Sunaina

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Sunaina in 2013
Born
Sunaina Yella

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

Sunaina Yella is an Indian actress and model. She has been predominantly working 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 was Kadhalil Vizhunthen (2008). [1] [2] [3]

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Career

Sunainaa's rise to fame was by starring with Nakul in Kadhalil Vizhunthen (2008) which was her Tamil début film. 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.[ citation needed ] 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 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, she appeared in Nila Nila Odi Vaa , Viu original romantic thriller vampire web series from 24 July to 5 September 2018. [4] She has also done Sillu Karupatti (2019), and 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

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2005Kumar Vs KumariSudha Telugu Debut Telugu film
2006Something SpecialUn­known
10th Class Sandhya
Best FriendsKavya Malayalam Debut Malayalam film
2007MissingUn­knownTelugu
2008 Gange Baare Thunge Baare Ganga Kannada Debut Kannada film
Kadhalil Vizhunthen Meera Tamil Debut Tamil film
2009 Maasilamani Divya Ramanathan
2010 Yaathumagi Anna Lakshmi
Vamsam Malar Kodi
2012 Pandi Oliperukki Nilayam Valar Mathi
Thiruthani Sugeesha
Neerparavai Younger EstherNominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
2013 Samar Roopa
2014 Vanmam Vadhana
2016 Theri BrideCameo Appearance
Nambiar Saroja Devi
Kavalai Vendam Deepa
2017 Thondan Bagalamugi
Pelliki Mundu Prema KathaAnuTelugu
2018 Kaali Poo Mayilu (Parvathy)Tamil
2019 Enai Noki Paayum Thota Mythili
Sillu Karupatti Amudhini
2021 Trip Lidi (Paapi)
Raja Raja Chora VidyaTelugu
2022 Estate RebaTamil
Laththi Kavitha
2023 Regina Regina
2024 Rocket Driver Kamala, Traffic constable

Web Series

YearTitleRoleLanguageNetworkNotesRef.
2018 Nila Nila Odi Vaa Nila Tamil Viu Web Debut [4]
2019 High Priestess Radhika Telugu ZEE5 Appears in the episode "Friends" [5]
Fingertip RekhaTamilSeason 1; Appears under segment "Greed". [6] [7]
2020 Chadarangam KranthiTelugu [8]
2022 Meet Cute Kiran SonyLIV Appears under segment "Ex-Girlfriend" [9]
2024 Inspector Rishi Kathryn "Kathy"Tamil Amazon Prime Video

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