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Poonam Kaur is an Indian actress and model who primarily appears in Telugu and Tamil films. [3] [4] She is also a politician, based in Telangana and a member of the Congress Party. [5]
Born and raised in Hyderabad, India, [1] Poonam Kaur did her schooling in Hyderabad Public School, before doing fashion designing at the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in Delhi. [1] In 2006, after her studies, she signed up for a film to be directed by Teja, which didn't take off for unknown reason. However, she took an offer for another Teja film, Oka Vichitram. [1] Even before the release of that film, Kaur was pursuing a lead role in another Telugu film, Mayajalam , which released first. [1]
Subsequently, she appeared in several Telugu films as Nikki And Neeraj, enacting the title role of Nikki, and in Souryam , alongside Gopichand and Anushka Shetty. For her performance in the latter, Kaur received a nomination for the Best Supporting Actress Award for 2008. She made her acting debut in the Tamil and Kannada film industries, with S. A. Chandrasekhar's Nenjirukkum Varai and Bandhu Balaga , respectively. In 2010, she made a comeback in Tamil with the highly anticipated Unnaipol Oruvan , a remake of the 2008 Bollywood film, A Wednesday! , in which she played a small supporting role alongside Kamal Haasan and Mohanlal. Recently, she was nominated as a brand ambassador for the Miss Telangana event.
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
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| 2006 | Mayajalam | Swati Rajender | Telugu | Credited as Deepa (Telugu Debut) |
| Oka `V` Chitram | Deepa | Telugu | ||
| 2007 | Nikki And Neeraj | Nikki | Telugu | |
| Nenjirukkum Varai | Bhuvana Rangasamy Naidu | Tamil | Credited as Deepa (Tamil Debut) | |
| 2008 | Souryam | Divya | Telugu | Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu |
| Bandhu Balaga | Lakshmi | Kannada | Kannada Debut | |
| Vinayakudu | Sandhya (Sandy) | Telugu | ||
| 2009 | Unnaipol Oruvan | Anu Sethuraman | Tamil | |
| Eenadu | Anu Gautham | Telugu | ||
| Ganesh | Deepa | Telugu | ||
| 2010 | Nagavalli | Pooja | Telugu | |
| 2011 | Payanam | Air Hostess Vimala Gupta | Tamil | |
| Gaganam | Telugu | Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu | ||
| Brahmi Gadi Katha | Bhagya | Telugu | ||
| Vedi | Aishwarya | Tamil | [6] | |
| 2013 | 6 | Lizzy | Tamil | |
| Bangles | Avanthika | Malayalam | Malayalam Debut | |
| Aadu Magaadra Bujji | Anjali | Telugu | ||
| 2014 | Poga | Telugu | ||
| 2015 | En Vazhi Thani Vazhi | Saraswathi (Sarasu) | Tamil | |
| Achaaram | Ramya | Tamil | ||
| Superstar Kidnap | Priya | Telugu | ||
| 2016 | Attack | Sakhi | Telugu | |
| Junooniyat | Kamya | Hindi | Hindi Debut | |
| Nayaki | Shravani | Telugu | Guest Appearance | |
| Nayagi | Tamil | Guest Appearance | ||
| 2018 | Srinivasa Kalyanam | Kavya | Telugu | |
| Next Enti? | Prachiti | Telugu | ||
| 2019 | 3 Dev | Radha | Hindi | Delayed |
| Nandu En Nanban | Tamil | Filming | ||
| Guest | Tamil | Delayed | ||
| 2022 | Nathicharami | Srilatha | Telugu |
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Channel |
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| 2016 | Super 2 | Herself | Telugu | E TV Telugu |
| Celebrity Danger | Herself | Telugu | Star Maa | |
| 2018–2019 | Swarna Khadgam | Queen of Manipuram Vindhyavathi | Telugu | E TV Telugu |
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