Sukanya (actress)

Sukanya
Sukanya
Born	Sukanyarani; 8 July 1969; Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actress, Music Composer, Lyricist, Bharatanatyam Dancer
Years active	1991–2000; 2004-present
Spouse(s)	Sridharan Rajagopalan; (m. 2002; div. 2003)
Parent(s)	Father : Ramesh; Mother : Bharathi
Awards	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Malayalam, Tamil Nadu State Award for Best Actress

Sukanya (born 8 July 1969) is an Indian-American Bharatnatyam dancer, playback singer, film actress, music composer and voice actor. She has predominantly acted in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu films. She was the leading actress from 1991 to 1997. She has also composed two Vaishnava devotional albums namely Azhagu and Thirupathi Thirukudai Thiruvizha.

Personal life

Sukanya was named Sukanyarani at birth and she hails from Chennai. Her father Ramesh is a businessman and her mother Bharathi is a homemaker. Having strong support from her mother, Sukanya was trained in Bharatanatyam at kalakshetra. She was first associated with media programs and from there she established herself as an actor in films. She was one of the leading actress from 1991 to 1997. Sukanya married Sridharan Rajagopalan in 2002 at the United States. The couple have 1 daughter. Later she got divorced in 2003 and came back to Chennai to resume her acting career from 2003.

Filmography

Tamil

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1991	Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu	Krishnaveni	Debut film
1991	MGR Nagaril	Shobana
1992	Chinna Gounder	Deivanai	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
1992	Kottai Vaasal	Vasanthi
1992	Thirumathi Palanisamy	Amsaveni
1992	Thambi Pondatti	Sumathi
1992	Senthamizh Paattu	Durga devi
1992	Ilavarasan	Poongothai
1992	Solaiyamma	Solaiyamma
1993	Chinna Mapillai	Janaki
1993	Walter Vetrivel	Sumathi
1993	Udan Pirappu	Bhavani
1993	Aadhityan	Rasathi
1993	Sakkarai Devan	Sarasu
1993	Karuppu Vellai	Swarna
1993	Thalattu	Revathi
1993	Chinna Jameen	Sathya
1994	Captain	Uma
1994	Seeman	Bakkiyam
1994	Vandicholai Chinraasu	Parvathi
1994	Mahanadi	Yamuna
1994	Raja Pandi	Bhuvana
1995	Mr. Madras	Meera
1996	Mahaprabhu	Mahalakshmi
1996	Puthiya Parasakthi	Parasakthi
1996	Indian	Amrithavalli
1996	Parivattam
1996	Senathipathi	Meenakshi
1996	Gnanapazham	Aarthi
1997	Aahaa	Geetha
1997	Gopura Deepam	Meena
1997	Thambi Durai	Shenbagam
2000	Good Luck	Devi
2000	Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven	Surya's mother
2001	Krishna Krishna	Bama
2002	Sri Bannari Amman		Special appearance
2004	Adi Thadi	Mrs.Surya
2004	Campus	Priya
2006	Sillunu Oru Kaadhal	Nirmala
2007	Thottal Poo Malarum	Periya Naayagi
2008	Aayudham Seivom	Leelavathi
2008	Ellam Avan Seyal	LK's sister
2009	Azhagar Malai		Guest appearance
2014	Chandra	Queen Sarala Devi
2014	Ennamo Nadakkudhu	Gayathri
2016	Jambulingam 3D	Sadhana
2017	Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva	Shiva's mother
2017	Inayathalam	Chandrika
2019	Thirumanam	Manonmani

Malayalam

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1992	Apaaratha	Surya
1994	Sagaram Sakshi	Nirmala
1996	Thooval Kottaram	Sujatha
1996	Kaanaakkinaavu	Sathi
1997	Chandralekha	Chandra/Chandrika Varma
1998	Rakthasakshikal Sindabad	Sivakami Ammal
1998	Manjukalavum Kazhinju	Shobha
1998	Amma Ammaayiyamma	Prabhavati
1999	Swastham Grihabharanam	Ashwathi
1999	Prem Poojari	Herself	Guest appearance
2000	Vinayapoorvam Vidhyaadharan	Shalini
2004	Kanninum Kannadikkum	Herself	Guest appearance
2005	Udayon	Susiemol
2006	Notebook	Sridevi's mother
2008	Innathe Chintha Vishayam	Treesa	Won, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Malayalam
2012	Last Bench	Rosili
2012	The Hitlist	Cameo
2013	Manikya Thamburattiyum Christmas Carolum	Step-mother
2014	My Life Partner	Dr. Leela Iyer
2014	Aamayum Muyalum	Bhandaravathi

Telugu

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1992	Peddarikam	Janaki
1992	Amma Koduku	Rajakumari
1994	Captain	Uma
1994	Khaidi No. 1	Seetha	Dubbed into Tamil as Hero
2004	Samba	Pasupathi's wife
2005	Sri	Sriram's mother
2007	Munna	Kakha's second wife
2012	Adhinayakudu	Ramakrishna Prasad's wife
2015	Srimanthudu	Harsha Vardhan's mother

Kannada

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1992	Guru Brahma	Uma, Suma	Dual role
2013	Chandra	Queen Sarala Devi

As dubbing artist

2002 - Kannathil Muthamittal (for Nandita Das) - Tamil film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Language	Notes
1990's	Jannal Marabu Kavithaigal	Saroja	Sun TV	Tamil
1990's	Jannal: Ammavukku Rendula Ragu'	Mythili	Sun TV	Tamil
2003-2009	Anandham	Shanthi	Sun TV Zee Tamizh	Tamil	(Re-telecast) 2014 - 2015
2004-2005	Kadamattathu Kathanar	Neeli	Asianet Asianet Plus	Malayalam	(Re-telecast) 2016 - 2017
2005	Ezham Kadalinakkare	Sukanya	Asianet	Malayalam
2006-2007	Swami Ayyappan	Panthalam Maharani	Asianet Asianet Plus	Malayalam	(Re-telecast) 2016 - 2017
2010	Adhiparasakthi	Adiparashakthi	Raj TV	Tamil	(Re-telecast) 2017
2011-2012	Appanum Aathalum		Kalaignar TV	Tamil
2012	Super Kudumbam	Judge	Sun TV	Tamil
2014	Uravugal Sangamam	Singer	Raj TV	Tamil
2019	Comedy Stars season 2	Judge	Asianet	Malayalam

References

External links

Sukanya on IMDb

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Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
1967–1980	K. R. Vijaya (1967) Padmini (1968) Sowcar Janaki (1969) K. R. Vijaya (1970) — (1971) — (1972) — (1973) — (1974) — (1975) — (1976) Latha (1977) Lakshmi (1978) Saritha (1979) Suhasini (1980)
1981–2000	Sridevi (1981) Saritha (1982) — (1983) — (1984) — (1985) — (1986) — (1987) Saritha (1988) Raadhika (1989) Revathy (1990) Kushboo (1991) Sukanya (1992) Meena (1993) Rajashree (1994) Kushboo (1995) Shruti (1996) Meena & Devayani (1997) Roja (1998) Simran (1999) Devayani (2000)
2001–present	Sneha (2001) Meena (2002) Laila (2003) Jyothika (2004) Jyothika (2005) Priyamani (2006) Jyothika (2007) Sneha (2008) Padmapriya Janakiraman (2009) Amala Paul (2010) Iniya Lakshmi Menon (2012) Nayanthara (2013) Aishwarya Rajesh (2014)