Keerthy Suresh (born 17 October 1992) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. Her film accolades include one National Film Award, five SIIMA Awards, one Tamil Nadu State Film Award and two Filmfare Awards… Keerthy Suresh (born 17 October 1992) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. Her film accolades include one National Film Award, five SIIMA Awards, one Tamil Nadu State Film Award and two Filmfare Awards South. Keerthy was placed in Forbes India's 30 Under 30 list of 2021.
Born to producer G. Suresh Kumar and actress Menaka, she began her career as a child actress in the early 2000s and returned to films after studying fashion design. She had her first lead role in the 2013 Malayalam film Geethaanjali, for which she won the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Malayalam. After winning the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Tamil for Idhu Enna Maayam (2015), Keerthy went on to star in successful films such as Ring Master (2014), Nenu Sailaja (2016), Rajinimurugan (2016), Remo (2016), Bairavaa (2017), Nenu Local (2017), TSK (2018) Sarkar (2018), Mahanati (2018), Sarkaru Vaari Paata (2022), and Dasara (2023)
Her portrayal of Savitri in the biopic Mahanati earned her the Filmfare Award and National Film Award for Best Actress. She won another Filmfare Best Actress award for the action film Dasara (2023).
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