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Sunainaa
Sunaina in 2013
Born
Sunaina Yella

Other namesHemaakshi
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active2005–present

Sunaina Yella is an Indian actress and model. She has been predominantly working in Tamil movies as well as few Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She made her film debut with Telugu film Kumar Vs Kumari (2005) and her Tamil debut was Kadhalil Vizhunthen (2008).[1][2][3]

Career

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Sunainaa's rise to fame was by starring with Nakul in Kadhalil Vizhunthen (2008) which was her Tamil début film. Prior to that, she shot for a short scene in Sivaji (2007), which did not make the final cut. She later starred in Maasilamani (2009), Vamsam (2010) in which she appeared as a beautiful village girl and did very well, and continued with a performance oriented films where she secured her first Filmfare nomination for Neerparavai (2012). Her performance was critically praised and she was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil.

After that she appeared in films like Samar (2013), Vanmam (2014) and also gave a guest appearance opposite Vijay in Theri (2016). She then appeared in Nambiyaar (2016), Kavalai Vendam (2016), Thondan (2017). In 2018, she acted in the drama film Kaali starring Vijay Antony and Anjali. Next, she appeared in Nila Nila Odi Vaa, Viu original romantic thriller vampire web series from 24 July to 5 September 2018.[4] She has also done Sillu Karupatti (2019), and comedian Yogi Babu’s film titled Trip (2021). Sunainaa plays the female lead in the action film Laththi (2022) marking her second association with Vishal after Samar.

Filmography

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Key
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Films

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Year Film Role Language Notes
2005 Kumar Vs Kumari Sudha Telugu Debut Telugu film
2006 Something Special Un­known
10th Class Sandhya
Best Friends Kavya Malayalam Debut Malayalam film
2007 Missing Un­known Telugu
2008 Gange Baare Thunge Baare Ganga Kannada Debut Kannada film
Kadhalil Vizhunthen Meera Tamil Debut Tamil film
2009 Maasilamani Divya Ramanathan
2010 Yaathumagi Anna Lakshmi
Vamsam Malar Kodi
2012 Pandi Oliperukki Nilayam Valar Mathi
Thiruthani Sugeesha
Neerparavai Esther Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
2013 Samar Roopa
2014 Vanmam Vadhana
2016 Theri Bride Cameo Appearance
Nambiar Saroja Devi
Kavalai Vendam Deepa
2017 Thondan Bagalamugi
Pelliki Mundu Prema Katha Anu Telugu
2018 Kaali Poo Mayilu (Parvathy) Tamil
2019 Enai Noki Paayum Thota Mythili
Sillu Karupatti Amudhini
2021 Trip Lidi (Paapi)
Raja Raja Chora Vidya Telugu
2022 Estate Reba Tamil
Laththi Kavitha
2023 Regina Regina
2024 Rocket Driver Kamala, Traffic constable

Web Series

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Year Title Role Language Network Notes Ref.
2018 Nila Nila Odi Vaa Nila Tamil Viu Web Debut [4]
2019 High Priestess Radhika Telugu ZEE5 Appears in the episode "Friends" [5]
Fingertip Rekha Tamil Season 1; Appears under segment "Greed". [6][7]
2020 Chadarangam Kranthi Telugu [8]
2022 Meet Cute Kiran SonyLIV Appears under segment "Ex-Girlfriend" [9]
2024 Inspector Rishi Kathryn "Kathy" Tamil Amazon Prime Video

References

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  1. ^ "Sunaina and Nakul join hands for third time". India Today. Ist. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Sunaina changes her name to Anusha". The Times of India. 15 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Actress Sunaina undergoes a name change, to be called Anusha". desimartini.com. 1 May 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Ashwin and Sunainaa's web series, Nila Nila Odi Vaa, to be about vampires". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Sunainaa's next is a web series with Amala Akkineni". Cinema Express. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Akshara Haasan's 'Fingertip' to portray how social media affects lives". The Week. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Fingertip web series Review: An eerie reminder of the destructive power of apps". Cinema Express. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  8. ^ "'Chadarangam' review: Zee5 series is yet another misfire inspired by NTR's life". The News Minute. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  9. ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (25 November 2022). "'Meet Cute' Telugu anthology review: A mixed bag, with two standout stories and other cheerful but generic ones". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
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