-born German actress and model who works mainly in the Indian [[Cinema of India|film industry]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/ENT-i-am-not-a-reincarnation-of-lord-ganesha-says-claudia-ciesla-2233761.html |title=I am not a reincarnation of Lord Ganesha, says Claudia Ciesla |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-date=26 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226221620/http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/ENT-i-am-not-a-reincarnation-of-lord-ganesha-says-claudia-ciesla-2233761.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/German-actor-Suzanne-Bernert-said-Claudia-Ciesla-has-no-right-to-play-with-Indian-religious-sentiments-/articleshow/8977110.cms |title=German actor Suzanne Bernert said Claudia Ciesla has no right to play with Indian religious sentiments. |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-date=30 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030054032/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/German-actor-Suzanne-Bernert-said-Claudia-Ciesla-has-no-right-to-play-with-Indian-religious-sentiments-/articleshow/8977110.cms |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bx">[http://www.citynetmagazine.com/model-cclaudia.html Claudia Ciesla Featured Model Interview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100909022017/http://www.citynetmagazine.com/model-cclaudia.html |date=9 September 2010 }} 4 January 2005</ref> She was a contestant on the Indian reality television series ''[[Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series)|Bigg Boss]]''.

==Early life==
Ciesla was born in [[Wodzisław Śląski]], [[Katowice Voivodeship]], [[Polish People's Republic]] (now [[Silesian Voivodeship]], [[Poland|Republic of Poland]]). Her father is a Clinicia psychologist and is of Polish descent and her mother, is an architect and is of German descent.

==Career==
=== Modelling and acting career ===
Ciesla started modeling at the age of 15 working for shows involved in fashion and dancing.<ref name="casting-agentur.de">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090207003458/http://www.casting-agentur.de/?cmd=interviews.detail&id=20 casting-agentur.de Interview mit dem Model Claudia Ciesla, 09. November 2007] {{in lang|de}}</ref>

In March 2006, Ciesla won a subscribers poll on the internet websites of ''[[Auto Bild]]'', ''Bild'', [[Sat.1]], [[T-Online]] and [[Kabel 1|Kabeleins]] to give her first place as ''Germany's Super Girl'' 2006.<ref name="ae">{{Cite web |url=http://www.autobild.de/artikel/Themen-Tuning-CClaudia-raeumt-ab_58049.html |title=Autobild Article, Supergirl 2006 |access-date=15 October 2007 |archive-date=17 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017100113/http://www.autobild.de/artikel/Themen-Tuning-CClaudia-raeumt-ab_58049.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2007 she told in an interview, that she plans after her modelling career to become a [[tax consultant]].<ref name="casting-agentur.de"/>

In the touristic season of 2007–2008 Ciesla was representing the snowrichest tourist Ski-Village in the World, [[Damüls]], Austria, as the ''Snow Queen 2008'' and was showing up for various events, promotional appearances and photo shoots for magazines, advertising and brochures including a cover shoot for the magazine “MOTOR-Freizeit and TRENDS“ in Austria.<ref>[http://cclaudia.wordpress.com/2007/12/24/claudia-ciesla-in-austria-chosen-as-snow-queen-2008/ "Claudia Ciesla in Österreich zur Schneekönigin gewählt – Claudia Ciesla in Austria chosen as Snow Queen."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718091451/http://cclaudia.wordpress.com/2007/12/24/claudia-ciesla-in-austria-chosen-as-snow-queen-2008/ |date=18 July 2011 }}, ''cclaudia.wordpress.com'', 24 December 2007</ref>

In 2007 and again in 2008 she was appearing on the German Internet soap opera ''Beach House'', playing Daisy Vandenburg.<ref>[http://www.clipfish.de/channel/247/video/2725283/beach-house-teaser-1 Clipfish Beach House Channel] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003151308/http://www.clipfish.de/channel/247/video/2725283/beach-house-teaser-1 |date=3 October 2008 }}</ref> ''[[The New Indian Express]]'' reported that Ciesla is acting in a [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Karma (2008 Indian film)|Karma]]'' along with leads Carlucci Weyant, Alma Saraci as part of an international film crew to be filmed in India.<ref>[http://www.cclaudia.net/english/images/dsc0512bbbpp777.jpg "Actor wants Ooty to be Hollywood crew's destination"]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''The New Indian Express'', 30 January 2008</ref> Film Director M.S. Shahjahan mentioned in an interview that there will be more assignments for Ciesla in Bollywood.<ref>[http://www.iefilmi.co.uk/content/bollywoodsmitten-claudia "Bollywood-smitten Claudia"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501042146/http://www.iefilmi.co.uk/content/bollywoodsmitten-claudia |date=1 May 2008 }}, ''India-EU Film Initiative'', 24 March 2008</ref><ref>"Süße Claudia-In Indien wird sie jetzt Kinostar", ''Bild'', 23 February 2008</ref>

In July 2008 Ciesla played "Claudia" in the Italian television sitcom ''Outsiders in Palermo'', shot in [[Palermo]].<ref>[http://www.ilove-sicilia.it/ils/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=910&Itemid=135 "Cronache di Sicilia"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206154224/http://www.ilove-sicilia.it/ils/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=910&Itemid=135 |date=6 February 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bild.de/BILD/muenchen/leute/2008/07/31/city-talk-bild-girl-claudia/italiener-sind-von-ihr-begeistert.html |title="BILD-online, 1. Aug. 2008" |date=31 July 2008 |access-date=26 August 2008 |archive-date=6 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206130122/http://www.bild.de/BILD/muenchen/leute/2008/07/31/city-talk-bild-girl-claudia/italiener-sind-von-ihr-begeistert.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=39589061 "Interview in ital. TV Kanal 7Gold"]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
[[File:Klaudia Cieśla 1419.jpg|right|thumb|Claudia in a photo shoot in 2006]]
[[File:Klaudia Cieśla 5439.jpg|right|thumb|Claudia in 2010]]
She played the role of a German journalist in the film ''[[10:10 (film)|10:10]]'' (directed by "Arin Paul"), together with [[Soumitra Chatterjee]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080808/jsp/entertainment/story_9661721.jsp |title=''The Telegraph of India'', August 8, 2008 |access-date=26 August 2008 |archive-date=27 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827080418/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080808/jsp/entertainment/story_9661721.jsp |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080823/jsp/calcutta/story_9731033.jsp |title=''The Telegraph of India'', August 23 , 2008 |access-date=26 August 2008 |archive-date=13 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913160424/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080823/jsp/calcutta/story_9731033.jsp |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/kultur/film/2009/1/11/news-104102484/detail.html |title=''DERWESTERN'', "Claudia Ciesla: Von Bamberg nach Bollywood", 11.01.2009 |access-date=25 August 2017 |archive-date=4 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204145405/http://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/kultur/film/2009/1/11/news-104102484/detail.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.imdb.de/title/tt1032754/ ]{{dead link|date=August 2013}}</ref>

Ciesla was the Brand Ambassador of the "[[Lovely Professional University]]". LPU also honoured her as "New promising foreign face in India".<ref>[http://www.bluebytes.info/newscheck/Lpu_DetailedNews.aspx?id=568024 ''The Deccan Chronicle'', July 2, 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721185736/http://www.bluebytes.info/newscheck/Lpu_DetailedNews.aspx?id=568024 |date=21 July 2011 }}</ref> She also visited [[Thapar University]] for promotion of her Punjabi film during their technical fest Aranya. On 26 November 2009, Ciesla was awarded with the prestigious Karmaveer Puraskaar, which is iCONGO’s National People’s Award for Social Justice and Action, honouring concerned citizens who have led change. Past recipients of the Karmaveer Puraskar include [[Kajol]], [[Alyque Padamsee]], [[Rahul Bose]], [[Remo Fernandes]] and [[M S Swaminathan]].<ref>[http://www.free-press-release.com/news-hollywood-actress-claudia-ciesla-wins-the-prestigious-karmaveer-puraskaar-1259377121.html FPR] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306024926/http://www.free-press-release.com/news-hollywood-actress-claudia-ciesla-wins-the-prestigious-karmaveer-puraskaar-1259377121.html |date=6 March 2012 }}, 27 November 2009</ref>

=== Bigg Boss and Bollywood entry ===
Ciesla participated in the reality show ''[[Bigg Boss (Hindi season 3)|Bigg Boss 3]]''. It began airing on 4 October 2009 on [[Colors TV|Colors]] with [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as the host. This was her first brush with Indian reality TV.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-26/tv/28100052_1_bigg-boss-reality-show-claudia-ciesla |title=''The Times of India'', September 26, 2009 |access-date=1 July 2013 |archive-date=25 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025161529/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-26/tv/28100052_1_bigg-boss-reality-show-claudia-ciesla |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> She was evicted on day 68, after spending 10 weeks on the show.

In December 2010 Ciesla attended the TV show ''[[Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout]]'' shot in [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina.<ref>[http://zorkajhatka.in/zorka-jhatka-total-wipeout-2/ official website of zorka-jhatka-total-wipeout, December 29, 2011] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106034204/http://zorkajhatka.in/zorka-jhatka-total-wipeout-2/ |date=6 January 2011 }}</ref> It is the Indian celebrity version of [[Wipeout (2008 U.S. game show)|''Wipeout'']] with [[Bollywood]] actor [[Shah Rukh Khan]] as the host. The show ended on 25 February 2011 with [[Kushal Punjabi]] as the winner, while Ciesla was the runner-up by 51 seconds, to come in second place.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kushal Punjabi Wins Zor Ka Jhatka |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?ID=ENTEN20110170304&keyword=television&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&nid=88011 |publisher=[[NDTV]] Movies |date=26 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714162435/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?ID=ENTEN20110170304&keyword=television&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&nid=88011 |archivedate=14 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kushal Punjabi wins 'Zor Ka Jhatka' |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv-/Kushal-Punjabi-wins-Zor-Ka-Jhatka/articleshow/7579277.cms |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=26 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302103615/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv-/Kushal-Punjabi-wins-Zor-Ka-Jhatka/articleshow/7579277.cms |archivedate=2 March 2011}}</ref>

Ciesla made her first mainstream appearance in 2012, when she did the item song "Balma", sharing screen space with [[Akshay Kumar]] in his film ''[[Khiladi 786]]''. The song is composed by [[Himesh Reshammiya]] and the dance is choreographed by Ganesh Acharya.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/KHILADI-786-RD-Burman-features-with-Akshay-in-new-song/Article1-946617.aspx |title=KHILADI 786: RD Burman features with Akshay in new song |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=18 October 2012 |accessdate=12 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320194757/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/KHILADI-786-RD-Burman-features-with-Akshay-in-new-song/Article1-946617.aspx |archivedate=20 March 2013}}</ref>

In 2016, she appeared in the third part of the successful Bollywood franchise [[Kyaa Kool Hain Hum (film series)|''Kyaa Kool Hain Hum'' film series]], titled ''[[Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3]]''. She was last seen dancing on a peppy number alongside [[Krushna Abhishek]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodbubble.com/videos/teri-bhabhi-hai-pagle-confused-lover-krushna-abhishek/ |title=Teri Bhabhi Hai Pagle: 'Confused Lover' Krushna gets groovy with Claudia |date=28 June 2018 |website=Bollywood Bubble |access-date=17 February 2019 |archive-date=18 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218081931/https://www.bollywoodbubble.com/videos/teri-bhabhi-hai-pagle-confused-lover-krushna-abhishek/ |url-status=live}}</ref> in the film [[Teri Bhabhi Hai Pagle]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/krushna-abhishek-and-claudia-ciesla-on-sets-of-teri-bhabhi-hain-pagle/19508164 |title=Krushna Abhishek and Claudia Ciesla on sets of Teri Bhabhi Hain Pagle |date=11 June 2018 |website=mid-day |access-date=17 February 2019 |archive-date=18 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218141718/https://www.mid-day.com/articles/krushna-abhishek-and-claudia-ciesla-on-sets-of-teri-bhabhi-hain-pagle/19508164 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Film !! Role !! Language !! Country
|-
| 2007 || ''Beach House'' || Daisy Vandenburg || German || Germany
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Karma (2008 Indian film)|Karma]]'' || Linda || English || United Kingdom
|-
| 2008 || ''Outsiders in Palermo'' || Claudia || Italian || Italy
|-
| 2008 || ''[[10:10 (film)|10:10]]'' || Serin || Bengali || India
|-
| TBA || ''Private Number'' || - || Kannada ||India
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Yaar Pardesi]]'' || Anna || Punjabi || India
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Khiladi 786]]'' || Special appearance in song "Balma" || Hindi || India
|-
| 2013 || ''@ Andheri'' || || Malayalam || India
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Desi Kattey]]'' || Special appearance in item song "Patne Wali Hoon" || Hindi || India
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3]]'' || Shakuntala (Sakku) || Hindi ||India
|-
| 2018 ||''[[Teri Bhabhi Hai Pagle]]'' || Special appearance in item song "Confused Lover" || Hindi || India
|}

== Television ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Name !! Role !! Channel !! Note !! Ref
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Bigg Boss (Hindi season 3)|Bigg Boss 3]]'' || Contestant (Evicted on Day 70 (semifinalist)|| [[Colors TV]] ||
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-bigg-boss-claudia-ciesla-gets-candid-with-fans/20091217.htm |title=Bigg Boss' Claudia Ciesla gets candid with fans |date=17 December 2009 |access-date=24 March 2019 |archive-date=24 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324204202/https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-bigg-boss-claudia-ciesla-gets-candid-with-fans/20091217.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout]]'' || Contestant (Evicted in 4th week)|| [[Imagine TV]] ||
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/feb/030211-informer-8.htm |title=Claudia Ciesla features in Zor Ka Jhatka |date=3 February 2011 |access-date=20 June 2019 |archive-date=20 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620053929/https://archive.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/feb/030211-informer-8.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Box Cricket League|Box Cricket League 2]]''|| Player || [[Colors TV]] || Jaipur Raj Joshiley ||<ref>{{cite web |title=200 Actors, 10 Teams, and 1 Winner... Let The Game Begin |url=https://www.india.com/showbiz/box-cricket-league-teams-bcl-2016-team-details-with-tv-actors-names-of-celebrities-1028570/ |work=India.com |accessdate=4 March 2016}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|}

==Personal life==
Ciesla was born an [[Ashkenazic]] devotee of [[Judaism]], though converted to [[Hinduism]] in 2009, after developing interest in [[Hindu culture]] and [[Hindu mythology|mythology]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Claudia wants to be a Hindu - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/claudia-wants-to-be-a-hindu/articleshow/4676139.cms |access-date=3 June 2021 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=GERMAN ACTRESS - ''Claudia Ciesla'' Converted to Hinduism |url=https://www.thehinduportal.com/2013/08/german-actress-claudia-ciesla-converted.html |access-date=13 June 2021 |website=THE HINDU PORTAL - spiritual media to elevate Indian culture, spirituality |language=en}}</ref> She is a self-proclaimed adherent of [[Lord Ganesha]] and is a [[Karma in Hinduism|Karma believer]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Global celebrities who have turned Hindu or have been touched by sanatana dharma |url=https://www.mynation.com/world/global-celebrities-who-have-been-touched-by-sanatan-dharma-hollywood-pjxrzi |access-date=13 June 2021 |website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Klaudia Cieśla}}
* {{official website|http://www.cclaudia.net}}
* {{IMDb name|2648536}}
* {{Twitter|id=ClaudiaCiesla|name=Claudia Ciesla}}
* {{Instagram|id=claudiaciesla|name=Claudia Ciesla}}

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