Samantha Ruth Prabhu filmography

Samantha in 2015

Samantha Ruth Prabhu is an Indian actress who has appeared predominantly in Telugu and Tamil films. She made her acting debut with a small role in Gautham Vasudev Menon's Tamil film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa. She had her first lead role in 2010 with Gautham Vasudev Menon's Telugu romance film Ye Maaya Chesave.^[a] The film earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South and a Nandi Award.^[1][2][3] In 2012, Samantha featured in live action Telugu-Tamil bilingual project Eega (Naan Ee). The film received positive reviews in both Telugu and Tamil languages and it was one of the highest-grossing Telugu films of the year, earning ₹1.15 billion globally. Her performance as a micro artist who runs a NGO and takes revenge for the murder of her lover earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress. In the same year, she appeared in the trilingual romantic drama Neethaane En Ponvasantham (2012). The film earned her praise from critics, and Samantha won her first Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress. 2012 became her most prolific award-winning year and she secured further recognition for Best Actress at the Vijay Awards, Santosham Film Awards and the CineMAA Awards. Popular playback singer and dubbing artist Chinmayi Sripada has been the voice of Samantha in most of her Telugu language films right from her debut in Ye Maaya Chesave. She has also dubbed for Samantha in a few of her Tamil and Hindi language films.

Between 2013 and 2015, Samantha has primarily opted to appear in the leading female roles in hero-centric Tamil as well as Telugu films, such as the Tamil-language action-drama Anjaan (2014), social action Kaththi (2014), and action-drama 10 Endrathukulla (2014). This film, along with Theri, and 24 (both 2016), and Mersal (2017) earned her nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress. Other film appearances include the comedy family drama Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2013), action drama Attarintiki Daredi (2013), fantasy-drama Manam (2014), and action comedy Rabhasa (2014). Her work in the Telugu film A Aa (2016) won her a fourth Filmfare Award.^[4][5] Samantha starred in the second season of the Amazon Prime Video series The Family Man in 2021.

Films

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Samantha Ruth Prabhu's film credits

Year	Title	Role(s)	Language(s)	Notes	Ref.
2010	Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa	Nandini	Tamil	Debut	[6]
	Ye Maaya Chesave	Jessie Thekekuthu	Telugu	Debut as lead actress	[7]
	Baana Kaathadi	Priya	Tamil	Debut as Lead in Tamil	[8]
	Moscowin Kavery	Kavery			[9]
	Brindavanam	Indu	Telugu		[10]
2011	Nadunisi Naaygal	Asylum patient	Tamil	Cameo	[11]
	Dookudu	Prashanthi	Telugu		[12]
2012	Ekk Deewana Tha	Samantha	Hindi	Cameo	[13]
	Eega	Bindu	Telugu	Bilingual film	[14][15]
	Naan Ee		Tamil
	Neethaane En Ponvasantham / Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu	Nithya Vasudevan / Nithya Yelavarthi	Tamil / Telugu	Bilingual film	[16] [17]
2013	Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu	Geetha	Telugu		[18]
	Jabardasth	Shreya			[19]
	Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru	Herself	Tamil	Cameo	[20]
	Attarintiki Daredi	Sashi	Telugu		[21]
	Ramayya Vasthavayya	Akarsha			[22]
2014	Manam	Krishnaveni and Priya[b]			[23]
	Autonagar Surya	Sirisha			[24]
	Alludu Seenu	Anjali			[25]
	Anjaan	Jeeva	Tamil		[26]
	Rabhasa	Indu	Telugu		[27]
	Kaththi	Ankitha	Tamil		[28]
2015	S/O Satyamurthy	Sameera	Telugu		[29]
	10 Endrathukulla	Shakila and Gadgi Moi[b]	Tamil		[30][31]
	Thanga Magan	Yamuna			[32]
2016	Bangalore Naatkal	Grace Francis		Cameo	[33]
	Theri	Mithra Vijaykumar		Extended Cameo Appearance	[34]
	24	Sathyabhama "Sathya"			[35]
	Brahmotsavam	Unnamed NRI	Telugu		[36]
	A Aa	Anasuya Ramalingam			[37]
	Janatha Garage	Bujji			[38]
2017	Raju Gari Gadhi 2	Amrutha			[39]
	Mersal	Tara	Tamil		[40]
2018	Rangasthalam	Rama Lakshmi	Telugu		[41]
	Mahanati	Madhuravani			[42]
	Irumbu Thirai	Dr. Rathi Devi	Tamil		[43]
	Seemaraja	Sudhanthira Selvi (Silambu Selvi)			[44]
	U Turn	Rachana	Tamil Telugu	Bilingual film	[45][46]
2019	Super Deluxe	Vaembu	Tamil		[47]
	Majili	Sravani	Telugu		[48]
	Oh! Baby	B. Swathi "Baby"			[49][50]
	Manmadhudu 2	Architecture student		Cameo	[51]
2020	Jaanu	Janaki Devi "Jaanu"			[52]
2021	Pushpa: The Rise	Dancer		Special appearance in the song "Oo Antava Oo Oo Antava"	[53]
2022	Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal	Khatija Begum	Tamil		[54]
	Yashoda	Yashoda	Telugu		[55]
2023	Shaakuntalam	Shakuntala			[56]
	Kushi	Aradhya			[57]

Television

Key

†	Denotes series that have not yet been released

List of Samantha Ruth Prabhu television credits

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2020	Bigg Boss Season 4	Host	Telugu	Dusshera special episode	[58]
2020–2021	Sam Jam	Host	Telugu	Talk show	[59]
2021	The Family Man: Season 2	Rajalekshmi "Raji" Sekharan	Hindi	Season 2	[60]
2024	Citadel: Honey Bunny	Hanimandakini "Honey" Raj	Hindi		[61][62]
TBA	Rakt Brahmand: The Bloody Kingdom †	TBA	Hindi	Filming	[63]

Music video

List of Samantha Ruth Prabhu music video credits

Year	Title	Composer	Language	Ref.
2010	"Semmozhiyaana Thamizh Mozhiyaam"	A. R. Rahman	Tamil	[64]

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Samantha Ruth Prabhu

Footnotes

1. Samantha appeared in a role in Ye Maaya Chesave's simultaneously-filmed Tamil version Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa.
2. Samantha played two characters.

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External links

• Samantha Ruth Prabhu at IMDb