Sunaina
Sunaina in August 2013
Born
Sunaina Yella

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

Sunaina is an Indian actress and model. She predominantly works 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 Kadhalil Vizhunthen (2008).[1][2][3]

Career

Sunainaa's start to fame was by starring with Nakul in Kadhalil Vizhunthen (2008) which was her first Tamil début. 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), in which she played Esther.[4] 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 to 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, the romantic thriller vampires web series Viu original in Nila Nila Odi Vaa from 24 July to 5 September 2018 .[5] She has a few films like Sillu Karupatti (2019) in hand. After a gap she has roped in for 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

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

Year Film Role Language Notes
2005Kumar Vs KumariSudhaTeluguDebut Telugu film
2006Something SpecialUn­known
10th ClassSandhya
Best FriendsKavyaMalayalamDebut Malayalam film
2007MissingUn­knownTelugu
2008Gange Baare Thunge BaareGangaKannadaDebut Kannada film
Kadhalil VizhunthenMeeraTamilDebut Tamil film
2009MaasilamaniDivya Ramanathan
2010YaathumagiAnna Lakshmi
VamsamMalar Kodi
2012Pandi Oliperukki NilayamValar Mathi
ThiruthaniSugeesha
NeerparavaiYounger EstherNominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
2013SamarRoopa
2014 VanmamVadhana
2016TheriBrideCameo Appearance
NambiarSaroja Devi
Kavalai VendamDeepa
2017ThondanBagalamugi
Pelliki Mundu Prema KathaAnuTelugu
2018KaaliPoo Mayilu (Parvathy)Tamil
2019Enai Noki Paayum ThotaMythili
Sillu KarupattiAmudhini
2021TripLidi (Paapi)
Raja Raja ChoraVidyaTelugu
2022EstateRebaTamil
LaththiKavitha
2023ReginaRegina

TV series

Year Title Role Network Ref.
2018 Nila Nila Odi Vaa Nila Viu [5]
2019 High Priestess Radhika ZEE5 [6]
2019 Fingertip Rekha ZEE5 [7][8]
2020 Chadarangam Kranthi ZEE5 [9]
2022Meet CuteKiranSonyLIV[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Sunaina and Nakul join hands for third time". India Today. Ist. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Sunaina changes her name to Anusha". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 15 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Actress Sunaina undergoes a name change, to be called Anusha". desimartini.com. 1 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Neerparavai Movie Review neerparavai". behindwoods.com. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Ashwin and Sunainaa's web series, Nila Nila Odi Vaa, to be about vampires". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Sunainaa's next is a web series with Amala Akkineni". Cinema Express. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Akshara Haasan's 'Fingertip' to portray how social media affects lives". The Week. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "Fingertip web series Review: An eerie reminder of the destructive power of apps". Cinema Express. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "'Chadarangam' review: Zee5 series is yet another misfire inspired by NTR's life". The News Minute. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  10. ↑ 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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