Samantha Akkineni filmography

Samantha in 2014

Samantha Akkineni is an Indian actress and model who works primarily in Telugu and Tamil films. She made her acting debut in 2010 with Gautham Menon's Telugu romance film Ye Maaya Chesave and its simultaneously-filmed Tamil version Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa. The former fetched her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South and a Nandi Award.[1][2][3] Samantha later won both the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress and the Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress for her performances in the 2012 films Neethaane En Ponvasantham and Eega, respectively. Since then, she has primarily opted to appear in the leading female role in hero-centric films such as the Telugu films Dookudu (2011), Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu (2012), Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2012) and Attarintiki Daredi (2013) and the Tamil film Kaththi (2014). This film, along with Theri and 24 (both 2016) earned her nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress. Her work in the Telugu film A Aa (2016) won her a fourth Filmfare Award.[4]

Films

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Title Year Role(s) Director Language(s) Notes Ref.
Ye Maaya Chesave 2010 Jessie Gautham Menon Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Debut Actress
Nominated Filmfare Award for Best Actress — Telugu
[5]
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa 2010 Nandini Gautham Menon Tamil Cameo appearance [6]
Baana Kaathadi 2010 Priya Badri Venkatesh Tamil [7]
Moscowin Kavery 2010 Kavery Ravi Varman Tamil [8]
Brindavanam 2010 Indu Vamsi Paidipally Telugu [9]
Nadunisi Naaygal 2011 Asylum patient Gautham Menon Tamil Cameo appearance [10]
Dookudu 2011 Prashanthi Srinu Vaitla Telugu Nominated — Filmfare Award for Best Actress — Telugu [11]
Ekk Deewana Tha 2012 Samantha Gautham Menon Hindi Cameo appearance [12]
Eega 2012 Bindu S. S. Rajamouli Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu [13]
Naan Ee 2012 S. S. Rajamouli Tamil [14]
Neethaane En Ponvasantham 2012 Nithya Vasudevan Gautham Menon Tamil Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Tamil [15]
Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu 2012 Nithya Yelavarthy Gautham Menon Telugu [16]
Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu 2013 Geetha Srikanth Addala Telugu [17]
Jabardasth 2013 Shreya B. V. Nandini Reddy Telugu [18]
Something Something 2013 Unknown Sundar C. Telugu Cameo appearance [19]
Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru 2013 Sundar C. Tamil Cameo appearance [20]
Attarintiki Daredi 2013 Sashi Trivikram Srinivas Telugu Nominated — Filmfare Award for Best Actress — Telugu [21]
Ramayya Vasthavayya 2013 Akarsha Harish Shankar Telugu [22]
Manam 2014 Krishnaveni and Priya[lower-alpha 1] Vikram Kumar TeluguNominated — Filmfare Award for Best Actress — Telugu [23]
Autonagar Surya 2014 Sirisha Deva Katta Telugu [24]
Alludu Seenu 2014 Anjali V. V. Vinayak Telugu [25]
Anjaan 2014 Jeeva N. Lingusamy Tamil [26]
Rabhasa 2014 Indu Santosh Srinivas Telugu [27]
Kaththi 2014 Ankitha AR Murugadoss Tamil Nominated — Filmfare Award for Best Actress — Tamil [28]
S/O Satyamurthy 2015 Sameera Trivikram Srinivas Telugu [29]
10 Endrathukulla 2015 Shakila and Gadgi Moi[lower-alpha 1] Vijay Milton Tamil [30]
[31]
Thanga Magan 2015 Yamuna Velraj Tamil [32]
Bangalore Naatkal 2016 Grace Bhaskar TamilCameo appearance [33]
Theri 2016 Mithra Atlee TamilNominated — Filmfare Award for Best Actress — Tamil [34]
24 2016 Sathya Vikram Kumar Tamil Nominated — Filmfare Award for Best Actress — Tamil [35]
Brahmotsavam 2016 Unnamed NRI from London Srikanth Addala Telugu [36]
A Aa 2016 Anasuya Ramalingam Trivikram Srinivas Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu [37]
Janatha Garage 2016 Bujji Koratala Siva Telugu [38]
Raju Gari Gadhi 2 2017 Amrutha Ohmkar Telugu [39]
Mersal 2017 Tara Atlee Tamil [40]
Rangasthalam 2018 Rama Lakshmi Sukumar Telugu [41]
Mahanati 2018 Madhuravani Nag Ashwin Telugu [42]
Nadigaiyar Thilagam 2018 Nag Ashwin Tamil [43]
Irumbu Thirai 2018 Rathi Devi P. S. Mithran Tamil [44]
Seema Raja 2018 Sundhanthira Selvi Ponram Tamil [45]
U Turn 2018 Rachana Pawan Kumar Tamil [46]
2018 Pawan Kumar Telugu [47]
Super Deluxe Films that have not yet been released 2018 Vaembu Thiagarajan Kumararaja Tamil Filming [48]
Untitled film Films that have not yet been released TBA TBA Shiva Nirvana Telugu Filming [49]

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Samantha performed dual roles in the film.

References

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