Samantha Ruth Prabhu Indian Actress Born 1987 in Chennai

Samantha Ruth Prabhu (27 April 1987, Chennai) is an Indian actress. Her best-known titles on this site are Eega (2012) and Dookudu (2011).

Early life

She attended Panimalar Engineering College and Anna University.

Career

The earliest of her listed screen credits is Baana Kaathadi, from 2010. Her 2010s credits include S/O Satyamurthy (2015) and Mersal (2017). During the 2020s, she worked on Kushi (2023) and Citadel: Honey Bunny (2024).

In total, 32 films and one TV series are listed from 2010 to 2024. Action is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (8), followed by drama (8) and romance (3).

Prakash Raj appears in six of her listed titles, including Mahanati (2018) and Rangasthalam (2018). Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Vennela Kishore (four titles) and Naga Chaitanya (four titles). Gautham Vasudev Menon directed three of her titles on record, among them Ye Maaya Chesave (2010) and Ekk Deewana Tha (2012). Shiva Nirvana is credited as director on two of them, including Majili (2019). As of April 2025, she counts 891K subscribers on YouTube.

Recognition

Samantha Ruth Prabhu has collected three Filmfare Awards (2011 and 2013). Samantha Ruth Prabhu also has received the Vijay Award for Best Actress (2013) for Neethaane En Ponvasantham and an award at the CineMAA Awards. In all, Samantha Ruth Prabhu has won 6 awards.

Personal life

She has been married to Raj Nidimoru since 2025. Earlier marriages on record are to Naga Chaitanya (2017 to 2021).