Samantha Ruth Prabhu filmography

Samantha Ruth Prabhu is an Indian actress and model who has appeared predominantly in Telugu and Tamil films. She made her acting debut in 2010 with Gautham Vasudev Menon's Telugu romance film Ye Maaya Chesave.[lower-alpha 1] The film fetched 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. The film received positive reviews and 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 Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress. In the same year, she appeared in 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. Year 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.

Samantha at 10 Endrathukulla teaser trailer launch in 2015.

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 comedy family drama Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2013), action drama Attarintiki Daredi (2013), fantasy-drama Manam (2014), and action comedy Rabhasa (2014); and the Tamil-language action-drama Anjaan (2014), social action Kaththi (2014), and action-drama 10 Endrathukulla (2014). This film, along with Theri, 24 (both 2016), and Mersal (2017) 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][5] Singer Chinmayi has been the voice of Samantha in most of her Telugu films starting from her Debut Ye Maya Chesave, as the audiences in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have associated her voice with Samantha.

Samantha made her OTT debut with the Amazon Prime Video web series, The Family Man ( Season 2 ) in 2021, in which she played the antagonist as a Tamil militant rebel. It brought her huge critical acclaim and critics and audiences heaped praise on her performance. It fetched her several awards, including an IFFM award. In 2021, Samantha is signed to star in Chennai Stories, an adaptation of the novel Arrangements of Love; directed by Philip John[6]

Samantha is the recipient of several awards, including four Filmfare Awards South, one Filmfare OTT Award, two Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Awards, six South Indian International Movie Awards, three CineMAA Awards and one Indian Film Festival of Melbourne Awards.

Film
Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Samantha Ruth Prabhu's film credits
Year Title Role(s) Language(s) Notes Ref(s)
2010 Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa Nandini Tamil Film debut; Cameo appearance [7]
Ye Maaya Chesave Jessie Thekkekuttu Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South
Nominated— Filmfare Award for Best Actress — Telugu		 [8]
Baana Kaathadi Priya Tamil [9]
Moscowin Kavery Kavery Tamil [10]
Brindavanam Indu Telugu [11]
2011 Nadunisi Naaygal Asylum patient Tamil Cameo appearance [12]
Dookudu Prashanthi Telugu Nominated— Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu [13]
2012 Ekk Deewana Tha Samantha Hindi Cameo appearance [14]
Eega Bindu Telugu Bilingual film
Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu		 [15]
[16]
Naan Ee Tamil
Neethaane En Ponvasantham Nithya Vasudevan Tamil Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil [17]
Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu Nithya Yelavarthi Telugu [18]
2013 Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu Geetha Telugu [19]
Jabardasth Shreya Telugu [20]
Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru Herself Tamil Cameo appearance [21]
Attarintiki Daredi Sashi Telugu Nominated— Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu [22]
Ramayya Vasthavayya Akarsha Telugu [23]
2014 Manam Krishnaveni and Priya[lower-alpha 2] TeluguNominated— Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu [24]
Autonagar Surya Sirisha Telugu [25]
Alludu Seenu Anjali Telugu [26]
Anjaan Jeeva Tamil [27]
Rabhasa Indu Telugu [28]
Kaththi Ankitha Tamil Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil [29]
2015 S/O Satyamurthy Sameera Telugu [30]
10 Endrathukulla Shakila and Gadgi Moi[lower-alpha 2] Tamil [31]
[32]
Thanga Magan Yamuna Tamil [33]
2016 Bangalore Naatkal Grace Francis Tamil Cameo appearance [34]
Theri Mithra TamilNominated— Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil [35]
24 Sathyabhama "Sathya" Tamil Nominated— Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil [36]
Brahmotsavam Unnamed NRI Telugu [37]
A Aa Anasuya Ramalingam Telugu

Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu

 [38]
Janatha Garage Bujji Telugu [39]
2017 Raju Gari Gadhi 2 Amrutha Telugu [40]
Mersal Tara Tamil [41]
2018 Rangasthalam Rama Lakshmi Telugu Nominated— Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu [42]
Mahanati Madhuravani Telugu

Tamil

 Nominated— Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu [43]
Irumbu Thirai Dr. Rathi Devi Tamil [44]
Seemaraja Sudhanthira Selvi (Silambu Selvi) Tamil [45]
U Turn Rachana Tamil
Telugu		 Bilingual film [46]
[47]
2019 Super Deluxe Vaembu Tamil [48]
Majili Sravani Telugu [49]
Oh! Baby B. Swathi "Baby" Telugu [50]
[51]
Manmadhudu 2 Architecture student Telugu Cameo appearance [52]
2020 Jaanu Janaki "Jaanu" Devi Telugu [53]
2021 Pushpa: The Rise As a dancer (cameo appearance) Telugu Special appearance in the item number "Oo Antava Oo Oo Antava" [54]
2022 Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal Khatija Begum Tamil [55]
Yashoda Yashoda Telugu [56]
2023 Shaakuntalam Shakuntala Telugu [57]
Kushi Aradhya Telugu [58]
TBA Chennai Stories † TBA English

Tamil

 Hollywood debut; Bilingual [59]

Music videos
Year Title Artist Notes Ref.
2010 "Semmozhiyaana Thamizh Mozhiyaam" A. R. Rahman Non-album single [60]

Television
Year Title Role Language Network Notes Ref.
2020 Bigg Boss Season 4 Host Telugu Star Maa Dusshera special episode [61]
2020–2021 Sam Jam Host Telugu Aha Web talk-show [62]
2021 The Family Man: Season 2 Rajalekshmi "Raji" Sekharan Hindi Amazon Prime Video Main role; Season 2 [63]
TBA Citadel † TBA Hindi Filming; main role [64]

See also

Footnotes
  1. Samantha appeared in a cameo role in Ye Maaya Chesave's simultaneously-filmed Tamil version Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa.
  2. Samantha played two characters.
  3. Samantha played a single character with two or more names.

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