1. Yana Gupta is a Czech-Indian model and actress.

2. She was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia on April 23, 1979 to a Czech father and an Indian mother.

3. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother raised her with difficulty.

4. She started modeling at age 16 after being discovered by a local talent scout.

5. She moved to Japan and modeled there for a time.

6. She came to India in the late 1990s and stayed at an ashram of Osho in Pune.

7. She married artist Satyakam Gupta and changed her last name to Gupta.

8. She became the brand ambassador of Lakme.

9. She has appeared in several Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu movies, including Murder 2, Chalo Dilli, Manorama Six Feet Under, and Jogi.