Indian Actress
Sunday, 29 November 2015
ABOUT CATHERINE TRESA
Catherine Tresa is an Indian film actress and model, who appears in Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil films.
September 10, 1990 (age 25)
Dubai[1]
Other names Katherine
Occupation Actress
Parent(s) Frank Mario Alexander and Tresa Alexander
Early life
Catherine was born to Malayali Roman Catholic parents Frank Mario Alexander and Tresa Alexander in Dubai.[1] She said, "I don’t speak fluent Malayalam, it’s mostly English that we speak at home. I speak decent Hindi though and now I’m taking lessons in Telugu".[2] She did her Grade Twelve in Dubai and moved to Bangalore for higher education. She studied for two years in St. Joseph's College, Bangalore.[3]
While studying, she pursued extra-curricular activities. She learnt to play piano, and got trained in singing, dancing, ice skating and debating,[2] stating that she believes that she is "good at anything I put my mind to".[4] In Dubai, Catherine was an Emirates Environment volunteer. At the age of 14, Catherine did some amateur modelling for fashion design graduate students.[5] After coming to India, she modeled for Nalli Silks, Chennai Silks, Fast Track, Josco Jewellers and Deccan Chronicle. She has also shot for Srikantadatta Wodeyar's Maharaja Calendar and had participated with Prasad Bidapa in many ramp shows in many cities.
Filmography
Year Film Role Language Notes
2010 Shankar IPS Shilpa Kannada
2010 The Thriller Meera Malayalam
2011 Uppukandam Brothers Back in Action Vinila Sathyaneshan Malayalam
2011 Vishnu Meenakshi Kannada
2012 Godfather Vaani Kannada Nominated — Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress - Kannada
2013 Chammak Challo Sunaina Telugu Nominated — SIIMA Award for Best Female Debutant – Telugu
2013 Iddarammayilatho Akanksha Telugu
2014 Paisa Noor Telugu
2014 Madras Kalaiarasi Tamil Ananda Vikatan Award for Best Debut Actress
Edison Awards for Best Debut Actress
Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South
Nominated — Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress
Nominated — Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
SIIMA Award for Best Female Debutant – Tamil
2014 Errabus Raji Telugu
2015 Rudhramadevi Annambika Telugu
2015 Kanithan Anu Tamil Post Production
2015 Veera Dheera Sooran Kanmani Tamil Filming
2015 Kaan Amala Tamil Filming
2016 Kathakali Tamil Filming
2016 Sarainodu Telugu Filming
ABOUT SURABHI ( TAMIL ACTRESS)
Surabhi is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Telugu and Tamil films. She was born on June 5 in Delhi, and made her Tamil film debut in Ivan Veramathiri (2013)
Career
While undertaking a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the College of Art, Delhi, Surabhi became interested in a career in films and took up modelling assignments as well as signing up to an acting course at Imago Acting School, where she was taught by Barry John and Manoj Bajpai.[2] She made her first film appearance in Saravanan's second film Ivan Veramathiri (2013) featuring Vikram Prabhu. After being recommended to seek acting opportunities in the South Indian film industry, Surabhi successfully auditioned for the venture and was selected to play the leading female role of Malini, a cute and timid girl.[3] During the making of the film, the director gave particular praise to Surabhi for her dedication in learning the dialogues in Tamil and putting in extra effort to ensure her diction was correct.[4] The film opened in December 2013 to positive reviews and performed well at the box office. Surabhi's performance was praised by critics, who noted that "her smile is arresting" and that "she is perfectly cast and brightens up all the scenes she appears in with her bubbly, innocent character and seems totally natural and fresh."[5][6] She was subsequently nominated in the Best Female Debutant category at the Vijay Awards and South Indian International Movie Awards.
Surabhi was next seen in a supporting role in Velraj's directorial debut Velaiyilla Pattathari (2014), and portrayed the role of an ex-smoker who is saved by the lung donation of the lead character Dhanush's mother. She shot for the film in early 2014 and noted that it was a "special cameo appearance". The film opened in July 2014 to positive reviews and became amongst the most successful Tamil films of the year.[7][8] She also briefly shot for a role in Suseenthiran's sports drama film Jeeva but pulled out due to exam commitments, and thus was only seen in one song in the film. Her last appearance was with Sandeep Kishan in Beeruva directed by Kanmani.[9]
In early June 2015 she signed a Telugu film Express Raja starring opposite Sharwanand and directed by Merlapaka Gandhi.[10] Later in last September 2015 she signed another Telugu film opposite Nani
Filmography
Year Title Language Role Director Notes
2013 Ivan Veramathiri Tamil Malini M. Saravanan Nominated-Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress
Nominated-SIIMA Award for Best Female Debutant
2014 Velaiyilla Pattathari Tamil Anitha Velraj
2015 Beeruva Telugu Swathi Kanmani
2015 Pugazh Tamil Bhuvana Manimaran Filming
2015 Attack Telugu Ram Gopal Varma Filming
2015 Express Raja Telugu Merlapaka Gandhi Filming[12]
2016 Untitled Indraganti Project Telugu Mohan Krishna Indraganti Pre-Production
ABOUT DIVYA SPANDANA(TAMIL ACTRESS)
Divya Spandana (born 29 November 1982),[1] known by her stage name Ramya, is an Indian film actress and politician.[3] She predominantly acts in Kannada films and also appears in Tamil and Telugu films.
Ramya- made her acting debut in the 2003 Kannada-language film Abhi, opposite Puneet Rajkumar. She subsequently starred in several Kannada films alongside lead actors and, following successive commercial successes, established herself as one of the most sought-after actresses in the Kannada film industry, becoming referred to as the "Golden Girl of Kannada cinema"[4][5] and 'Sandalwood Queen'. Based on an online poll conducted by The Times of India, Ramya won the Best Actor Female award for Sanju Weds Geetha.[6] She won Filmfare Best Actress Award twice for her roles in Tananam Tananam (2006) and Sanju Weds Geetha (2011) films. She also won Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress for Sanju Weds Geetha (2011).
In 2011, she entered politics by joining the Indian Youth Congress. She became a member of parliament from Mandya constituency in Karnataka after winning the by-election in 2013, becoming the youngest Member of Parliament in India at the time
Early life
Ramya was born in Bangalore, Karnataka on 29 November 1982 .[9][10] Her mother Ranjitha is a senior member of the Congress Party in Karnataka, while her foster father R T Narayan was an industrialist.[11][12] Ramya is from Vokkaliga caste by birth.[13][14] Her parents originally hail from Mandya.In August 2013,a person named B C Venkatesh Babu claimed that he is biological father of Ramya,and he had filed a petition in court regarding the paternity issue in April 2014.[15][16] JD(S) Legislator M. Srinivas has even called her a test-tube baby during Mandya Lok Sabha by-polls when Ramya didn't mention her father's name in the nomination papers.[17][18] Ramya said that her grandfather is G S Bore Gowda.[19][20][21][22][23][24][25] She studied at St. Hilda's school in Ooty, and in Sacred Heart School (Church Park), Chennai, Tamil Nadu.[26] She pursued her graduation at St. Joseph's College of Commerce, Bangalore
Filmography
Year Film Roles(s) Language Notes
2003 Abhi Bhanu Kannada
2003 Excuse Me Madhumitha Kannada
2003 Abhimanyu Saira Banu Telugu Credited as Spandana
2004 Kuththu Anjali Tamil
2004 Ranga S. S. L. C. Padma Kannada
2004 Kanti Reema Kannada
2004 Giri Devaki Tamil
2005 Aadi Aishwarya Kannada
2005 Aakash Nandini Kannada
2005 Gowramma Gowri Chandan Kannada
2005 Amrithadhare Amritha Kannada Udaya Award for Best Actress
2006 Sevanthi Sevanthi Sevanthi Kannada
2006 Julie Julie Kannada
2006 Amrutha Varsham Amrutha Telugu
2006 Dattha Divya Kannada
2006 Jothe Jotheyali Divya Kannada
2006 Tananam Tananam Vanaja Kannada Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
2007 Arasu Shruthi Kannada
2007 Prarambha Kannada Short film
2007 Meera Madhava Raghava Meera Kannada
2007 Polladhavan Hema Tamil Credited as Divya Spandana
2008 Mussanjemaatu Thanu Kannada Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
2008 Thoondil Divya Tamil
2008 Meravanige Spandana Kannada Guest appearance
2008 Bombaat Shalini Kannada
2008 Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu Preethi Kannada
2008 Vaaranam Aayiram Priya Tamil
2008 Surya s/o Krishnan Priya Telugu Telugu dubbing of Tamil movie Vaaranam Aayiram
2010 Just Math Mathalli Tanu Kannada Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
2010 Jothegara Priya Kannada
2010 Kiccha Huccha Aishwarya Kannada
2011 Singam Puli Swetha Tamil
2011 Sanju Weds Geetha Geetha Kannada SIIMA Award for Best Actress
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
2011 Dandam Dashagunam Maya Kannada
2011 Johny Mera Naam Preethi Mera Kaam Priya Kannada
2012 Sidlingu Mangala Kannada Nominated – SIIMA Award for Best Actress
Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Kannada
2012 Lucky Gowri Kannada
2012 Katari Veera Surasundarangi Indraja Kannada
2012 Crazy Loka Kannada Special appearance
2014 Aryan Shwetha Kannada
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