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Date of Birth
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28-April-1987
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Place of Birth
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Chennai
(Tamil Nadu, India)
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Nationality
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India
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Also know as
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Samantha, Samantha Prabhu, Yasodha, समैनà¥à¤¥à¤¾ पà¥à¤°à¤à¥, यसोधा, समैनà¥à¤¥à¤¾, सामंथा रà¥à¤¥ पà¥à¤°à¤à¥, ×¡×ž× ×ª×” רות' פר×בו
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Profession
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Model, Actor
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Samantha Ruth Prabhu 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 modeling 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. She went on to appear in several commercially successful Telugu films like Brindavanam, Dookudu, Eega and Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu. Her 2013 film Attarintiki Daredi is regarded as the highest grossing film in the history of Telugu Cinema establishing herself as one of the most sought after actresses of her time.
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 films Neethaane En Ponvasantham and Eega, respectively.
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