Anu Hasan (born Anuradha Chandrahasan) is an Indian-born British actress and TV anchor. She works predominantly in Indian and British cinema and television industry. She made her film debut in the critically acclaimed Indira (1995) and has since appeared in many Tamil films, playing minor roles. She hosted the celebrity talk show Koffee with Anu on the Tamil channel Vijay for three seasons.
Early life Anu did her schooling at St.Joseph's Anglo Indian Girls Higher Secondary School, Trichy and RSK Higher Secondary School and earned a MSc degree in Physics and Management from BITS Pilani (1988–1993).
In 2011, she married British investment banker Graham Jay.
Career By 2000, she ventured into television, acting first in the series Anbulla Snehgidhiye, which was adapted from Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's award-winning novel Sister of My Heart. She then starred in a number of TV series like Avan Aval Avargal, Ammaavukku Rendula Raagu and Vivahita (Malayalam), following which she turned anchor for the celebrity talk show Koffee with Anu (named after herself), aired on STAR Vijay. The show, which she hosted for over four years, soon became very popular and made her ultimately a household name in Tamil Nadu.
In 2014 she joined the Ask How India social movement and made a series of videos pertaining to social issues.Video Series for Ask How India
In addition, Anu has worked as a dubbing artiste, lending her voice for many non-Tamil-speaking actresses, including Raveena Tandon, Preity Zinta and Geetu Mohandas.
She writes a monthly column for Just for Women (India) magazine.
Author Books Sunny Side Up (2015) – Self Help English Book.
Filmography
Films Year Title Role Language Notes 1995 Indira Indira Tamil 2001 Aalavandhan/Abhay Vijay and Nandu's mother Tamil/Hindi Guest appearance, Bilingual film 2002 Run Siva's sister Tamil Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress 2003 Nala Damayanthi Ammulu Tamil Anjaneya Paramaguru's sister Tamil 2008 Akku Anu Tamil Santhosh Subramaniam Tamil Guest appearance Dhaam Dhoom Sarasu Tamil 2009 Sarvam Geetha Eashwar Tamil Guest appearance Aadhavan Anu Tamil Evaraina Epudaina Venkat's sister-in-law Telugu 2010 Maanja Velu Mrs. Bose Tamil Irandu Mugam Sarveswaran's wife Tamil Thottupaar Tamil 2011 Ko Herself Tamil Cameo appearance Red Building Where The Sun Sets English 2012 Endukante... Premanta! Revathi Telugu Dead Point Anwar's mother Arabic Ullam Tamil 2013 Kunthapura Gowri Iyer Malayalam 2014 1: Nenokkadine Kalyani Telugu 2017 Valla Desam Anu Tamil Is This Now Ms. Murray English 2018 Keni Suganthi Tamil Chi La Sow Arjun's mother Telugu 2019 Vaakku Malayalam 2020 Putham Pudhu Kaalai Saras Tamil Amazon Prime film;Segment Coffee, Anyone?2023 Ustaad Gayathri Telugu Bubblegum Ramya 2025AnaganagaRani AmmaPatangShekar’s wife
Television Title Genre Role Language Anbulla Snegithiyae TV series Tamil Boom Boom Shakalaka TV series Tamil Ammaavukku Rendula Raagu TV series Tamil Vivahita TV series Malayalam Koffee with Anu Talk show Host Tamil Rekha IPS TV series Rekha Tamil Tharkappu Kalai Theeratha TV series Appa Tamil Anu Alavum Bayam Illai Reality show Host Tamil En Samayal Araiyil Reality show Host Tamil Kannadi Reality show Host Tamil Golmaal Gouramma TV series Kannada Hollyoaks Soap opera Kameela English Cucumber Drama Shoona Merchandani English My Jihad – Episodes 3 and 4 Drama Noor English Ackley Bridge Soap opera English EastEnders Soap opera Fatima Inzamam English Emmerdale Soap opera English Vaanga Pesalam Talk show Host Tamil Bigg Boss 4 Reality show Special guest Tamil
Dubbing artist Preity Zinta (Uyire..) Raveena Tandon (Aalavandhan) Geethu Mohandas (Nala Damayanthi) Notes
References
External links
About Anu Hasan