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Samantha Ruth Prabhu
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Samantha at a press conference for the 61st Filmfare Awards South, 2014
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Born | Samantha Ruth Prabhu 28 April 1987 Pallavaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Education | B.Com |
Alma mater | Stella Maris College, Chennai |
Occupation | Model, actress |
Years active | 2007–present |
Home town | Chennai |
Parents | Prabhu Ninette Prabhu |
Samantha Ruth Prabhu (born 28 April 1987) is an Indian film actress and model, who mainly works in the Telugu and Tamil film industries. Samantha was raised in Chennai and pursued a career in modelling during her late teens. Despite signing up to Ravi Varman's Moscowin Kavery in 2007, her first release was the critically acclaimed 2010 Telugu romance film, Ye Maaya Chesave directed by Gautham Menon, which fetched her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South. She went on to appear in several commercially successful Telugu films. In mid 2012, Samantha started a charity organization named Pratyusha Support for the underprevileged woman and children.
In 2013, Samantha became the second actress after Revathi to win both the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress and the Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress in the same year, for the films Neethaane En Ponvasantham and Eega, respectively. She received SIIMA award for Best Actress - Telugu for Attarintiki Daredi in 2014.
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