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Samantha Ruth Prabhu | |
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 Samantha in 2023 | |
| Born | 28 April 1987 Madras, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Other names | Samantha Akkineni |
| Alma mater | Stella Maris College, Chennai |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Works | Full list |
| Spouse |
Naga Chaitanya
(m. 2017; div. 2021) |
| Awards | Full list |
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Samantha Ruth Prabhu (formerly Akkineni; born 28 April 1987) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Telugu and Tamil films.[2][3] She is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards South.
After a brief stint as a model while pursuing a degree in commerce, Samantha made her acting debut in the Telugu romance film Ye Maaya Chesave (2010), winning the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South. She became the second actress to win both the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil and Best Actress – Telugu in the same year, for her performances in the 2012 films Neethaane En Ponvasantham and Eega, respectively. Over the next few years, she played the leading lady in top-grossing androcentric films such as Dookudu (2011), Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2012), Attarintiki Daredi (2013), Kaththi (2014), Theri (2016), 24 (2016), Mersal (2017), and Rangasthalam (2018). Her performance in A Aa (2016) won Samantha her fourth Filmfare Award, and she gained further praise for her performances in Mahanati (2018), Super Deluxe (2019), and Majili (2019), and the Amazon Prime Video thriller series The Family Man (2021). The last of these earned her a Filmfare OTT Award. In 2023, she had two critical and commercial failures in Shaakuntalam and Kushi.[4][5]
Samantha is the founder of a charitable trust Pratyusha Support.
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