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Tamil Actress: Top 50 Tamil Actresses Name & Photos

Author Administrator | Updated: Saturday, March 2, 2024, 12:43 PM [IST]

Tamil Actress Photos: Tamil Movie Industry the second-largest film industry in India, is known for its wide array of films and rich content presentation. The industry has welcomed many talented actors and actresses, some of whom have received attention and accolades across the world. Here is a list of the top 50 leading actresses in Tamil cinema.

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Nayanthara

Nayanthara

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Nayanthara, aka Lady Superstar, is a South Indian actress who has acted in many Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu movies. After several commercial successes such as Chandramukhi, Ghajini, Billa, and Yaaradi Nee Mohini, Nayanthara has established herself as one of the most promising and sought-after actresses in South India. Personal LifeNayanthara was born on ...

Samantha Ruth Prabhu

Samantha Ruth Prabhu

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Samantha Ruth Prabhu is a South Indian actress and model who appears in Tamil and Telugu films. Born to Malayalee and Telugu parents, Samantha was brought up in Tamil Nadu and pursued a career in modelling during her late teens.Despite signing up for Ravi Varman's Moscowin Kaveri in mid-2007, her first major release was the critically acclaimed Gautham ...

Trisha Krishnan

Trisha Krishnan

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Trisha Krishnan is a prominent, award-winning actress in both Tamil and Telugu film industries. She rose to fame in the Tamil industry with her roles in movies, Saamy and Ghilli and the Telugu industry with her movie, Varsham.Born to Krishnan and Uma Krishnan, in Palakkad, the Tamil Iyer actress got her higher education in Ethiraj College, Chennai. Later, ...

Kajal Aggarwal

Kajal Aggarwal

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Kajal Aggarwal is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Telugu and Tamil films. She made her acting debut in the 2004 Hindi film Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na, playing a minor supporting role, before becoming a leading actress in the major South Indian film industries. She rose to fame after her performance as Yuvarani Mitravinda and Indu in the 2009 Telugu ...

Keerthi Suresh

Keerthi Suresh

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Keerthy Suresh is an actress in the South Indian film industry. Keerthy was a child actress in the early 2000s, and after graduating in fashion design, she returned to lead roles. She played her first lead role in the 2013 Malayalam film Geethaanjali and has signed up for films in the Tamil and Telugu languages as well.Early lifeKeerthy Suresh was born to ...

Priya Bhavani Shankar

Priya Bhavani Shankar

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Priya Bhavani Shankar is an Indian film actress, who has worked predominantly in Tamil movie industry. She has worked in popular movies like Monster, Meyaadha Maan  and Kadaikutty Singam. She has worked as News presenter in News Channel. She became very popular as a serial actress in Star Vijay Television's Kalyanam Mudhal Kadhal Varai.She began her ...

Gayathrie Shankar

Gayathrie Shankar

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Gayathrie Shankar is a Tamil film actress, who has appeared in leading roles. Her debut film, N. Krishna's Yen Ippadi Mayakkinai remains unreleased, though she made a breakthrough after featuring in the cult comedy Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom.Personal lifeHer family is of Tamil origin. Her grandfather from Trichy worked as army officer. She holds a ...

Ivana

Ivana

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Ivana (aka Aleena Shaji) is an Indian actress who primarily worked in Malayalam and Tamil films. She began her film career as a child artiste in the 2012 Malayali film Masters when she was 12 years old. Her portrayal in the Tamil film Naachiyar, for which she received a SIMMA and Filmfare Award nomination for best debutant actress in Tamil, helped to ...

Priya Mohan

Priya Mohan

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Priya Mohan is an Indian film Actress , who has worked predominantly in Tamil movie industry. Priya Mohan's previous film to hit the theatres was Valiyangadi in the year 2010.

Sai Pallavi

Sai Pallavi

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Sai Pallavi is an Indian film actress who predominantly works in Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam movies. She is known for her character in the Malayalam movies Premam, Middle-Class Abbayi, Love Story, and Gargi. She has numerous awards, including Filmfare Awards South, SIIMA Awards, Asianet Film Awards, and others.Personal LifeSai Pallavi was born on May 9, ...

Aishwarya Rajesh

Aishwarya Rajesh

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Aishwarya Rajesh is a South Indian film actress, who has appeared in leading roles. After winning the reality show Maanada Mayilada, she made her debut in Avargalum Ivargalum (2011) and became known after starring in Attakathi (2012) portraying the role of Amudha.Aishwarya's father Rajesh was an actor who had appeared in 50 films in Telugu. Her grandfather ...

Aishwarya Lekshmi

Aishwarya Lekshmi

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Aishwarya Lekshmi is a well-known actress and model who is mainly works in Malayalam and Tamil film industries. She is also famous for her best performances in the films like Mayanadhi, Varathan,Archana 31 Not Out. Personal Life Born in 1990 in Trivandrum, Kerala. After completing her higher secondary education, she earned  MBBS from Sree Narayana ...

Urvashi

Urvashi

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Kavitha Ranjini, known by the stage name Urvashi, is an Indian film actress, Television host and producer.Urvashi was born in Trivandrum, Kerala, to actor Chavara V. P. Nair and Vijayalakshmi. Her sisters, Kalaranjini and Kalpana, are also acclaimed actresses. She fell in love with Manoj K. Jayan and married him in 2000. On 11 October 2008, it was reported ...

Kovai Sarala

Kovai Sarala

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Kovai Sarala is a Tamil comedian actress who prominently plays supporting roles. Appearing in many Tamil films, she is also a regular guest judge on popular Tamil TV shows. ...

Nithya Menen

Nithya Menen

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Nithya Menen is an Indian film actress who acts in South Indian films.She made her film debut in  Malayalam Cinema in 2008 with the film Aakasha Gopuram directed by K.P.Kumaran. Nithya is best known for her performances in the films like Violin, Urumi, Bangalore Days, Mynaa and OK Kanmani.Personal Life Nithya Menen was born and brought up in Bangalore, ...

Jyothika

Jyothika

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Jyothika Sadanah Saravanan is an South Indian film actress who acted in several Tamil films. She also acted in a few Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi films. Her films includes Khushi, Kaaka Kaaka, Perazhagan, Chandramukhi and Mozhi.Personal lifeJyothika Saravanan was born to Chander Sadanah, a film producer, and Seema Sadanah on October 18, 1978 in ...

Varalaxmi Sarathkumar

Varalaxmi Sarathkumar

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Varalaxmi Sarathkumar also known as Varalaxmi, is an Indian film actress who has appeared in Tamil and Kannada language films. She made her debut with the Tamil film Podaa Podi (2012), portraying a London-based dancer.Early lifeVaralaxmi was born to actor Sarathkumar and Chaya on 5 March 1985, while her stepmother is Raadhika Sarathkumar. She is the eldest ...

Andrea Jeremiah

Andrea Jeremiah

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Andrea Jeremiah is a Tamil playback singer, film actress and a model. She has acted in a couple Kollywood films, most notably with R. Sarath Kumar in Pachaikili Muthucharam directed by Gautham Menon. She was moreover widely known as a notable singer and has sung popular Tamil songs composed by Harris Jayaraj (such as Kannum Kannum Nokia from Anniyan ...

Raashi Khanna

Raashi Khanna

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Raashi Khanna is an Indian actress and model who predominantly works in the Telugu film industry. She debuted as an actress with the Hindi film Madras Cafe and made her debut in Telugu with the successful Oohalu Gusagusalade (2014).She followed this with a cameo appearance in Manam (2014). Later she appeared in commercially successful films like Bengal ...

Anushka Shetty

Anushka Shetty

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Anushka Shetty is an Indian film actress who works predominantly in Telugu and Tamil films. She was introduced by Puri Jagannath in the movie Super. She was mainly known for choosing female-centric movies like Arundathi, Rudharamadevi, Size Zero, and many others.BackgroundAnushka Shetty was born into a Tulu-speaking family hailing from Mangalore and pursued ...

Priyanka Arul Mohan

Priyanka Arul Mohan

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Priyanka Arul Mohan is an Indian model and film Actress, who has worked predominantly in Telugu, Kannada and Tamil movie industry. She made her acting debut through Kannada movie Ondh Kathe Hella directed by Girish Girija Joshi in the year 2019. Priya made Telugu debut through Nani - Vikram K Kumar's thriller movie Gang Leader and also she is part of Tamil ...

Manju Warrier

Manju Warrier

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Manju Warrier is an Indian actor and dancer who primarly works in Malayalam and Tamil film industries.She is one of the highest paid actresses of Mollywood and best known for her performances in the movies Kaliyattam, Aaraam Thampuran,Summer In Bethlahem, How Old Are You, Lucifer and many more. Manju won a the National film  award-special mention for ...

Sheela Rajkumar

Sheela Rajkumar

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Sheela Rajkumar is a Tamil Actress and Bharatanatyam Dancer. She made her acting debut in television series, notably Azhagiya Tamil Magal (2017). She debuted in movies with the National Award winng movie 'To Let'. ...

Pooja Hegde

Pooja Hegde

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Pooja Hegde is an Indian model and actress who appears mainly in Telugu and Hindi films. Born on October 13, 1990, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Pooja Hegde hails from the Tulu-speaking Bunt community. Her academic journey took place at Maneckji Cooper Education Trust School in Mumbai, while her higher education was pursued at M. M. K. College, where ...

Rashmika Mandanna

Rashmika Mandanna

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Rashmika Mandanna is an Indian film actress and model who predominantly appears in Kannada, Telugu, and Tamil films. She makes her Sandalwood debut with the film Kirik Party. She holds awards from SIIMA, Filmfare, and many others for her popular role in the Geetha Govindham. Dear Comrade, Pushpa, and her debut movie, Kirik PartyEarly lifeRashmika was born ...

Amala Paul

Amala Paul

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Amala Paul is an Indian film actress, who works primarily in the Tamil film industry. After appearing in supporting roles in a few low budget ventures, she was acclaimed for the portrayal of a controversial character in the film, Sindhu Samaveli. Despite the failure of that film, Amala became noted after playing the title role in Mynaa, receiving critical ...

Nivedhithaa Sathish

Nivedhithaa Sathish

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Nivedhithaa Sathish is a South Indian actress who works predominantly in the Tamil and Telugu film industries. She debuted with the movie 'Magalir Mattum' as younger Subbulakshmi in Tamil and she debuted with the movie Hello in Telugu.Nivedhithaa shot to fame for her role in the web series "Sillukarupatti" as the airy yet wise ...

Nazriya Nazim

Nazriya Nazim

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Nazriya Nazim (born 20 December 1994) is an Indian film actress, producer and television hostess in the South film industry. She made her debut as a child artist with Palunku (2006) and as a lead actress in the Malayalam film Maad Dad (2013). She has went on to star in films such as Raja Rani (2013), Ohm Shanthi Oshaana (2014), Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2014), ...

Kalyani Priyadarshan

Kalyani Priyadarshan

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Kalyani Priyadarshan is an Indian actress. Her parents are the noted film celebrities, Priyadarshan and Lissy. Kalyani Priyadarshan was born to director Priyadarshan and actress Lissy. She also has a younger brother named Siddharth.Acting CareerKalyani made her acting debut through Akhil Akkineni's Hello movie under Manam fame Vikram K Kumar's direction. ...

Iswarya Menon

Iswarya Menon

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Iswarya Menon is an Indian film Actress, who has worked predominantly in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam movie industries . She has worked in popular movies like Veera, Monsoon Mangoes.Iswarya Menon was first seen in Thendral Tamil serial On Sun tv, Later she debuted in comedy film Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru and its Telugu version Something ...

Nidhhi Agerwal

Nidhhi Agerwal

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Nidhhi Agerwal is an Indian model, dancer, and actress who appears in Bollywood and Telugu films. In 2017, she made her acting debut in the film Munna Michael and also received the Zee Cine Award for the best female debut.She made her Telugu debut via Savyasachi and her Tamil debut via Eeshwaran and was also well appreciated for the performance she ...

Rakul Preet Singh

Rakul Preet Singh

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Rakul Preet Singh is an Indian film actress who appears both in South and Hindi film industry. She did her schooling from Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan. She has been an active golf player and played nationals. Rakul was a student of Mathematics at Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, and had been engaged in modeling for more than two years before ...

Sanchana Natarajan

Sanchana Natarajan

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Sanchana Natarajan is an Indian film Actress , who has worked predominantly in Tamil movie industry. Sanchana Natarajan's previous film to hit the theatres was Por in the year 2024.

Ramya Krishnan

Ramya Krishnan

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Ramya Krishnan is a successful multilingual actress in commercial Indian cinema. She also holds a rare record of acting in five languages, namely Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi. She has played such diverse roles as a glam doll, a caring wife, a devoted mom, an arrogant vamp, and even a goddess.The south Indian actress has a long career ...

Priya Anand

Priya Anand

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Priya Anand is an Indian Tamil film actress and model. She appears in Tamil & Telugu films. Priya was born to a half Telugu, half Marathi father Bharadwaj Anand & a Tamil mother Radha. She is the only child of the couple & she was brought up in both Chennai & Hyderabad, so became fluent in Tamil & Telugu. She studied communications & ...

Shruti Haasan

Shruti Haasan

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Shruti Haasan is an Indian singer turned actress. Shruti Rajalakshmi Haasan was born to actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika on January 28, 1986 in Chennai, India. She also has a younger sister named Akshara, who represents India nationally for Ballroom Latin dancing. Haasan studied at the Lady Andal in Chennai, until 10th grade, after which she moved to Mumbai ...

Malavika Mohanan

Malavika Mohanan

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Malavika Mohanan is an actress, who has predominantly worked in the Malayalam and Tamil films. Malavika is the daughter of cinematographer K. U. Mohanan and Beena Mohanan. She hails from Payyanur in Kannur, Kerala. She made her acting debut with the romantic drama Pattam Pole (2013). Malavika made her debute in Tamil with Superstar's Petta as Poongodi Malik ...

Regina Cassandra

Regina Cassandra

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Regina Cassandra is an Indian film actress appearing in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films. She started anchoring when she was nine for Splash, a kids' channel and then moved on to work in commercials.She also acted in several short films, most notably Balaji Mohan's Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi alongside Adith Arun, which was later made into a feature film ...

Amy Jackson

Amy Jackson

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Amy Louise Jackson is a British model, actress and Miss Teen World 2008. Jackson is from Knowsley, Liverpool, United Kingdom. Amy revealed that she was dating hotelier George Panayiotou, the son of British-Cypriot businessman Andreas Panayiotou. She announced that she is pregnant with her first child. On 6 May 2019, Jackson and Panayiotou became ...

Indhuja

Indhuja

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Indhuja is an Indian film Actress , who has worked predominantly in Tamil movie industry. Indhuja's previous film to hit the theatres was Parking in the year 2023.

Vani Bhojan

Vani Bhojan

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Vani Bhojan is an south Indian actress, model. She debuted in Tv serial along with Krishna in 'Deivamagal' telecasted in Sun Tv. She is also known well as ‘Deivamagal Sathya’. Earlier she acted in Commercial advertisment and then started feature in TV Serials.Vani Bhojan was born in Ooty, Nilgiri District, Tamilnadu. She did her Schooling in She School, ...

Tamannaah Bhatia

Tamannaah Bhatia

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Tamannaah Bhatia is a South Indian actress who works in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi films. She was born on December 21, 1989, in Mumbai, India. She began her career as a model and appeared in several music albums and television commercials. She made her film debut in the 2005 Hindi film Chand Sa Roshan Chehra.Tamannaah has starred in over 60 films and has won ...

Shriya Saran

Shriya Saran

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Shriya Saran is an Indian film actor. She began her career, acting in music videos, while also attending an acting studio to follow her dream to act. After her debut in 2001 with Ishtam, she gained Telugu cinema's attention in 2002 by playing the role of Bhanu in Santhosham, her first major hit.Following the film she appeared in several Telugu films with ...

Amritha Aiyer

Amritha Aiyer

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Amirtha is an Indian film Actress, who has worked predominantly in Tamil movie industry. She has worked in popular movies like Bigil , Kaali. Her previous film to hit the theatres was Bigil in the year 2019.  She played a role of Captain Thendral in Bigil. Amirtha is making her Kannada debut alongside Vinay Rajkumar in Gramayana. ...

Nivetha Pethuraj

Nivetha Pethuraj

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Nivetha Pethuraj, is an Indian film actress and model who appears in Tamil language films. She started her career with modelling and was crowned as Miss India UAE pageant by beating 15 contestants at Al Raha Beach hotel in Abu Dhabi on April 11, 2015.She made her acting debut in a Tamil drama Oru Naal Koothu. Nivetha Pethuraj was born in Madurai to a Tamil ...

Sakshi Agarwal

Sakshi Agarwal

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Sakshi Agarwal is a Tamil film actress. She started her career model in Bangalore and also worked in two Kannada films, Sandalwood before she began working on Tamil films. She worked in an MNC as a Business Consultant before she decided to pursue her passion in the film industry. Sakshi has also worked on many TV commercials.Sakshi was born in Almora and ...

Shivani Narayanan

Shivani Narayanan

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Shivani Narayanan is an Indian model and film Actress, who has worked predominantly in Tamil movie industry. She became very popular as a serial actress in Star Vijay Television's Pagal Nilavu.Shivani is a part of Bigg Boss Tamil season 4 hosted by Kamal Haasan which telecast on Vijay TV. ...

Ammu Abhirami

Ammu Abhirami

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Ammu Abhirami is an Indian film Actress , who has worked predominantly in Tamil movie industry. Ammu Abhirami's previous film to hit the theatres was Hot Spot in the year 2024.

Janani Iyer

Janani Iyer

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Janani Iyer is an Indian actress and model. She started her modelling career during her studies and appeared in over 150 television advertisements before getting signed by director Bala to essay the lead female role in the Tamil feature film Avan Ivan.Born & Brought upJanani Iyer was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India into a Tamil family. Brought up in ...

Nandita Swetha

Nandita Swetha

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Nandita Swetha is an Indian film actress, who appears in Tamil and Kannada films. She began her acting career in a Kannada film Nanda Loves Nanditha as Nandita and hence adopted the name Nandita. Later she made her acting debut in Tamil Language with the 2012 comedy film Attakathi, which won her plaudits for her role.She went on to star in Ethir ...

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