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Samantha Ruth Prabhu is an Indian Actress and Model. She has established a career in the Telugu and Tamil film industries, and is a recipient of three Filmfare Awards.
Samantha was born and raised in Chennai to parents of Telugu and Malayali ancestry, and as an undergraduate pursuing a degree in commerce, she worked part-time on modelling assignments.
She soon received offers for film roles, and made her acting debut in Gautham Menon’s critically acclaimed Telugu romance film, ‘Ye Maaya Chesave’ (2010), which fetched her the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Actress and a Nandi Award. Samantha then became the second actress ever to win both the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress and the Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress in the same year, for her performances in the films ‘Neethaane En Ponvasantham’ (2012) and ‘Eega’ (2012). Since then, she has primarily opted to appear in the leading female role in hero-centric films, earning box office success with ‘Dookudu’ (2011), the family dramas ‘Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu’ (2012) and ‘Attarintiki Daredi’ (2013) as well as with the Tamil films, ‘Kaththi’ (2014), ‘Theri’ (2016) and ’24’ (2016).
Alongside her acting career, Samantha is a prominent celebrity endorser for brands and products, while she also started her own NGO, Pratyusha Support, to provide medical support for women and children in 2012. She donates her earnings from endorsements, product launches and inauguration events to support the foundation.
Samantha did more than 30 films, some of the recent films are ‘Manam’, ‘Brahmotsavam’, ‘A Aa’, ‘Janatha Garage’.
Samantha is now working on ‘Irumbu Thirai’, ‘Aneethi Kathaigal’, ‘Vijay 61’, ‘Raju Gari Gadhi 2’.
