Samantha Ruth Prabhu is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Telugu and Tamil films. One of the highest paid and popular actresses of South India, she made her acting debut in 2010 as a small role in Gautham Vasudev Menon's Tamil romance film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, which was simultaneously made in Telugu as Ye Maaya Chesave in which she played a Lead Role . The former film earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South and a Nandi Award. In 2012, Samantha featured in live action Telugu-Tamil bilingual project Eega (Naan Ee). The film received positive reviews in both Telugu and Tamil languages and it was one of the highest-grossing Telugu films of the year, earning 1.15 billion globally. Her performance as a micro artist who runs a NGO and takes revenge for the murder of her lover earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress. In the same year, she appeared in the trilingual romantic drama Neethaane En Ponvasantham (2012). The film earned her praise from critics, and Samantha won her first Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress. 2012 became her most prolific award-winning year and she secured further recognition for Best Actress at the Vijay Awards, Santosham Film Awards and the CineMAA Awards. Popular playback singer and dubbing artist Chinmayi Sripada has been the voice of Samantha in most of her Telugu language films right from her debut in Ye Maaya Chesave. She has also dubbed for Samantha in a few of her Tamil and Hindi language films.
Between 2013 and 2015, Samantha mostly appeared in leading female roles in hero-centric Tamil as well as Telugu films, such as the Tamil-language action-drama Anjaan (2014), social action Kaththi (2014), and action-drama 10 Endrathukulla (2014). This film, along with Theri, and 24 (both 2016), and Mersal (2017) earned her nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress. Other film appearances include the comedy family drama Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2013), action drama Attarintiki Daredi (2013), fantasy-drama Manam (2014), and action comedy Rabhasa (2014). Her work in the Telugu film A Aa (2016) won her a fourth Filmfare Award. Samantha starred in the second season of the Amazon Prime Video series The Family Man in 2021.
Films
+ Year Title Role(s) Language(s) Notes 2010 Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa Nandini Tamil Debut Ye Maaya Chesave Jessie Thekekuthu Telugu Debut as Lead Baana Kaathadi PriyaTamil Moscowin Kavery Kaveri Thangavelu Brindavanam Indu Telugu2011 Dookudu Prashanthi Nadunisi Naaygal Asylum patient Tamil Cameo appearance 2012 Ekk Deewana Tha Samantha Hindi Eega Bindu Telugu Bilingual film Naan EeTamil Neethaane En Ponvasantham Nithya Vasudevan Yeto Vellipoyindhi ManasuNithya YelavarthiTelugu 2013 Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu Geetha Jabardasth Shreya Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru Herself TamilCameo Attarintiki Daredi Sashi Telugu Ramayya Vasthavayya Akarsha2014 Manam Krishnaveni and Priya Autonagar Surya Sirisha Alludu Seenu Anjali Rabhasa Indu Anjaan Jeeva Tamil Kaththi Ankitha 2015 S/O Satyamurthy Sameera / Subbalakshmi Telugu 10 Endrathukulla Shakila and Gadgi Moi Tamil Thanga MaganYamuna Thamizh2016 Bangalore NaatkalGrace Francis Cameo Theri Mithra Vijaykumar 24 Sathyabhama "Sathya" Brahmotsavam Brahma Telugu A Aa Anasuya Ramalingam Janatha Garage Bujji2017 Raju Gari Gadhi 2 Amrutha Mersal Tara Tamil2018 Rangasthalam Rama LakshmiTelugu Mahanati Madhuravani Irumbu Thirai Dr. Rathi Devi TamilSeemaraja Sudhanthira Selvi (Silambu Selvi) U Turn Rachana TamilTelugu Bilingual film 2019 Super Deluxe Vaembu Tamil Majili Sravani Telugu Oh! BabySavithri / B. Swathi "Baby" Manmadhudu 2 Architecture student Cameo 2020 Jaanu Janaki Devi "Jaanu" 2021Pushpa: The Rise Dancer Special appearance in the song "Oo Antava Oo Oo Antava"2022Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal Khatija Begum TamilYashodaYashodaTelugu2023ShaakuntalamShakuntala Kushi Aradhya Rao 2025 Subham Maya Matasri Cameo appearance; Also producer2026 Maa Inti Bangaaram Swarna / Jhansi Also producer
Television
+ Year Title Role Platform Language Notes 2020 Bigg Boss Season 4HostStar MaaTeluguDusshera special episode 2020–2021Sam JamHostAhaTalk show 2021 The Family Man: Season 2 Rajalekshmi "Raji" Sekharan Amazon Prime Video Hindi Season 2 2024 Citadel: Honey Bunny Hanimandakini "Honey" Raj TBA Netflix Filming TBA Host Sony Vizha Tamil
Music videos + Year Title Composer Language 2010 "Semmozhiyaana Thamizh Mozhiyaam" A. R. Rahman Tamil
See also List of awards and nominations received by Samantha Ruth Prabhu
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