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Yana Gupta
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Yana Gupta, born Jana Synková, on April 23, 1979, is an Indian model-actress of Czech-origin currently working in India.

Gupta was married to Indian painter Satyakam Gupta, although they formally separated on 18th May 2005. She has appeared on numerous magazine covers, including ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Femina, and now on Maxim. Gupta modeled for the premier Kingfisher's calendar and has performed dance numbers in three films including the remix of babuji zara dheere chalo.

Before her career in Bollywood, Gupta modeled for international clients like Calvin Klein and Victoria's Secret. She drew much attention in Europe. Gupta made her big screen debut in the Bollywood movie "Dum" for the song 'Babuji' which made her famous for cameo item numbers. Her recent appearances have been in Tamil film cameo item numbers. They are: Film Manmadhan - Song thathai thathai and Film Anniyan - Song Remo Telugu film Gharshana - Song "Aadathanamaa".

Gupta was named the new face for Lakme cosmetics in 2001, replacing its former model Lisa Ray. Besides her native Czech language, she can also speak Spanish, Japanese, English and some Hindi. She is also a vegetarian, is a member of PETA, and has been featured in its campaigns. She has also appeared in a Kannada movie named Jogi.

Gupta played the role of a TV anchor on the countdown show "Mirch Masala" on ZoomTV where she danced to famous dance numbers, however the show is currently off the air. She spends her free time in the gym. Now she is planning to launch her own music album, and she will write, compose the music and sing the songs. All the songs will be in English, and she won't be accepting any other offers until she is done with this project.

Gupta recently signed up with a leading mobile and PC games company Indiagames as brand ambassador and will be featured in several interesting games and applications related to fitness, puzzles etc. Earlier she was dating Aftab Shivdasani until they both called it quit this year May 2007. She is currently dating actor and model, Kelly Dorji (ex-boyfriend of Lara Dutta).